[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 183 (Friday, September 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54082-54083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18633]


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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, 2007, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was 
previously published in theFederal Register on Wednesday, November 15, 
2006 (71 FR 66561).

Thursday, October 4, 2007, Conference Room T-2b3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, MD

    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.: Digital Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) 
Project Plan and Interim Staff Guidance (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff and Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) regarding Digital 
I&C interim staff guidance on Cyber Security, Diversity & Defense in 
Depth, Highly Integrated Control Room--Communications, and Highly 
Integrated Control Room--Human Factors, as well as the Digital I&C 
Project Plan.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Draft Generic Letter 2007-XX, ``Managing 
Gas Intrusion in ECCS, Decay Heat Removal, and Containment Spray 
Systems'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the 
Draft Generic Letter 2007-XX, ``Managing Gas Intrusion in ECCS, 
Decay Heat Removal, and Containment Spray Systems.''
    1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.: Dissimilar Metal Weld Issue (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and nuclear industry regarding the 
advanced finite element analysis performed by the industry to 
provide basis for leak-before-break and the associated NRC staff's 
evaluation.
    3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: Draft ACRS Report on the NRC Safety 
Research Program (Open)--The Committee will discuss the draft ACRS 
report on the NRC Safety Research Program.
    5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Friday, October 5, 2007, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint North, 
Rockville, MD

    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.-11 a.m.: Meeting with NEI, EPRI, and INPO to Discuss 
Industry Activities (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with representatives of NEI, Electric Power 
Research Institute (EPRI), and Institute of Nuclear power Operations 
(INPO) regarding industry activities.
    11:15 a.m.-12:15 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.
    1:15 p.m.-1:30 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.
    1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.: Draft Final Report on Quality Assessment of 
Selected NRC Research Projects (Open)--The Committee will discuss 
the draft final 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.
    2:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, October 6, 2007, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, MD

    8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    12 p.m.-12:30 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

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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. Giriga S. Shukla, Cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-
8439), 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.-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: September 17, 2007.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-18633 Filed 9-20-07; 8:45 am]
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