[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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