[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7985-7986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3674]
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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 3-6, 2004, 11545
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was
previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, November 21,
2003 (68 FR 65743).
Wednesday, March 3, 2004 (Closed)
11 a.m.-6:30 p.m.: Safeguards and Security (Closed)--The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of
the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, the Office of Nuclear
Security and Incident Response, and the Nuclear Energy Institute
regarding safeguards and security matters.
Thursday, March 4, 2004, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint North,
Rockville, Maryland
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 a.m.: License Renewal Application for the H. B.
Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 (Open)--The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff and Carolina Power and Light regarding the License Renewal
Application for the H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 and the
associated final Safety Evaluation Report prepared by the NRC staff.
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Interim Review of the AP1000 Design (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff and Westinghouse regarding the
resolution of open items identified in the NRC staff's Draft Safety
Evaluation Report as well as the issues previously raised by the ACRS
Subcommittee on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena, and related matters.
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: License Renewal Application for the Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and South
Carolina Electric and Gas regarding the License Renewal Application for
the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station and the associated final Safety
Evaluation Report prepared by the NRC staff.
3 p.m.-4 p.m.: Proposed Criteria for ACRS Evaluation of the
Effectiveness (Quality) of the NRC Safety Research Programs (Open)--The
Committee will discuss the proposed criteria for use by the ACRS in
evaluating the effectiveness (Quality) of the NRC safety research
programs.
4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered
during this meeting, as well as proposed ACRS reports on Resolution of
Certain Items Identified by the ACRS in NUREG-1740 Related to Differing
Professional Opinion on Steam Generator Tube Integrity, and Response to
the December 22, 2003 EDO Response to the September 30, 2003 ACRS
Report on the Draft Final Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide 1.82, ``Water
Sources for Long-Term Recirculation Cooling Following a Loss-of-Coolant
Accident.''
Friday, March 5, 2004, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint North,
Rockville, Maryland
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.-9:15 a.m.: Divergence in Regulatory Approaches Between
U.S. and Several Other Countries (Open)--The Committee will discuss the
differences in regulatory approaches between U.S. and several other
countries.
9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Joint Meeting of ACRS/ACNW with the EDO/
Office Directors of NRR/RES/NMSS (Open)--The Committee will meet with
the NRC Executive Director for Operations (EDO) and Directors of the
Offices of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Nuclear Regulatory
Research (RES), and Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) to
discuss items of mutual interest, including: Risk-informing 10 CFR
50.46, PWR sump performance issues, PRA quality, spent fuel pool
issues, risk-informing NMSS regulations, and transportation-related
issues.
12:30 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
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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 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.
2:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
Saturday, March 6, 2004, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint North,
Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-12 noon: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will continue discussion of the proposed ACRS reports.
12 noon-12:30 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 16, 2003 (68 FR
59644). 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 Cognizant ACRS staff 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 Cognizant ACRS staff 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 Cognizant ACRS staff if such rescheduling would result in major
inconvenience.
In accordance with Subsection 10(d) Public Law 92-463, I have
determined that it is necessary to close a portion of this meeting
noted above to discuss and protect information classified as national
security information as well as unclassified safeguards information
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (3), and Westinghouse proprietary
information per 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(c)(4).
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 Mr. Sam
Duraiswamy, Cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-7364), 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, 2004.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-3674 Filed 2-19-04; 8:45 am]
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