[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.
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