[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70778-70779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29419]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


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 December 1-3, 2011, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

Thursday, December 1, 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.: Levy County, Units 1 and 2, Combined License 
(COL) Application (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations 
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and 
Progress Energy Florida regarding the subsequent COL application for 
Levy County, Units 1 and 2, and the NRC staff's associated safety 
evaluation report. [Note: A portion of this session may be closed in 
order to protect information designated as proprietary pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.: Revised Branch Technical Position Regarding 
Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation of Low-Level Radioactive 
Waste (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding Revised 
Branch Technical Position on Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation 
of Low-Level Radioactive Waste.
1:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.: Proposed Requirements of Maintenance of 
Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) and the 
associated Regulatory Guide (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding proposed requirements for maintenance of ITAAC and the 
associated Regulatory Guide.
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. The Committee will also consider a proposed response to the 
October 28, 2011, EDO letter regarding the GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy 
Licensing Topical Report NEPC-33173P-A, Supplement 2, Parts 1, 2, and 
3, ``Analysis of Gamma Scan Data and Removal of Safety Limit Minimum 
Critical Power Ratio (SLMCP) Margin.'' [Note: A portion of this session 
may be closed in order to protect information designated as proprietary 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]

Friday, December 2, 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.
8:30 a.m.-10 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.]
10 a.m.-10:15 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.
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Draft Report on the Biennial ACRS Review of the 
NRC Safety Research Program (Open)--The Committee will hold a 
discussion on the draft report on the biennial ACRS review of the NRC 
Safety Research Program.
12:30 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 protect information 
designated as proprietary pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]

Saturday, December 3, 2011 Conference Room T2-B1, Two White Flint 
North, 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 protect information 
designated as proprietary 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 17, 2011, (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 Mr. Antonio Dias, Cognizant ACRS Staff 
(Telephone: (301) 415-6805, Email: [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 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 (PARS) component of NRC's document

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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.
    If attending this meeting please enter through the One White Flint 
North building, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. After registering 
with security, please contact Mr. Theron Brown (240) 888-9835 to be 
escorted to the meeting room.

    Dated: November 8, 2011.
 Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-29419 Filed 11-14-11; 8:45 am]
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