[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37852-37853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16151]



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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Notice of 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 13-15, 2011, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was 
previously published in the Federal Register on Thursday, October 21, 
2010 (74 FR 65038-65039).

Wednesday, July 13, 2011, Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
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.: Safety Evaluation Report Associated with 
NEDC-33173, Supplement 2, Parts 1, 2, and 3, ``Analysis of Gamma Scan 
Data and Removal of Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio (SLMCPR) 
Margin'' (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and General 
Electric Hitachi (GEH) regarding the safety evaluation report 
associated with NEDC-33173, Supplement 2, Parts 1, 2, and 3. [Note: A 
portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss and protect 
information designed as proprietary by GEH pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4).]
    10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.: 10 CFR 50.46(c) Emergency Core Cooling 
System Rulemaking (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the 10 
CFR 50.46(c) Rulemaking: Mechanical Behavior of Ballooned and Ruptured 
Cladding.
    1:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.: Technical Basis and Rulemaking Language 
Associated with Low-Level Waste Disposal Site-Specific Analysis 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the technical basis and 
rulemaking language associated with low-level waste disposal site-
specific analysis.
    4 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 in 
order to discuss and protect information designed as proprietary by GEH 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]

Thursday, July 14, 2011, Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
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.: Small Modular Reactor Issue Identification and 
Ranking Process (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the 
small modular reactor issue identification and ranking process.
    10:15 a.m.-11:45 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 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.]
    11:45 a.m.-12 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 p.m.-2 p.m.: Assessment of the Quality of Selected NRC Research 
Projects (Open)--The Committee will discuss the quality assessment of 
the following NRC research projects: NUREG/CR-6969, ``Analysis of 
Experimental Data for High Burnup PWR Spent Fuel Isotopic Validation--
ARIANE and REBUS Programs (UO2 Fuel),'' and NUREG/CR-7027, 
``Degradation of LWR Core Internal Materials Due to Neutron 
Irradiation.''
    2 p.m.-7 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 in order to discuss and protect 
information that is proprietary pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]

Friday, July 15, 2011 Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-1 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 in order to discuss and protect 
information designated as proprietary by Westinghouse and its 
contractors pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
    1 p.m.-1:30 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 21, 2010, (75 FR 
65038-65039). 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 Ms. Yoira Diaz-Sanabria, Cognizant ACRS Staff 
(Telephone: 301-415-8064, 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

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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. (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.
    If attending this meeting please contact Ms. Jessie Delgado 
(Telephone 301-415-7360) to be escorted to the meeting.

    Dated: June 22, 2011.
 Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-16151 Filed 6-27-11; 8:45 am]
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