[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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