[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29169-29170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11232]


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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 June 4-6, 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).

Wednesday, June 4, 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 a.m.: ARTIST Test Program (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding the findings from the ARTIST Tests on aerosol retention 
in the secondary side of a steam generator, and related matters.
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Risk Assessment Standardization Project (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the Risk Assessment 
Standardization Project (RASP) and related matters.
1:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.: Overview of the U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor 
(EPR) Design (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and AREVA Nuclear 
Power Inc., regarding design features of the EPR and related matters.
4 p.m.-5 p.m.: Status of the Development of Rules and Regulatory 
Guidance in the areas of Safeguards and Security (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff regarding the status of activities associated with the 
development of rules and regulatory guidance in the safeguards and 
security areas.
5 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Status of the Quality Assessment of Selected Research 
Projects (Open)--The Committee will hold discussions with the Chairmen 
of the ACRS Panels regarding the status of the quality assessment of 
the research projects on: FRAPCON/FRAPTRAN Code work at the Pacific 
Northwest National Laboratory; and NUREG-6943, ``Study of Remote Visual 
Methods to Detect Cracking in Reactor Components.''
5:45 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Report (Open)--The Committee will 
prepare and discuss the proposed ACRS report on the ARTIST Test 
Program.

Thursday, June 5, 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.: 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 
ACRS meetings. 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.
10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the Commission 
(Open)--The Committee will hold discussions in preparation for their 
meeting with the Commission on the following topics: Safety Research 
Program Report, Digital I&C Matters, State-of-the-Art Reactor 
Consequence Analysis Program, ESBWR Design Certification, and Extended 
Power Uprates and related Technical Issues.
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Meeting with the Commission (Open)--The Committee 
will meet with the Commission to discuss topics noted above.
3:45 p.m.-6 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Report (Open)--The Committee will 
continue its discussion of a proposed ACRS report on the ARTIST Test 
Program.

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Friday June 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.: Overview of the US-Advanced Pressurized Water 
Reactor (US-APWR) Design (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations 
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and 
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., regarding design features of the US-
APWR and related matters.
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Status of NRC Staff Activities Associated with 
the Resolution of Generic Safety Issue (GSI)-191, ``Assessment of 
Debris Accumulation on Pressurized-Water Reactor (PWR) Sump 
Performance'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the status 
of NRC staff activities associated with the resolution of GSI-191.
1:15 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.
    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/.
    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: May 14, 2008.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-11232 Filed 5-19-08; 8:45 am]
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