[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 123 (Monday, June 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36715-36717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15509]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting

    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 July 14-16, 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).

Wednesday, July 14, 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

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opening remarks regarding the conduct of the meeting.
    8:35 a.m.-10:30 a.m: Safety Evaluation Report With Open Items 
Associated With the South Texas Project Combined License Application 
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and the South Texas 
Project Nuclear Operating Company regarding the Safety Evaluation 
Report with Open Items associated with the South Texas Project Combined 
License Application.

    Note: A portion of this session may be closed in order to 
discuss and protect proprietary information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4).

    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Draft Final Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.74, 
``Guidance for Fuel Cycle Facility Change Processes'' (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft final RG 3.74, 
``Guidance for Fuel Cycle Facility Change Processes,'' and the staff's 
resolution of public comments.
    1:15 p.m.-3 p.m.: Meeting With Representatives of the Nuclear 
Energy Institute (NEI): (Open)--The Committee will hold discussions 
with representatives of NEI on items of mutual interest.
    3:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this 
meeting.

Thursday, July 15, 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.: Interim Staff Guidance DC/COL-ISG-017, 
``Ensuring Hazard-Consistent Seismic Input for Site Response and Soil 
Structure Interaction Analyses'' (Open)--The Committee will hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding DC/COL-ISG-
017, ``Ensuring Hazard-Consistent Seismic Input for Site Response and 
Soil Structure Interaction Analyses.''
    9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL-ISG-020, 
``Implementation of Seismic Margin Analysis for New Reactors Based on 
PRA'' (Open)--The Committee will hold discussions with representatives 
of the NRC staff regarding DC/COL-ISG-020, ``Implementation of Seismic 
Margin Analysis for New Reactors Based on PRA''.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the 
Planning and Procedures Subcommittee (Open/Closed)--The Committee will 
hold discussions of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee regarding 
items proposed for consideration by the Full Committee during future 
ACRS Meetings, and matters related to the conduct of ACRS business, 
including anticipated workload and member assignments.

    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 constitute a 
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

    12:15 p.m.-12:30 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.
    1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Assessment of the Quality of Selected NRC 
Research Projects (Open)--The Committee will discuss with members of 
the ACRS performing the quality assessment of the NRC research projects 
on: NUREG/CD-6947, ``Human Factors Consideration With Respect to 
Emerging Technology in Nuclear Power Plants,'' and NUREG/CR-6997, 
``Modeling a Digital Feedwater Control System Using Traditional 
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methods.''
    2:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.

Friday, July 16, 2010, Conference Room T2-B1, Two White Flint North, 
Rockville, Maryland

    12 p.m.-2 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    2 p.m.-2:30 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 the meeting. If an electronic copy can not 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 (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. e.t., 
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.


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    Dated: June 21, 2010.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-15509 Filed 6-25-10; 8:45 am]
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