[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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