[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36556-36557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10109]


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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 July 12-14, 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, July 12, 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 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff and Constellation Energy Company, LLC regarding the license 
renewal application for the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 
and 2 and the associated NRC staff's final Safety Evaluation Report.
    10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Results of the Study to Determine the Need 
for Establishing Limits for Phosphate Ion Concentration (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and their contractor regarding the 
results of the study for use by the staff in deciding on the need for 
establishing limits for phosphate ion concentration in groundwater at 
the sites of plants applying for license renewal.
    12:45 p.m.-4 p.m.: Integrating Risk and Safety Margins (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding a proposed framework for 
integrating risk and safety margins.
    4:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--Report by and 
discussions with the chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal-
Hydraulic Phenomena regarding the status of activities associated with 
the resolution of Generic Safety Issue-191--Assessment of Debris 
Accumulation on PWR Sump Performance that were discussed during the 
June 13-14, 2006 Subcommittee meeting.
    4:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered 
during this meeting. In addition, the Committee will discuss a response 
to the May 2, 2006 letter from the NRC Executive Director for 
Operations, responding to the March 24, 2006 (Revised April 10, 2006) 
ACRS

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report on GSI-191--Assessment of Debris Accumulation on PWR Sump 
Performance.

Thursday, July 13, 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.-10:30 a.m.: Safeguards and Security Matters (Closed)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with the NRC 
staff regarding safeguards and security matters.

[Note: This session will be closed to protect information classified 
as National Security information as well as safeguards information 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b (c) (1) and (3)].

    10:45 a.m.-11 a.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will 
hear a report by and hold discussions with the cognizant Acting 
Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Digital Instrumentation and 
Control Systems regarding matters discussed during the Subcommittee 
meeting on June 27, 2006.
    11 a.m.-12 Noon: 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.
    12 Noon-12:15 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.
    1:15 P.M.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Friday, July 14, 2006, Conference Room T-2b3, Two White Flint North, 
Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-12 Noon: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    12 Noon--12:30 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.
    In accordance with Subsection 10(d), Pub. L. 92-463, I have 
determined that it will be necessary to close a portion of this meeting 
noted above to discuss and protect information classified as National 
Security information as well as safeguards information pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (3).
    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: June 22, 2006.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-10109 Filed 6-26-06; 8:45 am]
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