[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8154-8155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3489]
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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 March 4-6, 2010, 11545
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was
previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, October 14,
2009, (74 FR 52829-52830).
Thursday, March 4, 2010, Conference Room T2-B1, 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.: Draft Final Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) on Fuel
Cycle (ISG-7) (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and the Nuclear
Energy Institute (NEI) regarding draft final ISG on Fuel Cycle, NRC
staff's resolution of public comments, and related matters.
10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.: Draft Final Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.141,
``Containment Isolation Provisions for Fluid Systems'' (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft final RG 1.141,
``Containment Isolation Provisions for Fluid Systems,'' NRC staff's
resolution of public comments, and related matters.
1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Draft Final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 4.11,
``Terrestrial Environmental Studies for Nuclear Power Stations''
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft Revision 1 to RG
4.11, ``Terrestrial Environmental Studies for Nuclear Power Stations,''
NRC staff's resolution of public comments, and related matters.
2 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: ``Status of Rulemaking for Disposal of Depleted
Uranium and Other Unique Waste Streams'' (Open)--The Committee will
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the
NRC staff regarding the status of rulemaking efforts addressing
disposal of depleted uranium and other unique waste streams, and
related matters.
3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: Draft ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research Program
(Open)--The Committee will discuss the draft ACRS Report on Safety
Research Program.
5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will
discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this and the
previous meeting (February 2010).
Friday, March 5, 2010, Conference Room T2-B1, 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.-10:15 a.m.: Digital Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Design
Acceptance Criteria (DAC) Inspection Methodology (Open)--The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of
the NRC staff regarding Digital I&C DAC Inspection Methodology.
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.: New Advanced Reactor Designs (Open)--The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of
the NRC staff regarding new advanced reactor designs such as NuScale,
Iris, Babcock and Wilcox Modular, Hyperion, Toshiba's 4S, and General
Electric's Prism.
1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.: Meeting with the NRC Executive Director for
Operations (Open)--The Committee will meet with the NRC Executive
Director for Operations (EDO) and Deputy EDOs to discuss topics of
mutual interest.
3 p.m.-4:30 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, including anticipated workload and member assignments,
and related matters. [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]
4:40 p.m.-4:45 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.
5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will
discuss proposed ACRS reports.
Saturday, March 6, 2010, Conference Room T2-B1, 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 continue
its discussion related to the conduct of Committee activities and
specific issues that were not completed during previous meetings.
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register on October 14, 2009, (74 FR
52829-52830). In accordance with those procedures, oral or written
views may be presented by members of the public, including
representatives of the nuclear industry. Persons desiring to make oral
statements should notify Mr. Derek Widmayer, Cognizant ACRS Staff,
(Telephone: 301-415-7366, E-mail: [email protected]), five days
before the meeting, if possible, so that
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appropriate arrangements can be made to allow necessary time during the
meeting for such statements. 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.
Thirty-five hard copies of each presentation or handout should be
provided 30 minutes before the meeting. In addition, one electronic
copy of each presentation should be emailed to the Cognizant ACRS Staff
one day before meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be provided within
this timeframe, presenters should provide the Cognizant ACRS Staff with
a CD containing each presentation at least 30 minutes before the
meeting.
In accordance with Subsection 10(d) Public Law 92-463, and 5 U.S.C.
552b(c), certain portions of this meeting may be closed, as
specifically noted above. 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. Electronic recordings will be
permitted only during the open portions of the meeting.
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 component of NRC's document system 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: February 17, 2010.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-3489 Filed 2-22-10; 8:45 am]
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