[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45452-45453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15887]


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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 6-8, 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, September 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.-10:30 a.m.: Final Review of the License Renewal 
application for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. regarding the 
license renewal application for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and 
the associated NRC staff's final Safety Evaluation Report.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Revisions to Standard Review Plan (SRP) 
Sections 19.0 and 19.2 (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
revisions to SRP Sections 19.0, ``Probabilistic Risk Assessment and 
Severe Accident Evaluation for New Reactors,'' and 19.2, ``Review of 
Risk Information Used to Support Permanent Plant Specific Changes to 
the Licensing Basis: General Guidance.''
    1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.: Proposed Recommendations for Resolving Generic 
Safety Issue (GSI) 156.6.1, ``Pipe Break Effects on Systems and 
Components Inside Containment'' (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding the recommendations proposed by the staff for resolving 
GSI-156.6.1, and related matters.
    3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Status of NRR Activities in the Fire 
Protection Area (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation (NRR) regarding the status of ongoing and proposed NRR 
activities associated with fire protection.
    5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting, as well as a proposed ACRS report on Technology-Neutral 
Framework for Future Plant Licensing.

Friday, September 7, 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.
    9:45 a.m.-10 a.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will 
hear a report by and hold discussions with the Chairman of the ACRS 
Subcommittee on Plant License Renewal regarding interim review of the 
license renewal application for the Fitzpatrick Nuclear Plant.
    10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Draft Report on Quality Assessment of 
Selected NRC Research Projects (Open)--The Committee will discuss a 
draft ACRS report on the results of the quality assessment of the NRC 
research projects on: Fatigue Crack Flaw Tolerance in Nuclear Power 
Plant Piping; Cable Response to Live Fire (CAROLFIRE) Testing; and 
Technical Review of On-Line Monitoring Techniques for Performance 
Assessment.
    12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Draft ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research 
Program (Open)--The Committee will discuss a draft ACRS report on the 
NRC Safety Research Program.
    3 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, September 8, 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 its 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

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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).
    Video teleconferencing 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 video 
teleconferencing link. The availability of video teleconferencing 
services is not guaranteed.

    Dated: August 8, 2007.
J. Samuel Walker,
Acting Secretary of the Commission.
 [FR Doc. E7-15887 Filed 8-13-07; 8:45 am]
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