[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 51 (Thursday, March 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13055-13056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5274]
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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 April 7-9, 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, April 7, 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.: Final Review of the License Renewal Application for
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Open)--The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of
the Southern Nuclear Operating Company and the NRC staff regarding the
license renewal application for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1
and 2 and the associated final Safety Evaluation Report prepared by the
NRC staff.
10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: NUREG-1792, ``Good Practices for Implementing
Human Reliability Analysis'' (Open)--The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding NUREG-1792 and the NRC staff's resolution of the
comments and recommendations included in the May 13, 2004 ACRS letter.
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the NRC
Commissioners (Open)--The Committee will discuss the following topics
scheduled for the ACRS meeting with the NRC Commissioners: (a) Sump
Performance; (b) Risk-Informing 10 CFR 50.46; (c) Technical Basis for
Potential Revision to the Pressurized Thermal Shock Screening Criteria;
(d) License Renewal/Power Uprates; (e) Differences in Regulatory
Approaches Between U.S. and Other Countries.
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Meeting with the NRC Commissioners, Commissioners'
Conference Room, One White Flint North, Rockville, MD (Open)--The
Committee will meet with the NRC Commissioners to discuss the topics
listed above.
4 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--Report by the Acting
Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant License Renewal regarding
interim review of the license renewal application for Millstone Power
Station, Units 2 and 3 and the associated draft Safety Evaluation
Report prepared by the NRC staff.
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.
Friday, April 8, 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.: Accident Sequence Precursor Program and
Development of SPAR Models (Open)--The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding the status of the Accident Sequence Precursor Program
and development of the Standardized Plant Analysis Risk (SPAR) Models.
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.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.
11:45 a.m.-12 Noon: 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.
1 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
Saturday, April 9, 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
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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: March 11, 2005.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-5274 Filed 3-16-05; 8:45 am]
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