[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19552-19553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7368]


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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 May 3-5, 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, May 3, 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.: Commission Paper on Rulemaking to Make Risk-
Informed Changes to Loss-of-Coolant Accident Technical Requirements; 10 
CFR 50.46a, ``Acceptance Criteria for Emergency Core Cooling Systems 
for Light-Water Nuclear Power Reactors'' (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff regarding the Commission paper related to rulemaking to make 
risk-informed changes to loss-of-coolant accident technical 
requirements, and related matters.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems 
Matters (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the staff's 
activities related to digital instrumentation and control systems, and 
related matters.
    1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Commission Paper on Staff's Recommendation to 
Make a Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Revision to 10 CFR Part 50 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the staff's 
recommendation to make a risk-informed and performance-based revision 
to 10 CFR Part 50, and related matters.
    3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Status of the Development of an Integrated Long-
Term Regulatory Research Plan (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding the staff's activities associated with the development 
of an integrated long-term regulatory research plan.
    4:45 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 a report on the 
proposed revision to 10 CFR 50.46 LOCA criteria for fuel cladding 
materials.

Friday, May 4, 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.

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    8:35 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: ACRS Member's Issues Associated with the 
Technology-Neutral Framework for Future Plant Licensing (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss and decide on individual member's issues 
associated with the technology-neutral framework for future plant 
licensing.
    10:45 a.m.-11:45 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.
    11:45 a.m.-12 Noon: 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 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Discussion of Topics for Meeting with the NRC 
Commissioners (Open)--The Committee will discuss the following topics 
scheduled for discussion during the meeting with the NRC Commissioners 
on June 7, 2007: Framework for Future Plant Licensing, Digital I&C 
Activities, License Renewal/Extended Power Uprates, Human Reliability 
Analysis Models, and Staff's Report on Status of the 10 CFR 50.46 
Rulemaking.
    2:45 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, May 5, 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.-1:00 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 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: April 4, 2007.
Andre L. Bates
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-7368 Filed 4-17-07; 8:45 am]
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