[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 53 (Friday, March 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14634-14635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6634]


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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 will hold a meeting on April 5-7, 2000, in 
Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The 
date of this meeting was previously published in the Federal Register 
on Thursday, October 14, 1999 (64 FR 55787).

Wednesday, April 5, 2000

    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.: Spent Fuel Pool Accident Risk for 
Decommissioning Plants (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
the proposed final report of a technical study associated with the 
spent fuel pool accident risk for decommissioning plants, public 
comments received on the proposed report, and the staff's resolution of 
public comments.
    10:45 A.M.-12:15 P.M.: Proposed Research Plan for Digital 
Instrumentation and Control (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding the proposed research plan for digital instrumentation 
and control.
    1:15 P.M.-2:45 P.M.: Proposed White Paper on Development of Risk-
Based Performance Indicators (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding the proposed white paper on development of risk-based 
performance indicators.
    3 P.M.-4 P.M.: Human Performance Program (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff regarding the revised version of the human performance 
program.
    4 P.M.-5 P.M.: Break and Preparation of Draft ACRS Reports (Open)--
Cognizant ACRS members will prepare draft reports for consideration by 
the full Committee.
    5 P.M.-7 P.M. : Discussion of Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss a proposed ACRS report on matters considered 
during this meeting. In addition, the Committee will discuss a proposed 
ACRS report on the revision of the Commission's Safety Goal Policy 
Statement for Reactors as well as an ACRS/ACNW joint report on Defense-
in-Depth in a Risk-Informed Regulatory Process.

Thursday, April 6, 2000

    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.-9:45 A.M.: Special Studies for Risk-Based Analysis of 
Reactor Operating Experience (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding special studies of the staff associated with the risk-
based analysis of reactor operating experience.
    10 A.M.-11:15 A.M.: Operating Event at Indian Point Unit 2 (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the findings and 
recommendations of the Augmented Inspection Team, which investigated 
the reactor trip and partial loss of AC power event that occurred at 
Indian Point Unit 2 on August 31, 1999.
    11:15 A.M.-11:45 A.M.: Reports of the Materials and Metallurgy and 
Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena Subcommittees (Open)--The Committee will 
hear reports by the Chairmen of the ACRS Subcommittees on Materials and 
Metallurgy and on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena regarding the status of 
activities associated with the development of a revised Pressurized 
Thermal Shock Screening Criterion.
    1 P.M.-1:15 P.M.: Future ACRS Activities (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.
    1:15 P.M.-1:45 P.M.: Report of the Planning and Procedures 
Subcommittee (Open)--The Committee will hear a report of the Planning 
and Procedures Subcommittee on matters related to the conduct of ACRS 
business.
    1:45 P.M.-2 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.-3 P.M.: Break and Preparation of Draft ACRS Reports (Open)--
Cognizant ACRS members will prepare draft reports for consideration by 
the full Committee.
    3 P.M.-7 P.M.: Discussion of Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Friday, April 7, 2000

    8:30 A.M.-2 P.M.: Discussion of Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    2 P.M.-2:30 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 September 28, 1999 (64 FR 
52353). In accordance with these procedures, oral or written views may 
be presented by members of the public, including representatives of the 
nuclear industry. Electronic recordings will be permitted

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only during the open portions of the meeting and questions may be asked 
only by members of the Committee, its consultants, and staff. Persons 
desiring to make oral statements should notify Mr. Sam Duraiswamy, 
ACRS, 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 this 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 Mr. Sam Duraiswamy 
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 Mr. Sam Duraiswamy if such rescheduling would result 
in major inconvenience.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, 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 
(telephone 301/415-7364), between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., EST.
    ACRS meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
available for downloading or viewing on the internet at http://www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.
    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., EST, 
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 
facilities that they use to establish the videoteleconferencing link. 
The availability of videoteleconferencing services is not guaranteed.

    Dated: March 13, 2000.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-6634 Filed 3-16-00; 8:45 am]
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