[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19910-19911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5707]


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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 May 4-5, 2006, 11545 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was 
previously published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, November 22, 
2005 (70 FR 70638).

Thursday, May 4, 2006, 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 the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff and Carolina Power and Light Company regarding the license 
renewal application for the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant and the 
associated NRC staff's final Safety Evaluation Report.
    10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Final Review of the Extended Power Uprate 
Application for R.E. Ginna Nuclear Plant (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff and Rochester Gas and Electric Company regarding the extended 
power uprate application for R.E. Ginna Nuclear Plant and the 
associated NRC staff's Safety Evaluation.
    1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Final Review of the Extended Power Uprate 
Application for the Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff and FirstEnergy regarding the extended power uprate 
application for the Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant and the associated NRC 
staff's Safety Evaluation.
    3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: Proposed Revisions to 10 CFR Part 52, ``License, 
Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants'' (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding proposed revisions to 10 CFR 
part 52, ``License, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power 
Plants.''
    5:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Report (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting.

Friday, May 5, 2006, 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.-9:30 a.m.: NRC Staff's Response to ACRS Comments on the 
Draft Final Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide 1.97, ``Criteria for 
Accident Monitoring Instrumentation for Nuclear Power Plants'' (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding their response to ACRS 
comments included in its March 28, 2006 letter on the Draft Final 
Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide 1.97, ``Criteria for Accident Monitoring 
Instrumentation for Nuclear Power Plants.''
    9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will 
hear a report by and hold discussions with the cognizant Chairman of 
the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment 
(PRA) regarding review of the PRA for the Economic Simplified Boiling 
Water Reactor (ESBWR) design.
    10 a.m.-10:45 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.
    10:45 a.m.-11 a.m.: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 
Recommendations (Open)--The Committee will discuss the responses from 
the NRC Executive Director for

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Operations to comments and recommendations included in recent ACRS 
reports and letters.
    11 a.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
    7 p.m.-7:30 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/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: April 11, 2006.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-5707 Filed 4-17-06; 8:45 am]
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