[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4287-4288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1189]


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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 February 7-9, 2008, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was 
previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, October 22, 
2007 (72 FR 59574).

Thursday, February 7, 2008, 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 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and Entergy Nuclear Operations 
regarding the License Renewal Application for the Vermont Yankee 
Nuclear Power Station and the associated NRC staff's Final Safety 
Evaluation Report.
    10:45 a.m.-12 p.m.: Draft Final Revision to Regulatory Guide 1.45 
(DG-1173), ``Guidance on Monitoring and Responding to Reactor Coolant 
System Leakage'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft 
final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.45 (DG-1173) and the staff's 
resolution of public comments.
    1 p.m.-3 p.m.: Proposed Licensing Strategy for the Next Generation 
Nuclear Plant (NGNP) (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff and Department of Energy regarding the proposed licensing 
strategy for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant.
    [Note: A portion of this session may be closed to prevent 
disclosure of information the premature disclosure of which would be 
likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency 
action pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).]
    3:15 p.m.-5 p.m.: Cable Response to Live Fire (CAROLFIRE) Testing 
and Fire Model Improvement Program (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff and its contractors regarding the results of the CAROLFIRE 
Testing and Fire Model Improvement Program, including staff's 
resolution of public comments.
    5:15 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 report on State-of-the-Art Reactor 
Consequence Analysis (SOARCA) program.

Friday, February 8, 2008, 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.: Proposed BWR Owners Group (BWROG) Topical 
Report on Methodology for Calculating Available Net Positive Suction 
Head (NPSH) for ECCS Pumps (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff and the BWR Owners Group regarding the proposed topical report on 
Methodology for Calculating the Available NPSH for ECCS Pumps, 
including NRC staff's position on this topical report.
    [Note: A portion of this session may be closed to discuss and 
protect information that is proprietary to BWROG and their contractors 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
    10:45 a.m.-11:30 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.
    11:30 a.m.-11:45 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

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recommendations included in recent ACRS reports and letters.
    11:45 a.m.-12 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will 
hear a report by the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability 
and Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) regarding Draft NUREG-1855, 
``Guidance on the Treatment of Uncertainties Associated with PRAs in 
Risk-Informed Decisionmaking,'' that was discussed during the meeting 
on December 19, 2007.
    1 p.m.-3 p.m.: Draft ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research Program 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss the draft ACRS report to the 
Commission on the NRC Safety Research Program.
    3:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, February 9, 2008, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, Maryland

    7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: Draft ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research 
Program (Open)--The Committee will continue its discussion of the draft 
ACRS report on the NRC Safety Research Program.
    9:45 a.m.-1 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    1 p.m.-1:30 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 September 26, 2007 (72 FR 
54695). 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.
    In accordance with Subsection 10(d) (Pub.L. 92-463), I have 
determined that it may be necessary to close portions of this meeting 
noted above to discuss and protect information classified as 
proprietary to BWROG, and their contractors pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4), and information the premature disclosure of which would be 
likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency 
action pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).
    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. Girija S. 
Shukla, Cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-6855), 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: January 17, 2008.
 Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E8-1189 Filed 1-23-08; 8:45 am]
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