[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34961-34962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12256]


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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 June 6-8, 2002, in 
Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

Thursday, June 6, 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.: CRDM Cracking of Vessel Head Penetrations and 
Vessel Head Degradation (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations 
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff 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.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Technical Assessment Generic Safety Issue 
(GSI)-189, ``Susceptibility of Ice Condenser and Mark III Containments 
to Early Failure from Hydrogen Combustion During a Severe Accident'' 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding its technical basis and 
proposed recommendations for resolving GSI-189.
    1:15 p.m.--2:15 p.m.: Technical Assessment of GSI-168, 
Environmental Qualification of Low-Voltage Instrumentation and Control 
Cables (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding its 
technical basis and proposed recommendations for resolving GSI-168.
    2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Development of Reliability/Availability 
Performance Indicators and Industry Trends (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff regarding the staff's initiatives to integrate the NRC 
programs for risk-based analysis of reactor operating experience into 
the reactor oversight process, specifically the development of 
reliability/availability performance indicators and industry trends.
    3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Technical and Policy Issues Related to 
Advanced Reactors (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
technical and policy issues related to advanced reactors.
    5:00 p.m.-7:15 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting. In addition, the Committee may discuss a proposed report 
regarding confirmatory research program on high burnup fuel.

Friday, June 7, 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.
    8:35-10 a.m.: Proposed Rulemaking to Endorse National Fire 
Protection

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Association (NFPA) 805, ``Performance-Based Standard for Fire 
Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants'' 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff and the Nuclear Energy Institute 
regarding the proposed rulemaking to endorse NFPA 805 fire protection 
standard, and related matters.
    10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Generic Resolution of Voids in the Concrete 
Containment (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the generic 
resolution of the issue of voids in the concrete containment walls.
    11:15 a.m.-12 Noon: 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.
    12-12:15 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.
    1:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, June 8, 2002

    8:30 a.m.-10 a.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Discussion of Topics for Meeting with the 
NRC Commissioners (Open)--The Committee will discuss topics for meeting 
with the NRC Commissioners, which is scheduled for July 10, 2002.
    12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m.: Format and Content of the 2003 ACRS Report on 
the NRC Safety Research Program (Open)--The Committee will discuss the 
format, content, schedule, and assignments for the 2003 ACRS report to 
the Commission on the NRC Safety Research Program.
    1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Proposed papers for the Quadripartite Meeting 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss proposed technical papers on 
specific topics that will be discussed at the Quadripartite meeting 
scheduled to be held on October 23-25, 2002, in Berlin, Germany.
    2:45 p.m.-3:00 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.
    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: May 10, 2002.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-12256 Filed 5-15-02; 8:45 am]
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