[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28842-28843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13142]


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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 June 12-13, 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, June 12, 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.--12:45 p.m.: Workshop on Safety Culture: Panel A--
Collective Understanding of Safety Culture (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives 
of the NRC staff, nuclear industry, private consultants, and public 
regarding collective understanding of safety culture.
    1:45 p.m.--5 p.m.: Workshop on Safety Culture (continued): Panel 
B--Attributes of Safety Culture (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff, nuclear industry, private consultants, and public 
regarding attributes of safety culture.
    5 p.m.--6 p.m.: Conclusions and Outcome of the Workshop (Open)--
The Committee will discuss the conclusions resulting from the 
Workshop.

Friday, June 13, 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 a.m.: Update to Generic License Renewal Guidance 
Documents (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
potential improvements to license renewal guidance documents 
(Generic Aging Lessons Learned Report; Regulatory Guide 1.188, 
Standard Format and Content for Applications to Renew Nuclear Power 
Plant Operating Licenses; Standard Review Plan for Review of License 
Renewal Applications; and NEI 95-10, Industry Guideline for 
Implementing the Requirements of 10 CFR part 54).
    10 a.m.--10:30 a.m.: Subcommittee Report on the Fort Calhoun 
License Renewal Application (Open)--Report by the Chairman of the 
ACRS Subcommittee on License Renewal regarding the Subcommittee's 
review of the license renewal application for the Fort Calhoun 
Station Unit 1 and the associated NRC staff's Safety Evaluation 
Report.
    10:45 a.m.--11:45 a.m.: Proposed Strategy for Preparing the 2004 
ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research Program (Open)--Report by the 
Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Safety Research Program 
regarding a proposed strategy for preparing the 2004 ACRS report on 
the NRC Safety Research Program.
    12:45 p.m.--1:45 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.
    1:45 a.m.--2 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.
    2:15 p.m.--6:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters 
considered during this meeting. 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.
    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

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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.
    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: May 20, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-13142 Filed 5-23-03; 8:45 am]
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