[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3052-3053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1330]


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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 February 6-8, 2003, 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 20, 2002 (67 FR 70094).

Thursday, February 6, 2003

    8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Statement by the ACRS Chairman 
(Open)--The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the 
conduct of the meeting.
    8:35 a.m.-10:15 a.m.: Catawba and McGuire License Renewal 
Application (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and the Duke Energy 
Corporation regarding the license renewal application for the Catawba 
and McGuire Nuclear Plants and the associated NRC staff's final Safety 
Evaluation Report.
    10:30 a.m.-12 Noon: Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1107, ``Water Sources 
for Long-Term Recirculation Cooling Following a Loss-of-Coolant 
Accident'' and Draft Generic Letter 2003-xx, related to the Resolution 
of GSI-191, ``Assessment of Debris Accumulation on PWR Sump 
Performance'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding Draft 
Regulatory Guide DG-1107 and Draft Generic Letter 2003-xx associated 
with the resolution of Generic Safety Issue (GSI)-191.
    1 p.m.-3 p.m.: PTS Reevaluation Project: Technical Bases for 
Potential Revision to PTS Screening Criterion (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff

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regarding the technical bases for potential revision to the pressurized 
thermal shock (PTS) screening criterion.
    3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Draft Final Version of Regulatory Guide DG-
1077, ``Guidelines for Environmental Qualification of Microprocessor-
Based Equipment Important to Safety in Nuclear Power Plants'' (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff on the draft final version of DG-1077.
    5 p.m.-7:15 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting, as well as a proposed ACRS report on Safety Culture.

Friday, February 7, 2003

    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.-8:50 a.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--Report by the 
Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk 
Assessment regarding the coherence plan for risk-informed regulatory 
activities that was discussed at the January 22, 2003 Subcommittee 
meeting.
    8:50 a.m.-9:15 a.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--Report by the 
Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk 
Assessment regarding the Westinghouse AP1000 passive plant design PRA 
that was discussed at the January 23-24, 2003 Subcommittee meeting.
    9:15 a.m.-10:15 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, 
including anticipated workload and member assignments.
    10:15 a.m.-10:30 a.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.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Annual ACRS Report on the NRC Safety 
Research Program (Open)--The Committee will discuss the draft ACRS 
Report on the NRC Safety Research Program.
    1:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, February 8, 2003

    8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
continue to discuss proposed ACRS reports. In addition, the Committee 
will discuss a draft report prepared by an ACRS consultant on the role 
and use of PRA in the regulatory decisionmaking process.
    1 p.m.-1:30 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 October 11, 2002 (67 FR 
63460). 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. Persons desiring to make oral 
statements should notify the Associate Director for Technical Support 
named below 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 the Associate Director 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 the Associate Director if such 
rescheduling would result in major inconvenience.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, as well as 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, Associate Director for Technical Support (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/reading-rm/adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/ (ACRS & 
ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas).
    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: January 16, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-1330 Filed 1-21-03; 8:45 am]
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