[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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