[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18263-18265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9101]


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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 May 7-9, 2009, 11545 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was 
previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, October 6, 2008 
(73 FR 58268-58269).

Thursday, May 7, 2009, 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.: Proposed Rule on Risk-Informed Changes to 
Loss-of-Coolant Accident Technical Requirements (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff regarding the proposed rule on a voluntary risk-informed 
alternative to the current requirements of emergency core cooling 
systems, and related matters.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Proposed Resolution of Generic Safety Issue 
(GSI)-163, ``Multiple Steam Generator Tube Leakage'' (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the proposed resolution of 
GSI-163 regarding multiple steam generator tube leakage, and related 
matters.
    1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Draft Final Regulatory Guide 1.214, ``Response 
Procedures for Potential or Actual Aircraft Attacks'' (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft final Regulatory 
Guide 1.214 and related matters. [Note:

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A portion of this Session may be closed to protect security and 
safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).]
    3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Status and Update Concerning Revisions to the 
AP1000 Design Control Document (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff on the current status of the activities associated with the 
revisions to the AP1000 Design Control Document and related matters.
    4:45 p.m.-5 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will 
hear a report by and hold discussions with the Chairman of the Safety 
Research Program Subcommittee regarding several-seismic related issues 
that were discussed during the meeting on April 16-17, 2009.
    5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed 
during this meeting. [Note: A portion of this Session may be closed to 
protect security and safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b 
(c)(3).]

Friday, May 8, 2009, 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.: Preparation for Meeting with the Commission on 
June 4, 2009 (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the 
following topics scheduled for the meeting with the Commission on June 
4, 2009: Containment Overpressure Credit Issue, Pressurized Thermal 
Shock Rule, Digital Instrumentation and Control Matters, and Options to 
Revise NRC Regulations Based on the International Commission on 
Radiation Protection (ICRP) Recommendations/Progress on Recommendations 
of the Independent External Review Panel on Materials Licensing 
Program.
    10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Quality Assessment of Selected Research 
Projects (Open)--The Committee will hear reports by and hold 
discussions with the members of the ACRS Panels regarding the quality 
assessment of the NRC research projects on: NUREG-6964, ``Crack Growth 
Rates and Metallographic Examinations of Alloy 600 and Alloy 82/182 
from Field and Laboratory Materials Testing in PWR Environments,'' and 
Draft NUREG-xxxx, ``Diversity Strategies for Nuclear Power Plant 
Instrumentation and Control Systems.''
    11:15 a.m.-12 p.m.: Future ACRS 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 other matters related to the conduct of the 
ACRS business.
    [Note: A portion of this Session 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 constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy.]
    12 p.m.-12:15 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.
    1:15 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports. [Note: A portion of this 
Session may be closed to protect security and safeguards information 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).]

Saturday, May 9, 2009, Conference Room T-2b3, Two White Flint North, 
Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports. 
[Note: A portion of this Session may be closed to protect security and 
safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).]
    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 a portion of this meeting 
noted above to discuss security and safeguards information pursuant to 
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3) and organizational and personnel matters that 
relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices of ACRS, and 
information the release of which constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6).
    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

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link. The availability of video teleconferencing services is not 
guaranteed.

    Dated: April 15, 2009.
Annette L. Vietti Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-9101 Filed 4-20-09; 8:45 am]
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