[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 155 (Friday, August 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46248-46249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13123]
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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 September 7-9, 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, September 7, 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 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (Open): The Committee will
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the
NRC staff and Nuclear Management Company, LLC regarding the license
renewal application for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and the
associated NRC staff's final Safety Evaluation Report.
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Lessons Learned from the Review of the Early
Site Permit Applications (Open): The Committee will hear presentations
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding
the lessons learned from the review of the early site permit
applications for the Grand Gulf, North Anna, and Clinton sites.
12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Draft Final Revision to 10 CFR 50.68,
``Criticality Accident Requirements'' (Open): The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding the draft final revision to 10 CFR 50.68, ``Criticality
Accident Requirements''.
3 p.m.-4 p.m.: State-of-the Art Consequence Analysis (Open): The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the staff's plans to perform
a state-of-the art consequence analysis for each site and compare the
results with those in NUREG/CR-2239, ``Technical Guidance for Siting
Criteria Development''.
4 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: EDO Response to the ACRS Report on the Review of
Ongoing Security-Related Activities (Closed): The Committee will hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the June
29, 2006 response from the NRC Executive Director for Operations (EDO)
to the comments and recommendations included in the April 24, 2006 ACRS
report on Review of Ongoing Security-Related Activities.
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)].
4:45 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed): The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered
during this meeting.
Friday, September 8, 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.
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Risk-Informed Criteria for Societal Risk
(Open): The Committee will hear a report by and hold discussions with
the cognizant ACRS member regarding risk-informed criteria for societal
risk.
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Draft Report on the Quality Assessment of
Selected NRC Research Projects (Open): The Committee will discuss a
draft ACRS report on the quality assessment of the NRC research
projects on Containment Capacity Study at Sandia National Laboratories
and on Molten Core Coolant Interaction Study at the Argonne National
Laboratory.
11:45 a.m.-12 Noon: Subcommittee Report (Open): Report by and
discussions with the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal-
Hydraulic Phenomena regarding industry perspectives on PWR sump
performance issues that were discussed at the August 23-24, 2006
Subcommittee meeting.
1 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.-4 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting With the NRC
Commissioners
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(Open): The Committee will discuss topics of mutual interest for ACRS
meeting with the NRC Commissioners that is scheduled for Friday,
October 20, 2006.
4:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed): The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
Saturday, September 9, 2006, Conference Room T-2b3, Two White Flint
North, Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open): The
Committee will continue discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
12:30 p.m.-1 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) Public Law 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., 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: August 7, 2006.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-13123 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am]
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