[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28951-28952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11298]


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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 2-4, 2004, 11545 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was 
previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, November 21, 
2003 (68 FR 65743).

Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 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.-10:30 a.m.: Draft Final 10 CFR 50.69, ``Risk-Informed 
Categorization and Treatment of Structures, Systems, and Components for 
Nuclear Power Reactors'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations 
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and 
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) regarding the draft final 10 CFR 50.69, 
and draft final Regulatory Guide DG-1121, ``Guidelines for Categorizing 
Structures, Systems, and Components in Nuclear Power Plants According 
to Their Safety Significances,'' which endorses NEI 00-04, ``10 CFR 
50.69 SSC Categorization Guideline.''
    10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Revised License Renewal Review Process 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff

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regarding the revised process for the staff's review of the license 
renewal applications.
    12:45 p.m.-1:15 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: PWR Sump 
Performance, PRA Quality for Decisionmaking, Risk-Informing 10 CFR 
50.46, NRC Safety Research Program Report, Economic Simplified Boiling 
Water Reactor (ESBWR) Pre-Application Review, and Interim Review of the 
AP1000 Design.
    1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Meeting with the NRC Commissioners, 
Commissioners' Conference Room, One White Flint North, Rockville, MD 
(Open)--The Committee will meet with the NRC Commissioners to discuss 
the topics noted above.
    4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Digital Instrumentation and Control System 
Research Activities (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and their 
contractors regarding NRC research activities in the area of digital 
instrumentation and control (I&C) systems and related matters.
    5:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered 
during this meeting.

Thursday, June 3, 2004, 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.-10:30 a.m.: NRC Staff's Response to the ACRS Report on 
the AP1000 Design (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding their 
response to ACRS comments and recommendations included in the March 17, 
2004 ACRS report on the AP1000 design.
    10:45 a.m.-12 Noon: Proposed Revisions to Standard Review Plan 
(SRP) Sections and Process and Schedule for Revising the SRP (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the proposed revisions to 
SRP Sections: 5.2.3, ``Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary Materials;'' 
5.3.1, ``Reactor Vessel Materials;'' and 5.3.3, ``Reactor Vessel 
Integrity;'' as well as the process and schedule for revising various 
SRP Sections, including milestones for ACRS review of the proposed 
revisions.
    1:30 p.m.-2:30 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.
    2:30 p.m.-2:45 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.
    3 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Friday, June 4, 2004, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint North, 
Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-11 a.m.: Metrics for Evaluating the Quality of the NRC 
Research Programs (Open)--The Committee will discuss the quantitative 
metrics for use by the ACRS in evaluating the quality of the NRC 
research programs.
    11 a.m.-4 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    4 p.m.-4:30 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 16, 2003 (68 FR 
59644). 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 Cognizant ACRS staff 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 Cognizant ACRS staff 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 Cognizant ACRS staff 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 therefore can be obtained by contacting Mr. Sam 
Duraiswamy, Cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-7364), 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 13, 2004.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-11298 Filed 5-18-04; 8:45 am]
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