[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 184 (Monday, September 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54635-54636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22069]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

    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 2-4, 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, October 2, 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.: License Renewal Application and Final Safety 
Evaluation Report (SER) for the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, 
Unit 1 (Open)--The Committee will hear a briefing by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and Carolina Power & 
Light Company regarding the license renewal application for the Shearon 
Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, and the associated NRC staff's 
final SER.
    10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Status of Resolution of Generic Safety Issue 
(GSI)-191, ``Assessment of Debris Accumulation on Pressurized-Water 
Reactor (PWR) Sump Performance'' (Open)--The Committee will hear a 
briefing by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff 
and PWR Owners Group regarding the staff

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and industry activities associated with the resolution of GSI-191.
    1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Selected Chapters of the SER Associated with 
the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) Design 
Certification Application (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear a 
briefing by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff 
and General Electric-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) regarding selected 
Chapters of the NRC staff's SER With Open Items associated with the 
ESBWR design certification application.
    3:30 p.m.-4 p.m.: Quality Assessment of Selected Research Projects 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss the draft final report on the 
quality assessment of the NRC research projects on: FRAPCON/FRAPTRAN 
Code work at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and 
NUREG/CR-6943, ``A Study of Remote Visual Methods to Detect Cracking in 
Reactor Components.''
    4 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: Historical Perspectives and Insights on Reactor 
Consequence Analyses (Open)--The Committee will discuss the draft White 
Paper prepared by the ACRS Senior Technical Advisor on historical 
perspectives and insights on reactor consequence analyses.
    5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this 
meeting.

Friday, October 3, 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 Activities/Report of the Planning and 
Procedures Subcommittee (Open/Closed)--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 and 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 Reports (Open)--Report by and 
discussions with the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Materials, 
Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels regarding Proposed Supplemental 
Pressurized Thermal Shock Rule (10 CFR 50.61) that was discussed during 
the Subcommittee meeting on October 1, 2008. Report by and discussions 
with the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and PRA 
regarding the draft final NUREG-1855, ``Guidance on the Treatment of 
Uncertainties in Risk-Informed Decisionmaking,'' that was discussed 
during the Subcommittee meeting on September 30, 2008.
    10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the Commission 
on November 7, 2008 (Open)--Discussion of proposed topics for meeting 
with the Commission on November 7, 2008.
    12:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, October 4, 2008, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 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) Public Law 92-463, I have 
determined that it may be necessary to close portions of this meeting 
noted above to discuss organizational and personnel matters that relate 
solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of the ACRS, and 
information the release of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). 
In addition, it may be necessary to close a portion of the meeting to 
protect information designated as proprietary by General Electric-
Hitachi or its contractors pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b c(4).
    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 
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: September 16, 2008.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-22069 Filed 9-19-08; 8:45 am]
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