[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8528-8529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4109]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting Notice
In accordance with the purposes of Sections 29 and 182b. of the
Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the Advisory Committee on
Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a meeting on March 6-8, 2003, in
Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The
date of this meeting was previously published in the Federal Register
on Monday, November 20, 2002 (67 FR 70094).
Thursday, March 6, 2003
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Statement by the ACRS Chairman
(Open)--The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the
conduct of the meeting.
8:35 a.m.-10:15 a.m.: Peach Bottom License Renewal Application
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff and the Exelon Generation
Corporation, LLC, regarding the license renewal application for the
Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant, Units 2 and 3 and the associated NRC
staff's final Safety Evaluation Report.
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Reactor Oversight Process (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff regarding staff's views concerning
ACRS recommendation on thresholds for performance indicators (PIs);
staff's efforts associated with risk-based PIs and improvements to the
significance determination process (SDP); and staff's activities for
resolving apparent conflicts and discrepancies between aspects of the
revised reactor oversight process that are risk informed (e.g., SDP)
and those that are performance based (e.g., PIs).
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Vessel Head Penetration Cracking and Vessel
Head Degradation (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding
industry responses to NRC Bulletin 2002-02, ``Reactor Pressure Vessel
Head Degradation and Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary Integrity,''
inspection requirements and programs for reactor pressure vessel heads
and vessel head penetration nozzles, Electric Power Research
Institute's Materials Reliability Program's proposed inspection
program, wastage research, and related matters.
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.: Draft Final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.180
(DG-1119) ``Guidelines for Evaluating Electromagnetic and Radio-
Frequency Interference In Safety-Related Instrumentation and Control
Systems'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft
final revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.180 (DG-1119) and the staff's
resolution of public comments.
5:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this
meeting,
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as well as a proposed ACRS report on Safety Culture.
Friday, March 7, 2003
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of
the meeting.
8:35 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Early Site Permit Process (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft review standard RS-
002, ``Processing Applications for Early Site Permits,'' and related
matters.
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Overview of the Format and Content of the
Fort Calhoun License Renewal Application (Open)--The Committee will
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the
NRC staff on the format and content of the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant
license renewal application, the first plant to submit a license
renewal application using the generic license renewal guidance
documents.
12:45 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee (Open)--The Committee will discuss the
recommendations of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee regarding
items proposed for consideration by the full Committee during future
meetings. Also, it will hear a report of the Planning and Procedures
Subcommittee on matters related to the conduct of ACRS business,
including anticipated workload and member assignments.
1:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and
Recommendations (Open)--The Committee will discuss the responses from
the NRC Executive Director for Operations (EDO) to comments and
recommendations included in recent ACRS reports and letters. The EDO
responses are expected to be made available to the Committee prior to
the meeting.
2 p.m.-4 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the NRC Commissioners
(Open)--The Committee will discuss proposed topics for discussion
during the ACRS meeting with the NRC Commissioners which is scheduled
to be held on Friday, April 11, 2003, between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
4:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will
discuss proposed ACRS reports.
Saturday, March 8, 2003
8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will
continue to discuss proposed ACRS reports. In addition, the Committee
will discuss a draft white paper prepared by the ACRS Senior Fellow on
the role and use of PRA in the regulatory decisionmaking process.
1 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss
matters related to the conduct of Committee activities and matters and
specific issues that were not completed during previous meetings, as
time and availability of information permit.
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2002 (67 FR
63460). In accordance with those procedures, oral or written views may
be presented by members of the public, including representatives of the
nuclear industry. Electronic recordings will be permitted only during
the open portions of the meeting. Persons desiring to make oral
statements should notify the Associate Director for Technical Support
named below five days before the meeting, if possible, so that
appropriate arrangements can be made to allow necessary time during the
meeting for such statements. Use of still, motion picture, and
television cameras during the meeting may be limited to selected
portions of the meeting as determined by the Chairman. Information
regarding the time to be set aside for this purpose may be obtained by
contacting the Associate Director prior to the meeting. In view of the
possibility that the schedule for ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the
Chairman as necessary to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, persons
planning to attend should check with the Associate Director if such
rescheduling would result in major inconvenience.
Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, as well as the Chairman's
ruling on requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and
the time allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting Dr. Sher
Bahadur, Associate Director for Technical Support (301-415-0138),
between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., ET.
ACRS meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are
available through the NRC Public Document Room at [email protected], or by
calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available
Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS) which
is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/ (ACRS &
ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas).
Videoteleconferencing service is available for observing open
sessions of ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use this service for
observing ACRS meetings should contact Mr. Theron Brown, ACRS Audio
Visual Technician (301-415-8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m., ET,
at least 10 days before the meeting to ensure the availability of this
service. Individuals or organizations requesting this service will be
responsible for telephone line charges and for providing the equipment
and facilities that they use to establish the videoteleconferencing
link. The availability of videoteleconferencing services is not
guaranteed.
Dated: February 13, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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