[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55664-55665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24360]


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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 October 1-4, 2003, 
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).

Wednesday, October 1, 2003, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, Maryland

    10:15 a.m.-10:20 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 
(Open)--The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the 
conduct of the meeting.
    10:20 a.m.-12 Noon: Final Review of the Fort Calhoun License 
Renewal Application (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and the 
Omaha Public Power District regarding the License Renewal Application 
for the Fort Calhoun Station Unit 1 and the associated final Safety 
Evaluation Report prepared by the staff.
    1 p.m.-3 p.m.: Interim Review of the AP1000 Design (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and Westinghouse regarding the 
resolution of open items and related matters.
    3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Proactive Material Degradation Assessment 
Program (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the 
proposed proactive research program for assessing materials degradation 
at nuclear power plants.
    5 p.m.-6:15 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 on October 2, 
2003: (1) Overview by the ACRS Chairman of several items of interest 
including, risk-informing 10 CFR 50.46 and proposed 10 CFR 50.69; 
License renewal activities; AP1000 design; Preapplication review of 
ESBWR design; and Power uprate review standard, (2) Improvement of the 
Quality of Risk Information for Regulatory Decisionmaking, (3) 
Materials Degradation Issues, and (4) Reactor Oversight Process.
    6:30 p.m.-7:30 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 discuss a proposed 
ACRS report on safeguards and security matters (Closed).

Thursday, October 2, 2003, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, Maryland

    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 Interim Review of the 
License Renewal Application for H. B. Robinson Nuclear Power Plant 
(Open)--The Committee will hear a report by and hold discussions with 
the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant License Renewal 
regarding the review of the H. B. Robinson License Renewal Application 
and the staff's draft Safety Evaluation Report with open items.
    9 a.m.-9:15 a.m.: Subcommittee Report on Fire Protection Matters 
(Open)--The Committee will hear a report by and hold discussions with 
Fire Protection Subcommittee Chairman regarding matters discussed at 
the September 9, 2003 meeting.
    9:30 a.m.-11:30 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 the 
matters of mutual interest noted above.
    12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Review of the PIRT Process (Open)--The 
Committee will hear a presentation by and hold discussions with Dr. 
Nourbakhsh, ACRS Senior Fellow, regarding his review of the Phenomena 
Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) process.
    1:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.: Operating Experience Assessment Report--
Effects of Grid Events on Nuclear Power Plant Performance (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the staff's report on the 
effects of grid event (1985-2001) on nuclear power plant performance 
and related matters.
    4 p.m.-6 p.m.: Format and Content of the NRC Safety Research 
Program Report (Open)--The Safety Research Program Subcommittee 
Chairman will discuss the format and content of the annual ACRS report 
to the Commission on the NRC Safety Research Program as well as 
assignments for the ACRS members.
    6:15 p.m.-7:30 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 discuss a proposed 
ACRS report on safeguards and security matters (Closed).

Friday, October 3, 2003, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint North, 
Rockville, Maryland

    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.: Draft Final Revision to Regulatory Guide 1.168 
(DG-1123), ``Verification, Validation, Review, and Audits for Digital 
Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants' 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the Draft Final 
Revision to Regulatory Guide 1.168.
    10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.: Subcommittee Report on Reactor Fuels 
(Open)--The Reactor Fuels Subcommittee Chairman will provide a brief 
report on matters discussed during the September 29-30, 2003 meeting.
    10:45 a.m.-11:45 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.
    11:45 a.m.-12 Noon: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 
Recommendations (Open)--The

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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.
    1 p.m.-7 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 discuss a proposed 
ACRS report on safeguards and security matters (Closed).

Saturday, October 4, 2003, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-9 a.m.: Safeguards and Security (Closed)--The Committee 
will discuss issues for inclusion in the ACRS report on risk-informed 
vulnerability assessment and risk-informed decisionmaking.

    Note: This session will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(1).

    9 a.m.-1 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will continue discussion of the proposed ACRS reports on 
matters considered during its meeting. In addition, the Committee will 
discuss a proposed ACRS report on Safeguards and Security matters 
(Closed).
    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 for 
Technical Support 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 portions 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: September 22, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-24360 Filed 9-25-03; 8:45 am]
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