[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8202-8203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02478]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the 
ACRS Subcommittee on US-APWR; Notice of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittee on US-APWR will hold a meeting on February 
21-22, 2013, Room T-2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    The meeting will be open to public attendance with the exception of 
portions that may be closed to protect information that is propriety 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(4). The agenda for the subject meeting 
shall be as follows:

Thursday, February 21, 2013--8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; Friday, 
February 22, 2013--8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

    The Subcommittee will review Chapter 16, ``Technical 
Specifications; ''Chapter 17, ``Quality Assurance and Reliability 
Assurance;'' and Chapter 19, ``Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Severe 
Accident Evaluation,'' of the Safety Evaluation Reports (SERs) 
associated with the US-APWR design certification and the Comanche Peak

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Combined License Application (COLA). The subcommittee will also review 
the ``Loss of Large Areas (LOLA) of the Plant due to Explosions or 
Fires,'' for the Comanche Peak Combined License Application (COLA). The 
Subcommittee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Luminant 
Generation Company, LLC, and other interested persons regarding this 
matter. The Subcommittee will gather information, analyze relevant 
issues and facts, and formulate proposed positions and actions, as 
appropriate, for deliberation by the Full Committee.
    Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or 
written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official (DFO), 
Girija Shukla (Telephone 301-415-6855 or Email: [email protected]) 
five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made. Thirty-five hard copies of each presentation 
or handout should be provided to the DFO thirty minutes before the 
meeting. In addition, one electronic copy of each presentation should 
be emailed to the DFO one day before the meeting. If an electronic copy 
cannot be provided within this timeframe, presenters should provide the 
DFO with a CD containing each presentation at least thirty minutes 
before the meeting. Electronic recordings will be permitted only during 
those portions of the meeting that are open to the public. Detailed 
procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings were 
published in the Federal Register on October 18, 2012, (77 FR 64146-
64147).
    Detailed meeting agendas and meeting transcripts are available on 
the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acrs. 
Information regarding topics to be discussed, changes to the agenda, 
whether the meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, and the time 
allotted to present oral statements can be obtained from the Web site 
cited above or by contacting the identified DFO. Moreover, 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 these references if such 
rescheduling would result in a major inconvenience.
    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 (Telephone 240-888-9835) 
to be escorted to the meeting room.

    Dated: January 29, 2013.
Antonio Dias,
Technical Advisor, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2013-02478 Filed 2-4-13; 8:45 am]
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