[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5666-5667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2501]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting of the ACRS 
Subcommittees on Materials and Metallurgy and on Plant Operations

    The ACRS Subcommittees on Materials and Metallurgy and on Plant 
Operations will hold a joint meeting on February 18 and 19, 2003, Room 
T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows:

Tuesday, February 18, 2003--1:30 p.m. and Wednesday, February 19, 
2003--8:30 a.m. Until the Conclusion of Business

    The Subcommittees will discuss industry responses to Bulletin 2002-
02, ``Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Degradation and Reactor Coolant 
Pressure Boundary Integrity,'' the status of NRC wastage research, and 
the Materials and Reliability Program (MRP) and industry efforts 
related to vessel head penetration (VHP) cracking and reactor pressure 
vessel (RPV) head degradation. The purpose of this meeting is to gather 
information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and formulate proposed 
positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the full 
Committee.
    Oral statements may be presented by members of the public with the 
concurrence of the Subcommittee Chairman; written statements will be 
accepted and made available to the Committee. Electronic recordings 
will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are 
open to the public. Persons desiring to make oral statements should 
notify the Designated Federal Official named below five days prior to 
the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
    During the initial portion of the meeting, the Subcommittees, along 
with any of their consultants who may be present, may exchange 
preliminary views regarding matters to be considered during the balance 
of the meeting.
    The Subcommittees will then hear presentations by and hold 
discussions

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with representatives of the NRC staff, and other interested persons 
regarding this review.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, and the Chairman's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time 
allotted therefor, can be obtained by contacting the Designated Federal 
Official, Ms. Maggalean W. Weston (telephone 301-415-3151) between 7:30 
a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (EST). Persons planning to attend this meeting are 
urged to contact the above named individual at least two working days 
prior to the meeting to be advised of any potential changes to the 
agenda that may have occurred.

    Dated: January 29, 2003.
Sher Bahadur,
Associate Director for Technical Support, ACRS/ACNW.
[FR Doc. 03-2501 Filed 2-3-03; 8:45 am]
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