[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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