[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51580-51581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20928]
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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 September 6-8, 2012,
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
Thursday, September 6, 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 a.m.: Draft Regulatory Guide 1290 (Proposed Revision
to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.59), ``Design-Basis Floods for Nuclear Power
Plants'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding a proposed
revision to RG-1.59, ``Design-Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants.''
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Interim Staff Guidance 8 (ISG-8), Revision
3, ``Burnup Credit in the Criticality Safety Analyses of PWR Spent Fuel
in Transport and Storage Casks'' (Open)--The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding ISG-8, Revision 3, ``Burnup Credit in the Criticality
Safety Analyses of PWR Spent Fuel in Transport and Storage Casks.''
1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Selected Chapters of the Safety Evaluation
Reports (SERs) with Open Items Associated with the US Advanced
Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR) Design Certification and the
Comanche Peak Combined License Application (COLA) (Open/Closed)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and
Luminant Generation Company regarding selected chapters of the SERs
with Open Items associated with the US-APWR Design Certification and
the Comanche Peak COLA. [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)]
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Assessment of the Quality of Selected NRC
Research Projects (Open)--The Members of the ACRS panels will hold
discussions on the quality assessment of the following NRC research
projects: (1) NUREG-1953, ``Confirmatory Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis to
Support Specific Success Criteria in the Standardized Plant Analysis
Risk Models-Surry and Peach Bottom,'' and (2) NUREG/CR-7040,
``Evaluation of JNES Equipment Fragility Tests for Use in Seismic
Probabilistic Risk Assessments for U.S. Nuclear Power Plants.''
4:45 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 discuss a proposed ACRS
report on the Technical Basis for Regulating Extended Storage and
Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel. [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, September 7, 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.
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8:35 a.m.-9 a.m.: Meeting with the NRC Chairman (Open)--The
Committee will hold discussions with the NRC Chairman to discuss items
of mutual interest.
9:15 a.m.-10:45 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.]
10:45 a.m.-11 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.
11 a.m.-12 p.m.: Significant Operating Experience (Open)--The
Committee will hear a report and hold discussions with the Chairman of
the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant Operations and Fire Protection regarding
significant operating experience, insights gained from these events,
and any follow-up actions by the Subcommittee and/or the Full
Committee.
1 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The
Committee will continue its discussion on 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 designated as
proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4)]
Saturday, September 8, 2012, Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.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)]
11:30 a.m.-12 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 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, 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 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 21, 2012.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-20928 Filed 8-23-12; 8:45 am]
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