[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51500-51501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20690]


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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 September 9-11, 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, September 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.-10:30 a.m.: Potential Approaches to Resolve Generic 
Safety Issue (GSI)-191, Assessment of Debris Accumulation on 
Pressurized Water Reactor Sump Performance (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff regarding potential approaches to resolve GSI-191.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Amendment to the Design Control Document 
(DCD) for the Certified Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) Design 
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and South Texas 
Project Nuclear Operating Company regarding the amendment to the DCD 
for the certified ABWR design. [Note: A portion of this session may be 
closed in order to discuss and protect unclassified safeguards 
information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).]
    1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Long-Term Core Cooling Approach for the 
Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) Design (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff and General Electric-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) 
regarding the long-term core cooling approach for the ESBWR design. 
[Note: A portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss and 
protect information designed as proprietary pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4).]
    3 p.m.-5 p.m.: License Application for the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel 
Fabrication Facility and the Associated Safety Evaluation Report (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff and Shaw-Areva, LLC regarding the license application for 
the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility and the associated Safety Evaluation 
Report. [Note: A portion of this session may be closed in order to 
discuss and protect information designed as proprietary pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
    5:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed 
during this meeting as well as a response to the NRC Executive Director 
for Operations (EDO) regarding Draft Final Regulatory Guide 1.217, 
``Guidance for the Assessment of Beyond-Design Basis Aircraft 
Impacts.'' [Note: A portion of this session may be closed in order to 
discuss and protect unclassified safeguards and proprietary information 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3) and (4).]
    Friday, September 10, 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.: Proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL-
ISG-13, ``Assessing the Consequences of an Accidental Release of 
Radioactive Materials from Liquid Waste Tanks,'' and Proposed DC/COL-
ISG-14, ``Assessing Groundwater Flow and Transport of Accidental 
Radionuclide Releases'' (Open)--The Committee will hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding proposed ISG-13, 
``Assessing the Consequences of an Accidental Release of Radioactive 
Materials from Liquid Waste Tanks,'' and ISG-14, ``Assessing 
Groundwater Flow and Transport of Accidental Radionuclide Releases.''
    9:45 a.m.-11:15 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 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.]
    11:15 a.m.-11:30 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.
    12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Assessment of the Quality of Selected NRC 
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Projects (Open)--The Committee will hold discussions with members of 
the ACRS Panels regarding the quality assessment of the NRC research 
projects on: NUREG/CR-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.''
    1:45 p.m.--7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports on 
matters discussed during this meeting as well as a response to the NRC 
Executive Director for Operations (EDO) regarding Draft Final 
Regulatory Guide 1.217, ``Guidance for the Assessment of Beyond-Design 
Basis Aircraft Impacts.'' [Note: A portion of this session may be 
closed in order to discuss and protect unclassified safeguards and 
proprietary information pursuant to 5 U.S.C.552b(c)(3) and (4).]
    Saturday, September 11, 2010, Conference Room T2-B1, Two White 
Flint North, Rockville, Maryland
    8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    4:30 p.m.-5 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.
    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. Cayetano Santos, Cognizant ACRS Staff 
(Telephone: 301-415-7270, 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 (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 
link. The availability of video teleconferencing services is not 
guaranteed.

    Dated: August 16, 2010.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-20690 Filed 8-19-10; 8:45 am]
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