[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13312-13313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5151]


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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 April 5-7, 2007, 11545 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was 
previously published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, November 15, 
2006 (71 FR 66561).

Thursday, April 5, 2007, 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.: Human Reliability Analysis Models (Open)-The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and Electric Power Research 
Institute regarding staff's and industry's plans for evaluating 
different human reliability analysis models in an effort to propose 
either a single model for the NRC to use or guidance on which models 
should be used in specific circumstances.
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Proposed Revisions to Standard Review Plan 
(SRP) Section 4.2, Reactor Fuels (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff regarding proposed revisions to SRP Section 4.2, Reactor 
Fuels, and related matters.
1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Risk-Management Technical Specification 
Initiative 4b--Flexible Completion Times (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff regarding Risk-Management Technical Specification 
Initiative 4b--Flexible Completion Times, and related matters.
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research Program 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss the proposed format, content, and 
assignments for the ACRS report to the Commission on the NRC Safety 
Research Program.
4:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will 
hear a report by the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant 
License Renewal regarding interim review of the license renewal 
application for the Pilgrim

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Nuclear Plant.
5 p.m.-7 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 proposed reports on 
revision to 10 CFR 50.46 LOCA criteria for fuel cladding materials 
and response to Commission SRM regarding development of a 
technology-neutral framework for future plant designs.

Friday, April 6, 2007, 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.: 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.
9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.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.
10 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Meeting with Commissioner Jaczko (Open)--The 
Committee will meet with Commissioner Jaczko to discuss items of 
mutual interest.
2:45 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting.

Saturday, April 7, 2007, 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 October 2, 2006 (71 FR 
58015). 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 ttp://
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: March 15, 2007.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-5151 Filed 3-20-07; 8:45 am]
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