[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28055-28056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7348]


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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 31--June 1, 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).

Wednesday, May 31, 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.-11:30 a.m.: Draft Final Generic Letter, ``Post-Fire Safe-
Shutdown Circuit Analysis Spurious Actuations'' (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff and Nuclear Energy Institute regarding the draft final 
Generic Letter, ``Post-Fire Safe-Shutdown Circuit Analysis Spurious 
Actuations.''
    1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.: Draft Final Generic Letter 2006-xx, 
``Inaccessible or Underground Cable Failures that Disable Accident 
Mitigation Systems'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
the draft final Generic Letter 2006-xx, ``Inaccessible or Underground 
Cable Failures that Disable Accident Mitigation Systems.''
    3:15 p.m.--4:15 p.m.: Interim Staff Guidance on Aging Management 
Program for Inaccessible Areas of Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Mark I 
Containment Drywell Shell (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations 
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
the proposed Interim Staff Guidance on Aging Management Program for 
Inaccessible Areas of BWR Mark I Containment Drywell Shell.
    4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered 
during this meeting.

Thursday, June 1, 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.-11 a.m.: Overview of New Reactor Licensing Activities 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding staff's activities 
associated with the licensing of new reactors; early site permits; and 
combined license applications, as well as the related schedule and 
milestones.
    11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee 
will hear a report by and hold discussions with the cognizant Chairman 
of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant License Renewal regarding interim 
review of the license renewal application for the Monticello Nuclear 
Power Plant.
    12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m.: Status Report on the Quality Assessment of 
Selected NRC Research Projects (Open)--The Committee will hear a report 
by and hold discussions with the cognizant Panel Chairman regarding the 
status of the quality assessment of selected NRC research projects.
    1:15 p.m.-2 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 p.m.-2:15 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.
    2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
    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

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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., ET.
    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., ET, 
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: May 9, 2006.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-7348 Filed 5-12-06; 8:45 am]
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