[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10785-10786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4230]


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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 March 8-10, 2012, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was 
previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, October 17, 
2011 (76 FR 64126-64127).

Thursday, March 8, 2012, 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.: Selected Chapters of the Safety Evaluation 
Report (SER) with Open Items Associated with the US Evolutionary Power 
Reactor (EPR) Design Certification Application (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and AREVA Nuclear Power regarding 
selected chapters of the NRC staff's SER with open items associated 
with the EPR design certification application. [Note: A portion of this 
session may be closed in order to discuss and protect information 
designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Source Terms for Small Modular Reactors 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) regarding 
the development of source terms for small modular reactors.
    1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Extremely Low Probability of Rupture (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the development of a 
technical basis for meeting the requirements of 10 CFR 50 Appendix A, 
General Design Criteria 4. The staff's approach involves developing a 
computer model that calculates failure probabilities due to various 
degradation mechanisms.
    3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 Extended Power Uprate 
Application (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and Florida 
Power & Light Company regarding the Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 Extended 
Power Uprate Application. [Note: A portion of this session may be 
closed in order to discuss and protect information designated as 
proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]
    4:30 p.m.-7:00 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 discuss a proposed report 
on the implementation of the Near-Term Task Force (NTTF) 
recommendations stemming from the Fukushima events. [Note: A portion of 
this session may be closed in order to discuss and protect information 
designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]

Friday, March 9, 2012, 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.-10:00 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 Final Report on the Biennial ACRS 
Review of the NRC Safety Research Program (Open)--The Committee will 
hold a discussion on the draft final report on the biennial ACRS review 
of the NRC Safety Research Program.
    12:30 p.m.-7:00 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 discuss a proposed report 
on the implementation of the Near-Term Task Force (NTTF) 
recommendations stemming from the Fukushima events. [Note: A portion of 
this session may be closed in order to discuss and protect information 
designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]

Saturday, March 10, 2012 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 discuss and 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, (76 FR 
64126-64127). 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 Antonio Dias, Cognizant ACRS Staff (Telephone: 
301-415-6805,

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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 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 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: February 15, 2012.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-4230 Filed 2-22-12; 8:45 am]
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