[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8857-8858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3396]


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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 March 3-5, 2005, 11545 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was 
previously published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, November 24, 
2004 (69 FR 68412).

Thursday, March 3, 2005, 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.: Revised Draft NUREG on 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 revised draft NUREG-xxx, ``Estimating Loss-of-
Coolant Accident (LOCA) Frequencies Through the Elicitation Process,'' 
and related matters.
    10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Proposed Rulemaking Package 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 rulemaking package for risk-informing 10 CFR 50.46, 
``Acceptance Criteria for Emergency Core Cooling Systems for Light-
Water Nuclear Power Reactors.''
    1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Draft Safety Evaluation Report Related to 
North Anna Early Site Permit Application (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff and Dominion Nuclear North Anna, LLC regarding the NRC 
staff's draft Safety Evaluation Report related to the North Anna Early 
Site Permit Application.
    3 p.m.-5 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.
    5:15 p.m.-6:45 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered 
during this meeting.

Friday, March 4, 2005, 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 Revisions to Generic License Renewal 
Guidance Documents/Scoping Review Process for BOP Systems (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding proposed revisions to: 
NUREG-1800, ``Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal 
Applications for Nuclear Power Plants;'' NUREG-1801, ``Generic Aging 
Lessons Learned (GALL) Report;'' and Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1140, 
``Standard Format and Content for Applications to Renew Nuclear Power 
Plant Operating Licenses'' (Proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 
1.188) that endorses, with certain exceptions, NEI 95-10, Rev. 5, 
``Industry Guidelines for Implementing the Requirements of 10 CFR 54--
The License Renewal Rule.'' The Committee will also discuss with the 
staff the scoping review process for balance-of-plant (BOP) systems.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting With the NRC 
Commissioners (Open)--The Committee will discuss topics for meeting 
with the NRC Commissioners which is scheduled for April 7, 2005.
    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

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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.-6:45 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, March 5, 2005, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint North, 
Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--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.
    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: February 16, 2005.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-3396 Filed 2-22-05; 8:45 am]
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