[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9840-9841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3335]


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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 March 6-8, 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, March 6, 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 James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (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 James A. FitzPatrick 
Nuclear Power Plant and the associated NRC staff's Final Safety 
Evaluation Report (SER).
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.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, Inc., 
regarding the License Renewal Application for the Vermont Yankee 
Nuclear Power Station and the associated NRC staff's Final SER, 
specifically, resolution of the environmentally assisted fatigue issue, 
and other related matters.
    1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Selected Chapters of the SER Associated with 
the ESBWR Design Certification Application (Open/Closed)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff and General Electric--Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) 
regarding selected chapters of the SER with open items associated with 
the ESBWR design certification application.

    [Note: A portion of this session may be closed to protect 
information that is proprietary to GEH and its contractors pursuant 
to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]

    3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--Report by and 
discussions with the Chairman of the ACRS regarding interim review of 
the License Renewal Application for the Wolf Creek Generating Station 
discussed during the Subcommittee meeting on March 5, 2008.
    3:45 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting.
    Friday, March 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.-9:30 a.m.: Meeting with Commissioner Lyons (Open)--The 
Chairman will hold discussions with NRC Commissioner Lyons regarding 
items of mutual interest.
    9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning 
and Procedures Subcommittee (Open)--Discussion of the recommendations 
of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee regarding items proposed 
for consideration by the full Committee

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during future ACRS meetings as well as discussion of matters related to 
the conduct of ACRS business, including anticipated workload and member 
assignments.
    10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 
Recommendations (Open)--The Committee will discuss proposed ACRS 
reports on matters considered during this meeting.
    11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered 
during this meeting.
    1:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting.
    Saturday, March 8, 2008, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, Maryland.
    8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Anticipated Future Committee Schedule and 
Workload (Open)--The Committee will discuss anticipated future ACRS 
schedule and workload.
    1 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--Discussion of matters 
related to the conduct of Committee matters 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) Public Law 92-463, I have 
determined that it may be necessary to close a portion of this meeting 
noted above to discuss and protect information classified as 
proprietary to General Electric--Hitachi Nuclear Energy and their 
contractors.
    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: February 15, 2008.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E8-3335 Filed 2-21-08; 8:45 am]
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