[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13799-13800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6325]


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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 April 8-10, 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, April 8, 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) DC/COL-
ISG-016, ``Compliance with 10 CFR 50.54(hh)(2) and 10 CFR 52.80(d)'' 
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding Draft Final 
DC/COL-ISG-016, ``Compliance with 10 CFR 50.54(hh)(2) and 10 CFR 
52.80(d),'' and the NRC staff's resolution of public comments. [Note: A 
portion of this session may be closed to protect unclassified 
safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).]
    10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.: Selected Chapters of the Safety Evaluation 
Report (SER) with Open Items Associated with the Review of the U.S. 
Evolutionary Power Reactor (USEPR) Design Certification Application 
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and AREVA NP 
regarding Chapters 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, and 17 of the SER with Open 
Items associated with the review of the USEPR Design Certification 
Application.
    [Note: A portion of this session may be closed to protect 
information that is proprietary to AREVA NP and its contractors 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
    1 p.m.-4 p.m.: Supplement 3 to General Electric (GE) Topical Report 
NEDC-33173PA, ``Applicability of GE Methods to Expanded Operating 
Domains'' (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and GE regarding 
Supplement 3 to GE Topical Report NEDC-33173PA, ``Applicability of GE 
Methods to Expanded Operating Domains.'' [Note: A portion of this 
session may be closed to protect information that is proprietary to GE 
and its contractors pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
    4:15 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 unclassified safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(3).]

Friday, April 9, 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.-9:30 a.m.: Final ISG ESP/DC/COL-ISG-015, ``Post-Combined 
License Commitments'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding 
Final ESP/DC/COL-ISG-015, ``Post-Combined License Commitments'' and the 
NRC staff's resolution of public comments.
    9:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning 
and Procedures Subcommittee (Open/Closed)--The Committee will discuss

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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. [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.]
    11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 
Recommendations (Open)--The Committee will discuss responses from the 
NRC Executive Director for Operations to comments and recommendations 
included in recent ACRS reports and letters.
    12:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will discuss the proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed 
during this meeting. [Note: A portion of this session may be closed to 
protect unclassified safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(3).]

Saturday, April 10, 2010, Conference Room T2-B1, 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 unclassified 
safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).]
    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 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 e-mailed 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 (PDR) 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: March 17, 2010.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-6325 Filed 3-22-10; 8:45 am]
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