[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68411-68412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26005]



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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 December 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).

Thursday, December 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 a.m.: Expert Elicitation on Large-Break LOCA 
Frequencies (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft 
predecisional NUREG-XXX, ``Estimating Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LOCA) 
Frequencies Through the Elicitation Process,'' and the conclusions and 
recommendations of the Expert Elicitation Panel.
    10:15 a.m.-11:45 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.''
    12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Technical Basis for Potential Revision of the 
Pressurized Thermal Shock (PTS) Screening Criteria in the PTS Rule 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the technical basis for 
potential revision of the PTS screening criteria in the PTS rule.
    3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting.
    4:45 p.m.-7 p.m.: Safeguards and Security Matters (Closed)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding safeguards and security 
matters.

Friday, December 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.-9 a.m.: Peer Review Comments on the Technical Basis for 
Revising the PTS Screening Criteria (Open)--The Committee will hold 
discussions with the Chairman of the Peer Review Panel, as needed, 
regarding the Panel's comments on the technical basis for potential 
revision of the PTS screening criteria.
    9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Draft Commission Paper on Technology Neutral 
Framework for Future Plant Licensing--Policy Issues (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft Commission Paper 
on ``Regulatory Structure for New Plant Licensing, Part 1: Technology 
Neutral Framework--Policy Issues.''
    10:45 a.m.-11 a.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will 
hear a report by the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability 
and Probabilistic Risk Assessment regarding the status of development 
of the draft NUREG document on Treatment of Uncertainties.
    11 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: 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 Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 Nuclear Power Plant.
    11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Election of ACRS Officers for CY 2005 
(Open)--The Committee will elect Chairman and Vice Chairman for the 
ACRS and Member-at-Large for the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee 
for CY 2005.
    1:45 p.m.-2:45 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.
    2:45 p.m.-3 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.
    3:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, December 4, 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 
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 and safeguards 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

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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.
    The ACRS meeting dates for Calendar Year 2005 are provided below:

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             ACRS meeting No.                       Meeting dates
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                                            January 2005 (No meeting).
519.......................................  February 10-12, 2005.
520.......................................  March 3-5, 2005.
521.......................................  April 7-9, 2005.
522.......................................  May 5-7, 2005.
523.......................................  June 1-3, 2005.
524.......................................  July 6-8, 2005.
                                            August 2005 (No meeting).
525.......................................  September 8-10, 2005.
526.......................................  October 6-8, 2005.
527.......................................  November 3-5, 2005.
528.......................................  December 8-10, 2005.
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    Dated: November 18, 2004.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-26005 Filed 11-23-04; 8:45 am]
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