[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 61 (Friday, March 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15256-15257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7604]


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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 April 11-13, 2002, in 
Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The 
date of this meeting was previously published in the Federal Register 
on Monday, November 26, 2001 (66 FR 59034).

Thursday, April 11, 2002

    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.: Final Review of the Turkey Point License 
Renewal Application (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and the 
Florida Power and Light Company regarding the license renewal 
application for Turkey Point Units 3 and 4, and the associated staff's 
Safety Evaluation Report (SER).
    10:45 A.M.--12:30 P.M.: Advanced Reactor Research Plan (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 
regarding RES'' draft Advanced Reactor Research Plan.
    1:30 P.M.--3:30 P.M.: CRDM Penetration Cracking and Reactor 
Pressure Vessel Head Degradation (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff and industry, including Davis-Besse regarding issues related to 
the investigation of circumferential cracks in PWR control rod drive 
mechanism (CRDM) penetration nozzles and weldments, and reactor 
pressure vessel head degradation at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power 
Plant.
    3:50 P.M.--5:15 P.M.: Westinghouse Owners Group (WOG) and Electric 
Power Research Institute (EPRI) Initiatives Related to Risk-Informed 
Inservice Inspection of Piping (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding the staff's draft safety evaluation reports on WOG and 
EPRI addendums to their topical reports (WCAP-14572 and EPRI TR-112657) 
for risk-informed inservice inspection of piping, including extension 
of risk-informed methods to the break exclusion region piping.
    5:30 P.M.--7 P.M.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting. Also, it may discuss a response prepared by the Advisory 
Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) to the Executive Director for 
Operation's letter dated

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March 6, 2002 to the ACNW report dated January 14, 2002 regarding risk-
informing NMSS activities.

Friday, April 12, 2002

    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.: General Electric (GE) Nuclear Energy Topical 
Report: ``Constant Pressure Power Uprate'' (Open/Closed)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff and General Electric Nuclear Energy regarding GE Topical 
Report, ``Constant Pressure Power Uprate,'' and the associated NRC 
staff's safety evaluation.

    Note: A portion of this session may be closed to discuss General 
Electric proprietary information.

    10:50 A.M.--11:45 A.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, and organizational and personnel matters relating to the 
ACRS.
    11:45--12 Noon.: 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.
    1 P.M.--7 P.M.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, April 13, 2002

    8:30 A.M.--12:30 P.M.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    12:30 P.M.--1:00 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 3, 2001 (66 FR 
50462). 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 and questions may be asked only by 
members of the Committee, its consultants, and staff. Persons desiring 
to make oral statements should notify Dr. Sher Bahadur, 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 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 Dr. Sher Bahadur 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 Dr. Sher 
Bahadur 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 proprietary information per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).
    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 Dr. Sher Bahadur 
(telephone 301-415-0138), between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., EST.
    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/NRC/ADAMS/index.html.
    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 
and facilities that they use to establish the videoteleconferencing 
link. The availability of videoteleconferencing services is not 
guaranteed.

    Dated: March 25, 2002.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-7604 Filed 3-28-02; 8:45 am]
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