[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20185-20186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9993]


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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 May 2-4, 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, May 2, 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.: Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 & 2 
Core Power Uprate (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations 
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and the 
Carolina Power and Light Company regarding the license amendment to 
increase core power level by approximately 15% for the Brunswick Steam 
Electric Plant, Units 1 & 2, pursuant to the General Electric Nuclear 
Energy Extended Power Uprate Program.

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

    10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Expert Panel Recommendations on Source Term 
for High Burnup and Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff regarding the Expert Panel's recommendations on source term 
for high burnup and MOX fuel and on revising NUREG-1465, ``Accident 
Source Terms for Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants.''
    12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m.: Confirmatory Research Program on High Burnup 
Fuel (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation and the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research regarding 
their views on the need for the confirmatory research program on high 
burnup fuel.
    1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--Report by the 
Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reactor Fuels regarding the 
staff's draft Safety Evaluation Report on the Duke Cogema Stone & 
Webster application for a construction authorization for a proposed MOX 
Fuel Fabrication Facility that was discussed during the April 10, 2002 
Subcommittee meeting, and other related matters.
    3 p.m.-6:15 p.m.: Safeguards and Security Activities (Closed)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding ongoing and planned NRC 
activities in the safeguards and security areas.

    [Note:  The entire session will be closed to protect national 
security information and safeguards information.]

    6:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting.

Friday, May 3, 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.-11:30 A.M. : PHEBUS-FP, PHEBUS-2K and PHEBUS-LOCA 
International Projects (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with representatives of the French PHEBUS-FP 
Project regarding the recent results of the PHEBUS-FP Project and plans 
for the PHEBUS-2K and PHEBUS-LOCA Projects.
    11:45 a.m.-12:30 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, and organizational and personnel matters relating to the 
ACRS.
    1:30 p.m.-1:45 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.
    1:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, May 4, 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,

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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 portions of this meeting noted 
above to discuss proprietary information per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), to 
protect national security information per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), and to 
protect safeguards information per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).
    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., EDT.
    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., EDT, 
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: April 18, 2002.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-9993 Filed 4-23-02; 8:45 am]
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