[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8528-8529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4109]


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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 March 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, March 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.: Peach Bottom License Renewal Application 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff and the Exelon Generation 
Corporation, LLC, regarding the license renewal application for the 
Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant, Units 2 and 3 and the associated NRC 
staff's final Safety Evaluation Report.
    10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Reactor Oversight Process (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding staff's views concerning 
ACRS recommendation on thresholds for performance indicators (PIs); 
staff's efforts associated with risk-based PIs and improvements to the 
significance determination process (SDP); and staff's activities for 
resolving apparent conflicts and discrepancies between aspects of the 
revised reactor oversight process that are risk informed (e.g., SDP) 
and those that are performance based (e.g., PIs).
    1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Vessel Head Penetration Cracking and Vessel 
Head Degradation (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
industry responses to NRC Bulletin 2002-02, ``Reactor Pressure Vessel 
Head Degradation and Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary Integrity,'' 
inspection requirements and programs for reactor pressure vessel heads 
and vessel head penetration nozzles, Electric Power Research 
Institute's Materials Reliability Program's proposed inspection 
program, wastage research, and related matters.
    3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.: Draft Final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.180 
(DG-1119) ``Guidelines for Evaluating Electromagnetic and Radio-
Frequency Interference In Safety-Related Instrumentation and Control 
Systems'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft 
final revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.180 (DG-1119) and the staff's 
resolution of public comments.
    5:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting,

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as well as a proposed ACRS report on Safety Culture.

Friday, March 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.-10:30 a.m.: Early Site Permit Process (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft review standard RS-
002, ``Processing Applications for Early Site Permits,'' and related 
matters.
    10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Overview of the Format and Content of the 
Fort Calhoun License Renewal Application (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff on the format and content of the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant 
license renewal application, the first plant to submit a license 
renewal application using the generic license renewal guidance 
documents.
    12:45 p.m.-1:30 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, 
including anticipated workload and member assignments.
    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.
    2 p.m.-4 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the NRC Commissioners 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss proposed topics for discussion 
during the ACRS meeting with the NRC Commissioners which is scheduled 
to be held on Friday, April 11, 2003, between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
    4:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, March 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 white paper prepared by the ACRS Senior Fellow 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., ET.
    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., ET, 
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: February 13, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-4109 Filed 2-20-03; 8:45 am]
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