[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13971-13972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6806]


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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 April 10-12, 2003, in 
Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The 
date of this meeting was previously published in the Federal Register 
on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 (67 FR 70094).

Thursday, April 10, 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.-9:45 a.m.: Draft Finial Risk-Informed Revisions to 10 CFR 
50.44, ``Standards for Combustible Gas Control System in Light-Water-
Cooled Power Reactors'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations 
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
the draft final risk-informed revisions to 10 CFR 50.44.
    10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Draft Final Regulatory Guide, DG-1122, 
``Determining the Technical Adequacy of PRA Results for Risk-Informed 
Activities'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft 
final version of DG-1122, including resolution of public comments.
    1:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Control Room Habitability (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding four draft regulatory guides 
concerning control room habitability, dose assessment, meteorological 
effects, and in-leakage testing as well as a related draft generic 
letter.
    3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the NRC 
Commissioners (Open)--The Committee will discuss the following topics 
scheduled for the ACRS meeting with the NRC Commissioners between 9-11 
a.m. on April 11, 2003: Overview by the ACRS Chairman, Advanced Reactor 
Designs, Pressurized Thermal Shock Technical Basis Reevaluation 
Project, and ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research Program.
    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 proposed ACRS reports on Advancement of PRA 
Technology to Improve Risk-Informed Decisionmaking, and Insights/Safety 
Culture.

Friday, April 11, 2003

    8:30 a.m.-8:40 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of 
the meeting.
    9 a.m.-11 a.m.: Meeting with the NRC Commissioners (Open)--The 
Committee will meet with the NRC Commissioners in the Commissioners' 
Conference Room, One White Flint North to discuss items of mutual 
interest noted above.
    11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Significant Recent Operating Events (Open)--
The Subcommittee Chairman will discuss significant recent operating 
events.
    1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.: Refresher Training Course for Members (Open)--
Representatives of the Offices of the General Counsel, Administration, 
and Security will provide a refresher training course for the members 
regarding the ethics, conflict-of-interest, travel , and security 
requirements.
    2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Subcommittee Report on the Interim Review of 
the License Renewal Application for the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant 
(Open)--Report by the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant 
License Renewal regarding the Subcommittee's review of the St. Lucie 
license renewal application and the staff's initial Safety Evaluation 
Report.
    2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Subcommittee Report on AP1000 Thermal-
Hydraulic Matters (Open)--Report by the Chairman of the ACRS 
Subcommittee on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena regarding the 
Subcommittee's review of the thermal-hydraulic matters associated with 
the AP1000 passive plant design.
    3 p.m.-3:45 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.
    3:45 p.m.-4 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.
    4 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, April 12, 2003

    8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
continue to discuss proposed ACRS reports.
    1:00 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

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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: March 17, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-6806 Filed 3-20-03; 8:45 am]
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