[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 76 (Monday, April 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19583-19584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9718]


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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 May 8-9, 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, May 8, 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.-10:30 a.m.: Vessel Head Penetration Cracking and 
Degradation (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and industry 
regarding industry responses to NRC Bulletin 2002-02, ``Reactor 
Pressure Vessel Head Degradation and Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary 
Integrity,'' Electric Power Research Institute's Materials Reliability 
Program's proposed inspection program, wastage research, and related 
matters.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Proposed Revisions to Regulatory Guide 1.178 
and Standard Review Plan Section 3.9.8 for Risk-Informed Inservice 
Inspection of Piping (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
the proposed revisions to Regulatory Guide 1.178, ``An Approach for 
Plant-Specific, Risk-Informed Decisionmaking: Inservice Inspection of 
Piping,'' and to Standard Review Plan Section 3.9.8, ``Standard Review 
Plan for the Review of Risk-Informed Inservice Inspection 
Applications.''
    1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.: Operating Experience Program Effectiveness 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding ongoing efforts to 
improve the agency's Reactor Operating Experience Program.
    2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Draft Commission Paper on ACRS Self Assessment 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss a draft Commission Paper regarding 
ACRS Self Assessment.
    3:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered 
during this meeting, as well as a proposed ACRS report on Advancement 
of PRA Technology to Improve Risk-Informed Decisionmaking. In addition, 
the Committee will consider a proposed ACRS report on Safeguards and 
Security (Closed). The discussion of the Safeguards and Security report 
will be held in Room T-8E8.

Friday, May 9, 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.-9 a.m.: Subcommittee Report on the Revised Mixed Oxide 
(MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility Application (Open)--Report by the 
Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reactor Fuels regarding the 
revised construction authorization application for the MOX Fuel 
Fabrication Facility and the staff's proposed Safety Evaluation Report.
    9 a.m.-9:15 a.m.: Subcommittee Report on the Integrated Industry 
Initiating Event Performance Indicator (Open)--Report by the Chairman 
of the Reliability and PRA Subcommittee regarding the integrated 
industry initiating event performance indicator which is part of the 
Industry Trends Program.
    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.-6:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
    6:30 p.m.-7 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

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rescheduling would result in major inconvenience.
    In accordance with subsection 10(d) Pub. L. 92-463, I have 
determined that it is necessary to close a portion of this meeting 
noted above to discuss and protect information classified as national 
security information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1).
    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: April 15, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-9718 Filed 4-18-03; 8:45 am]
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