[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52530-52531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19507]
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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 September 9-11, 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).
Thursday, September 9, 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.: Final Review of the License Renewal
Application for the Dresden and Quad Cities Nuclear Plants (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the Exelon Generation Company, LLC and the NRC staff
regarding the license renewal application for the Dresden Nuclear Power
Station, Units 2 and 3 and Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1
and 2, as well as the associated final Safety Evaluation Report
prepared by the NRC staff.
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10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Proposed Changes to the License Renewal
Program (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding proposed
changes to the license renewal program related to scoping and screening
processes.
12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m.: Safety Evaluation for Proposed Amendment to
Technical Specifications for Farley Units 1 and 2--Steam Generator
Program (Open)--The Commission will hear presentations by NRC staff
regarding the safety evaluation for a proposed amendment to technical
specifications for Farley Units 1 and 2--Steam Generator Program.
2 p.m.-5:45 p.m.: Safeguards and Security (Closed)--The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of
the NRC staff and Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) regarding safeguards
and security matters.
6 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this
meeting.
Friday, September 10, 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.: Assessment of the Quality of the Selected NRC
Research Projects (Open)--The Committee will discuss the preliminary
results of the cognizant ACRS members' assessment of the quality of the
NRC research projects on Sump Performance and on MACCS Code.
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Divergence in Regulatory Approaches Between
U.S. and Other Countries (Open)--The Committee will discuss a draft
White Paper prepared by Dr. Nourbakhsh, ACRS Senior Staff Engineer,
regarding divergence in regulatory approaches between U.S. and other
Countries.
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 p.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 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Trip Report--AP1000 Workshop in China (Open)--The
Committee will hear a report by and hold discussions with Dr. Kress,
ACRS member, who attended the International Workshop on AP1000 that was
held in China on July 26-29, 2004.
2:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Trip Report--Chalk River Facility in Canada
(Open)--The Committee will hear a report by and hold discussions with
Dr. Powers, ACRS member, who visited the Chalk River Facility in
Canada.
3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: Draft Final ACRS Action Plan (Open)--The
Committee will discuss the draft final ACRS Action Plan.
4:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered
during this meeting.
Saturday, September 11, 2004, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint
North, Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-12 Noon: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
12 Noon-12:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will
discuss matters related to the conduct of Committee activities 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.
In accordance with Subsection 10(d) P.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 as well as safeguard information pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(1) and (3).
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 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: August 20, 2004.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-19507 Filed 8-25-04; 8:45 am]
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