[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59075-59076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23322]
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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 October 2-5, 2013,
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013, Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland
1:30 p.m.-1:35 p.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of
the meeting.
1:35 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Spent Fuel Pool Study and Expedited Transfer
of Spent Fuel to Dry Cask Storage (Open)--The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding the spent fuel pool study and expedited transfer of
spent fuel to dry cask storage.
3:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.: Development of Guidance in Support of Order
EA-13-109 on Reliable Hardened Containment Vents (Open)--The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of
the NRC staff regarding the development of guidance in support of Order
EA-13-109 on reliable hardened containment vents.
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed
during this meeting. The Committee will also discuss a proposed ACRS
report on draft Final Regulatory Guide 1.79, ``Preoperational Testing
of Emergency Core Cooling Systems for Pressurized Water Reactors'' and
Regulatory Guide 1.79.1, ``Initial Test Program of Emergency Core
Cooling Systems for Boiling Water Reactors.''
Thursday, October 3, 2013, Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland
5:15 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports on
matters discussed during this meeting and on draft Final Regulatory
Guides 1.79 and 1.79.1.
Friday, October 4, 2013, Conference Room T-2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Md
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.]
10:00 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.: Assessment of the Quality of Selected NRC
Research Projects (Open)--The Committee will hold discussions with
members of the ACRS panels performing the quality assessment of the
following NRC research projects:
--NUREG/CR-7026: Application of Model Abstraction Techniques to
Simulate Transport in Soils
--NUREG-2121: Fuel Fragmentation, Relocation, and Dispersal During the
Loss-of-Coolant Accident
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Draft Report on the Biennial ACRS Review of
the NRC Safety Research Program (Open)--The Committee will discuss the
draft report on the biennial ACRS review of the NRC Safety Research
Program.
1:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports on
matters discussed during this meeting and on draft Final Regulatory
Guides 1.79 and 1.79.1.
Saturday, October 5, 2013 Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports on
matters discussed during this meeting and on draft Final Regulatory
Guides 1.79 and 1.79.1.
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will
continue its discussion of 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 18, 2012, (77 FR
64146-64147). 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 Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant ACRS Staff (Telephone:
301-415-5844, 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
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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: September 18, 2013.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-23322 Filed 9-24-13; 8:45 am]
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