[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 94 (Monday, May 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23222-23224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11531]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 June 3-5, 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).

Wednesday, June 3, 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.-9:45 a.m.: License Renewal Application and the Revised 
Final Safety Evaluation Report for the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST) Reactor (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff and NIST regarding the License Renewal Application for the NIST 
Reactor, the associated NRC staff's revised final SER, and related 
matters.
    10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Draft Final Regulatory Guides 1.21 and 4.1 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding Draft Final Regulatory 
Guide 1.21 (DG-1186), ``Measuring, Evaluating, and Reporting 
Radioactive Materials in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents and Solid 
Wastes,'' and Draft Final Regulatory Guide 4.1 (DG-4013), 
``Radiological Environmental Monitoring for Nuclear Power Plants,'' and 
related matters.
    1 p.m.-3 p.m.: Pellet-Clad Interaction Failures under Extended 
Power Uprate Conditions (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff and nuclear industry regarding pellet-clad interaction failures 
under extended power uprate conditions, and related matters. [Note: A 
portion of this Session may be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), 
to discuss project information that is proprietary to Global Nuclear 
Fuel (GNF) and/or Westinghouse, or their contractors.]
    3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Diversity and Defense-in-Depth Topical Report 
Associated with the 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 the Diversity 
and Defense-in-Depth Topical Report and the associated NRC staff's 
Safety Evaluation Report associated with the US-Advanced Pressurized 
Water Reactor (US-APWR) Design, and related matters.

[[Page 23223]]

    5 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will 
hear a report by and hold discussions with the Chairmen of the 
Reliability and PRA Subcommittee regarding (i) proposed Rev. 1 to 
Regulatory Guide 1.205, ``Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire 
Protection for Existing Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants,'' and 
proposed Standard Review Plan Section 9.5.1.2, ``Risk-Informed, 
Performance-Based Fire Protection, (ii) development of guidelines for 
performing human reliability analysis in fire probabilistic risk 
assessments, and (iii) risk metrics for new light-water reactor risk-
informed applications, that were discussed during the meeting on June 
1-2, 2009.
    5:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this 
meeting.

Thursday, June 4, 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.-9:30 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/CR-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/CR-XXXX, ``Diversity Strategies for Nuclear Power Plant 
Instrumentation and Control Systems.''
    9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.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 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.]
    10:45 a.m.-11 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.
    11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Discussion of Topics for Meeting with the 
Commission (Open)--The Committee will discuss the following topics 
scheduled for the meeting with the Commission on June 4, 2009: 
Crediting Containment Accident Pressure in the NPSH Calculations, 
Pressurized Thermal Shock Rule, Digital Instrumentation and Control 
Matters, Options to Revise NRC Regulations Based on the International 
Commission on Radiation Protection (ICRP) Recommendations, and Progress 
on Recommendations of the Independent External Review Panel on the 
Materials Licensing Program.
    1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Meeting with the Commission (Open)--The 
Committee will meet with the Commission at the Commissioners' 
Conference Room, One White Flint North, to discuss the topics noted 
above.
    4 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Friday, June 5, 2009, 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 a portion of this meeting 
noted above to discuss 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). 
In addition it may be necessary to close portion of the meeting to 
protect information designated as proprietary by Global Nuclear Fuel 
and/or Westinghouse or their 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.-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.


[[Page 23224]]


    Dated: May 12, 2009.
 Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-11531 Filed 5-15-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P