[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56800-56801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21258]


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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 7-9, 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, October 7, 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.-10:45 a.m.: Safety Evaluation of the Industry Guidelines 
Related to Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Sump Performance (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and the Nuclear Energy Institute 
regarding the staff's evaluation of the industry guidelines associated 
with the resolution of Generic Safety Issue (GSI)-191, ``Potential 
Impact of Debris Blockage on Emergency Recirculation During Design-
Basis Accidents at PWRs'' and related matters.
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Pre-Application Safety Assessment Report for the 
Advanced CANDU 700 (ACR-700) Design (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding the staff's Safety Assessment Report related to the 
pre-application review of the ACR-700 design and related matters.
1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.: Proposed Recommendations for Resolving GSI-185, 
``Control of Recriticality Following Small-Break LOCAs in PWRs'' 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff and its contractors regarding the 
proposed recommendations for resolving GSI-185.
3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Mitigating System Performance Index Program 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the Mitigating System 
Performance Index Program.
5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting. In addition, the Committee will discuss a proposed report 
responding to the August 25, 2004 EDO response to the May 21, 2004 ACRS 
letter on resolution of certain items identified by the ACRS in NUREG-
1740, ``Voltage-Based Alternative Repair Criteria.''

Friday, October 8, 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 a.m.: Technology Neutral Framework for Future Plant 
Licensing (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the 
technology neutral framework for licensing of future plant designs.
10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Assessment of the Quality of the NRC Research 
Projects (Open)--The Committee will discuss the preliminary results of 
the cognizant ACRS members' assessment of the research projects on Sump 
Blockage and on MACCS code.
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Divergence in Regulatory Approaches and 
Requirements Between U.S. and Other Countries (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss the draft Final White Paper prepared by Dr. Nourbakhsh, 
ACRS Senior Staff Engineer, regarding divergence in regulatory 
approaches and requirements between U.S. and other Countries.
1:15 p.m.-2:15 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.
2:15 p.m.-2:30 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.
2:45 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, October 10, 2004, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, Maryland

8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
2 p.m.-2:30 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

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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 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: September 16, 2004.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 04-21258 Filed 9-21-04; 8:45 am]
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