[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60564-60565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5734]



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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 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, November 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.-10a.m.: Final Review of the License Renewal Application 
for the Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff and the Nuclear Management Company, LLC regarding the 
license renewal application for the Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 
and 2 and the associated final Safety Evaluation Report prepared by the 
NRC staff.
    10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Draft Final Generic Letter 2005-xx, ``Grid 
Reliability and the Impact on Plant Risk and the Operability of Offsite 
Power'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft 
final version of the Generic Letter 2005-xx on Grid Reliability and the 
Impact on Plant Risk and the Operability of Offsite Power.
    12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor 
(ESBWR) Design (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the General Electric Nuclear 
Energy and the NRC staff regarding the general description of the ESBWR 
design and the NRC staff's schedule for reviewing the ESBWR design 
certification application.
    3 p.m.-5 p.m.: Draft ACRS Report to the Commission on the NRC 
Safety Research Program (Open)--The Committee will discuss the draft 
ACRS report to the Commission on the NRC Safety Research Program.
    5:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting.

Friday, November 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 a.m.: Digital Systems Research Plan (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft final digital 
systems research plan and related matters.
    10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Status of Rulemaking on Post-Fire Operator 
Manual Actions (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the 
status of the rulemaking on post-fire operator manual actions.
    11:15 a.m.-12:15 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.
    1:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 
Recommendations (Open)--The Committee will discuss the responses from 
the NRC Executive Director for Operations to comments and 
recommendations included in recent ACRS reports and letters.
    1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the NRC 
Commissioners (Open)--The Committee will discuss the following topics 
scheduled for discussion with the NRC Commissioners between 1 and 3 
p.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2005: Overview by the ACRS Chairman; 
Issues Related to New Plant Licensing (including Technology Neutral 
Framework); Proposed Alternative Embrittlement Criteria in 10 CFR 
50.46; Fire Protection Matters; and Power Uprate Technical Issues.
    3:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports(Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

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

    8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    1 p.m.-1:30 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 September 29, 2005 (70 FR 
56936). 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/

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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 12, 2005.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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