[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55225-55226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7892]


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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 October 4-6, 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, October 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.-9:30 a.m.: Draft Final Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide 
1.7, ``Control of Combustible Gas Concentrations in Containment'' 
(Open)-The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft final revision 3 
to Regulatory Guide 1.7, which provides guidance for implementing the 
risk-informed 10 CFR 50.44, ``Combustible Gas Control for Nuclear Power 
Reactors.''
    9:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Proposed Updates to Regulatory Guides and 
Standard Review Plan (SRP) Sections in Support of New Reactor Licensing 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding proposed updates to 
Regulatory Guides and SRP Sections that are being made in support of 
new reactor licensing, criteria used by the staff in selecting 
Regulatory Guides and SRP Sections applicable to future plant 
licensing, and staff's recommendations that the ACRS not review certain 
Regulatory Guides and SRP Sections along with the reasons therefor.
    12:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m.: Master Integrated Plan for New Reactor 
Licensing Activities (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
the development of the Master

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Integrated Plan for new reactor licensing activities.
    2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.: Draft Report on the Quality Assessment of 
Selected NRC Research Projects (Open)--The Committee will discuss the 
draft ACRS report on the quality assessment of the NRC research 
projects on Containment Capacity Study at the Sandia National 
Laboratories and on Melt Coolability and Concrete Interaction Study at 
the Argonne National Laboratory.
    4:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--Report by and 
discussions with the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant License 
Renewal regarding interim review of the Oyster Creek license renewal 
application that was discussed at the October 3, 2006 Subcommittee 
meeting.
    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, October 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.-10:15 a.m.: Proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 
1.200, ``An Approach for Determining the Technical Adequacy of 
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results for Risk-Informed Activities'' 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding proposed Revision 1 to 
Regulatory Guide 1.200, which incorporates the lessons learned from the 
trial use of this Guide.
    10:30 a.m.-12 Noon: Verification and Validation of Selected Fire 
Models (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff, Electric Power 
Research Institute, and National Institute of Standards and Technology 
regarding the draft final NUREG document, ``Verification and Validation 
of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications.''
    1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the NRC Commissioners 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss the following topics scheduled for 
discussion during the ACRS meeting with the NRC Commissioners between 
2:30 and 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 20, 2006:
     PWR Sump Performance.
     Safety Research Program Report.
     Lessons Learned from the Review of Early Site Permit 
Applications.
     Future Plant Design Activities and Coordination with the 
NRC staff on the Master Integrated Schedule [including 10 CFR part 52 
Rulemaking].
    2 p.m.-2:45 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.
    2:45 p.m.-3 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.
    3:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Friday, October 6, 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.
    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 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: September 15, 2006.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
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