[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69681-69682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27469]


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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 December 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).

Thursday, December 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.: Chapters 7 and 14 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 Chapters 7 and 14, of 
the NRC staff's 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 or its contractors pursuant 
to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]

    10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.: Early Site Permit Application and the Final SER 
for the Vogtle Nuclear Plant (Open)--The Committee will hear a briefing 
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and 
Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) regarding the Early site 
permit application and the NRC staff's final SER for the Vogtle Nuclear 
Plant.
    1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Status of Staff Activities Associated with 
Potential Revision to 10 CFR 50.46(b) (Open)--The Committee will hear a 
briefing by the Subcommittee Chairman and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the status of staff 
activities associated with potential revision to 10 CFR 50.46(b).
    2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: NRC Staff's Initial White Paper on Containment 
Overpressure Credit Issue (Open)--The Committee will hear reports by 
the Subcommittee Chairman and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff regarding the initial White Paper on the use of 
containment accident pressure in determining the available net positive 
suction head of emergency core cooling and containment heat removal 
pumps, and related matters.
    4:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this 
meeting.

Friday, December 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.-10 a.m.: Overview of the Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) 
Research Activities (Open)--The Committee will hear a briefing by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding HRA 
research activities.
    10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.: Draft Policy Statement on Defense-in-Depth for 
Future Nuclear Reactors (Open)--The Committee will hear a briefing by 
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
draft Policy Statement on Defense-in-Depth for Future Nuclear Reactors.
    1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning 
and Procedures Subcommittee (Open/Closed)--The Committee will discuss 
of the recommendations of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee 
regarding items proposed for consideration by the Full Committee during 
future ACRS meetings and other matters related to the conduct of the 
ACRS business.

    [Note: A portion of this meeting may be closed pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss organizational and personnel 
matters that relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices 
of ACRS, and information the release of which would

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constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy]

    2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.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.
    2:45 p.m.-3 p.m.: Election of ACRS Officers for CY 2009 (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss the election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman 
for the ACRS and Member-at-Large for the Planning and Procedures 
Subcommittee for FY 2009.
    3:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, December 6, 2008, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    12:30 p.m.-1 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss 
matters related to the conduct of Committee activities 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 October 6, 2008, (73 FR 
58268-58269). 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 Girija Shukla, 
Cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-6855), between 7:15 a.m. and 5 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: November 13, 2008.
 Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-27469 Filed 11-18-08; 8:45 am]
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