[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68411-68412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26005]
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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 December 2-4, 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).
Thursday, December 2, 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.: Expert Elicitation on Large-Break LOCA
Frequencies (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft
predecisional NUREG-XXX, ``Estimating Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LOCA)
Frequencies Through the Elicitation Process,'' and the conclusions and
recommendations of the Expert Elicitation Panel.
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Proposed Rule for Risk-Informing 10 CFR
50.46 (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the
proposed rule for risk-informing 10 CFR 50.46, ``Acceptance Criteria
for Emergency Core Cooling Systems for Light-Water Nuclear Power
Reactors.''
12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Technical Basis for Potential Revision of the
Pressurized Thermal Shock (PTS) Screening Criteria in the PTS Rule
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the technical basis for
potential revision of the PTS screening criteria in the PTS rule.
3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this
meeting.
4:45 p.m.-7 p.m.: Safeguards and Security Matters (Closed)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff regarding safeguards and security
matters.
Friday, December 3, 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 a.m.: Peer Review Comments on the Technical Basis for
Revising the PTS Screening Criteria (Open)--The Committee will hold
discussions with the Chairman of the Peer Review Panel, as needed,
regarding the Panel's comments on the technical basis for potential
revision of the PTS screening criteria.
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Draft Commission Paper on Technology Neutral
Framework for Future Plant Licensing--Policy Issues (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft Commission Paper
on ``Regulatory Structure for New Plant Licensing, Part 1: Technology
Neutral Framework--Policy Issues.''
10:45 a.m.-11 a.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will
hear a report by the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability
and Probabilistic Risk Assessment regarding the status of development
of the draft NUREG document on Treatment of Uncertainties.
11 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will
hear a report by the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant License
Renewal regarding interim review of the license renewal application for
the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 Nuclear Power Plant.
11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Election of ACRS Officers for CY 2005
(Open)--The Committee will elect Chairman and Vice Chairman for the
ACRS and Member-at-Large for the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee
for CY 2005.
1:45 p.m.-2:45 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.
2:45 p.m.-3 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.
3:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
Saturday, December 4, 2004, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint
North, Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
12:30 p.m.-1 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 5, 2004 (69 FR
59620). 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) Pub. L. 92-463, I have
determined that it is necessary to close portions of this meeting noted
above to discuss and protect information classified as national
security information and safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(1) and (3).
Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, as
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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., e.t.
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.,
e.t., 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.
The ACRS meeting dates for Calendar Year 2005 are provided below:
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ACRS meeting No. Meeting dates
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January 2005 (No meeting).
519....................................... February 10-12, 2005.
520....................................... March 3-5, 2005.
521....................................... April 7-9, 2005.
522....................................... May 5-7, 2005.
523....................................... June 1-3, 2005.
524....................................... July 6-8, 2005.
August 2005 (No meeting).
525....................................... September 8-10, 2005.
526....................................... October 6-8, 2005.
527....................................... November 3-5, 2005.
528....................................... December 8-10, 2005.
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Dated: November 18, 2004.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-26005 Filed 11-23-04; 8:45 am]
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