[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52716-52717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21493]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Notice of Meeting
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 September 8-10, 2011,
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was
previously published in the Federal Register on Thursday, October 21,
2010 (75 FR 65038-65039).
Thursday, September 8, 2011, Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville
Pike, 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.-10:30 a.m.: Near-Term Task Force Report Regarding the Events
at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Site in Japan (Open)-The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding the Near-Term Task Force report on the events at the
Fukushima Dai-Ichi site in Japan.
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Technical Basis and Rulemaking Language
Associated with Low-Level Waste Disposal and Site-Specific Analysis
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding technical basis and
rulemaking language associated with low-level waste disposal and site-
specific analysis.
1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Safety Evaluation Report (SER) Associated with
Revision 19 of the AP1000 Design Control Document (DCD) Amendment
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and Westinghouse
regarding the SER associated with Revision 19 of the AP1000 DCD
amendment. [Note: A portion of this session may be closed in order to
discuss and protect information designed as proprietary by Westinghouse
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: Draft Final Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide (RG)
1.115, ``Protection Against Turbine Missiles (Open) The Committee will
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the
NRC staff regarding Draft Final Revision 2 to RG 1.115.
5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this
meeting. [NOTE: A portion of this session may be closed in order to
discuss and protect information designed as proprietary by Westinghouse
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
Friday, September 9, 2011, Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville Pike,
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.-10:30 a.m.: Selected Chapters of the Safety Evaluation Report
(SER) with Open Items Associated with the US Advanced Pressurized Water
Reactor (US-APWR) Design Certification and the Comanche Peak Combined
License Application (COLA) (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), and Luminant Generation
Company (Luminant) regarding selected chapters of the SER with Open
Items associated with the US-APWR Design Certification and the COLA.
[Note: A portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss and
protect information designed as proprietary by MHI and Luminant
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee (Open/Closed)--The Committee will discuss
the recommendations of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee
regarding items proposed for consideration by the Full Committee during
future ACRS Meetings, and matters related to the conduct of ACRS
business, including anticipated workload and member assignments. [Note:
A portion of this meeting may be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)
(2) and (6) to discuss organizational and personnel matters that relate
solely to internal personnel rules and practices of ACRS, and
information the release of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.]
12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and
Recommendations (Open)--The Committee will discuss the responses from
the NRC Executive Director for Operations to comments and
recommendations included in recent ACRS reports and letters.
1:30 p.m.-2 p.m.: Draft Report on the Biennial ACRS Review of the NRC
Safety Research Program (Open)--The Committee will discuss the draft
report on the biennial ACRS review of the NRC Safety Research Program.
2 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Assessment of the Quality of Selected NRC Research
Projects (Open)--The Committee will discuss the panels performing the
quality assessment of NRC research projects on NUREG/CR-6969,
``Analysis of Experimental Data for High Burnup Power Water Reactors
(PWR) Spent Fuel Isotopic Validation--ARIANE and REBUS Programs
(UO2 Fuel)'' and NUREG/CR-7027, ``Degradation of Light Water
Reactor (LWR) Core Internal Materials Due to Neutron Irradiation.''
2:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports. [Note: A portion
of this session may be closed in order to discuss and protect
information designed as proprietary by Westinghouse, MHI, and Luminant
pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4)]
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Saturday, September 10, 2011 Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports. [Note:
A portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss and protect
information designed as proprietary by Westinghouse, MHI, and Luminant
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
1 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will continue its
discussion related to the conduct of Committee activities and specific
issues that were not completed during previous meetings.
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register on October 21, 2010, (75 FR
65038-65039). In accordance with those procedures, oral or written
views may be presented by members of the public, including
representatives of the nuclear industry. Persons desiring to make oral
statements should notify Ms. Ilka Berrios, Cognizant ACRS Staff
(Telephone: 301-415-3179, E-mail: [email protected]), five days
before the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can
be made to allow necessary time during the meeting for such statements.
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.
Thirty-five hard copies of each presentation or handout should be
provided 30 minutes before the meeting. In addition, one electronic
copy of each presentation should be emailed to the Cognizant ACRS Staff
one day before meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be provided within
this timeframe, presenters should provide the Cognizant ACRS Staff with
a CD containing each presentation at least 30 minutes before the
meeting.
In accordance with Subsection 10(d) Public Law 92-463, and 5 U.S.C.
552b(c), certain portions of this meeting may be closed, as
specifically noted above. 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. Electronic recordings will be
permitted only during the open portions of the meeting.
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/.
Video teleconferencing 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 video teleconferencing
link. The availability of video teleconferencing services is not
guaranteed.
Dated: August 17, 2011.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-21493 Filed 8-22-11; 8:45 am]
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