[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69681-69682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27469]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
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 4-6, 2008,
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was
previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, October 22,
2007, (72 FR 59574).
Thursday, December 4, 2008, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint
North, 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.: Chapters 7 and 14 of the SER Associated with the
Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) Design Certification
Application (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear a briefing by and
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and General
Electric--Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) regarding Chapters 7 and 14, of
the NRC staff's SER With Open Items associated with the ESBWR design
certification application.
[Note: A portion of this session may be closed to protect
information that is proprietary to GEH or its contractors pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]
10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.: Early Site Permit Application and the Final SER
for the Vogtle Nuclear Plant (Open)--The Committee will hear a briefing
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and
Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) regarding the Early site
permit application and the NRC staff's final SER for the Vogtle Nuclear
Plant.
1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Status of Staff Activities Associated with
Potential Revision to 10 CFR 50.46(b) (Open)--The Committee will hear a
briefing by the Subcommittee Chairman and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the status of staff
activities associated with potential revision to 10 CFR 50.46(b).
2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: NRC Staff's Initial White Paper on Containment
Overpressure Credit Issue (Open)--The Committee will hear reports by
the Subcommittee Chairman and hold discussions with representatives of
the NRC staff regarding the initial White Paper on the use of
containment accident pressure in determining the available net positive
suction head of emergency core cooling and containment heat removal
pumps, and related matters.
4:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this
meeting.
Friday, December 5, 2008, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint North,
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.: Overview of the Human Reliability Analysis (HRA)
Research Activities (Open)--The Committee will hear a briefing by and
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding HRA
research activities.
10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.: Draft Policy Statement on Defense-in-Depth for
Future Nuclear Reactors (Open)--The Committee will hear a briefing by
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding
draft Policy Statement on Defense-in-Depth for Future Nuclear Reactors.
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee (Open/Closed)--The Committee will discuss
of the recommendations of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee
regarding items proposed for consideration by the Full Committee during
future ACRS meetings and other matters related to the conduct of the
ACRS business.
[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
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constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy]
2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.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.
2:45 p.m.-3 p.m.: Election of ACRS Officers for CY 2009 (Open)--The
Committee will discuss the election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman
for the ACRS and Member-at-Large for the Planning and Procedures
Subcommittee for FY 2009.
3:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
Saturday, December 6, 2008, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint
North, Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
12:30 p.m.-1 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, as time and
availability of information permit.
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register on October 6, 2008, (73 FR
58268-58269). In accordance with those procedures, oral or written
views may be presented by members of the public, including
representatives of the nuclear industry. Electronic recordings will be
permitted only during the open portions of the meeting. Persons
desiring to make oral statements should notify the Cognizant ACRS staff
named below five days before the meeting, if possible, so that
appropriate arrangements can be made to allow necessary time during the
meeting for such statements. 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. Information
regarding the time to be set aside for this purpose may be obtained by
contacting the Cognizant ACRS staff prior to the meeting. 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.
In accordance with Subsection 10(d) Public Law 92-463, I have
determined that it may be necessary to close portions of this meeting
noted above to discuss organizational and personnel matters that relate
solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of the ACRS, and
information the release of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6).
In addition, it may be necessary to close a portion of the meeting to
protect information designated as proprietary by General Electric--
Hitachi or its contractors pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).
Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, as well as the Chairman's
ruling on requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and
the time allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting Girija Shukla,
Cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-6855), between 7:15 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
(ET). 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 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.,
(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: November 13, 2008.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-27469 Filed 11-18-08; 8:45 am]
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