[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62466-62467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23903]


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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 November 4-6, 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, November 4, 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.: Proposed Rule for Risk-Informing 10 CFR 
50.46. (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the 
proposed rule for risk-informing 10 CFR 50.46, ``Acceptance Criteria 
for Emergency Core Cooling Systems for Light-Water Nuclear Power 
Reactors,'' and related matters.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Proactive Materials Degradation Assessment 
Program (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the status 
of the Proactive Materials Degradation Assessment Program.
    1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Proposed Rule on Post-Fire Operator Manual 
Actions (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the 
proposed rule on post-fire operator manual actions and related matters.
    3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Grid Reliability Issues and Related Significant 
Operating Events (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding their 
activities associated with grid reliability, significant operating 
events related to grid stability, and other related matters.
    4:45 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 proposed 
reports on: Response 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;'' 
AP1000 Lessons Learned Report; and Safeguards and Security Matters 
(Closed).

Friday, November 5, 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.: Status of Early Site Permit Reviews (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the status of the staff's 
review of the early site permit applications.
    10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Assessment of the Quality of 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 Blockage and on MACCS code.
    12:45 p.m.-1 p.m.: Plant License Renewal Subcommittee Report 
(Open)--The Committee will hear a report by the Chairman of the ACRS 
Subcommittee on Plant License Renewal regarding interim review of the 
license renewal application for the Farley Nuclear Plant.
    1 p.m.-2 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 p.m.-2:15 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.
    2:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, November 6, 2004, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    12:30 p.m.-1 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss

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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 5, 2004 (69 FR 
59620). 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) 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 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., e.t.
    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., 
e.t., 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: October 20, 2004.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-23903 Filed 10-25-04; 8:45 am]
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