[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 68461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27312]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS)


Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on ESBWR; Notice of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittee on the Economic Simplified Boiling Water 
Reactor (ESBWR) will hold a meeting on December 3, 2008, Room T-2B1, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance, with the 
exception of a portion that may be closed to protect information that 
is proprietary to General Electric-Hitachi (GEH) Nuclear Energy and its 
contractors pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).
    The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows: Wednesday, 
December 3, 2008--1 p.m.-5 p.m.
    The Subcommittee will review Chapter 7 of the Safety Evaluation 
Report with Open Items associated with the ESBWR Design Certification 
Application. The Subcommittee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff, GEH, and other 
interested persons regarding this matter. The Subcommittee will gather 
information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and formulate proposed 
positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the full 
Committee.
    Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or 
written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official, Dr. 
Harold J. VanderMolen, (Telephone: 301-415-6236) five days prior to the 
meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. 
Electronic recordings will be permitted. Detailed procedures for the 
conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings were published in the 
Federal Register on October 6, 2008 (73 FR 58268-58269).
    Further information regarding this meeting can be obtained by 
contacting the Designated Federal Official between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. 
(ET). Persons planning to attend this meeting are urged to contact the 
above named individual at least two working days prior to the meeting 
to be advised of any potential changes to the agenda.

    Dated: November 10, 2008.
Cayetano Santos,
Chief, Reactor Safety Branch A, Advisory Committee on Reactor 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E8-27312 Filed 11-17-08; 8:45 am]
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