[Federal Register: May 19, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 97)]
[Notices]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting Notice
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 June 2-4, 2004, 11545
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was
previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, November 21,
2003 (68 FR 65743).
Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 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.-10:30 a.m.: Draft Final 10 CFR 50.69, ``Risk-Informed
Categorization and Treatment of Structures, Systems, and Components for
Nuclear Power Reactors'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) regarding the draft final 10 CFR 50.69,
and draft final Regulatory Guide DG-1121, ``Guidelines for Categorizing
Structures, Systems, and Components in Nuclear Power Plants According
to Their Safety Significances,'' which endorses NEI 00-04, ``10 CFR
50.69 SSC Categorization Guideline.''
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Revised License Renewal Review Process
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff
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regarding the revised process for the staff's review of the license
renewal applications.
12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the NRC
Commissioners (Open)--The Committee will discuss the following topics
scheduled for the ACRS meeting with the NRC Commissioners: PWR Sump
Performance, PRA Quality for Decisionmaking, Risk-Informing 10 CFR
50.46, NRC Safety Research Program Report, Economic Simplified Boiling
Water Reactor (ESBWR) Pre-Application Review, and Interim Review of the
AP1000 Design.
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Meeting with the NRC Commissioners,
Commissioners' Conference Room, One White Flint North, Rockville, MD
(Open)--The Committee will meet with the NRC Commissioners to discuss
the topics noted above.
4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Digital Instrumentation and Control System
Research Activities (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and their
contractors regarding NRC research activities in the area of digital
instrumentation and control (I&C) systems and related matters.
5:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered
during this meeting.
Thursday, June 3, 2004, 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.-10:30 a.m.: NRC Staff's Response to the ACRS Report on
the AP1000 Design (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding their
response to ACRS comments and recommendations included in the March 17,
2004 ACRS report on the AP1000 design.
10:45 a.m.-12 Noon: Proposed Revisions to Standard Review Plan
(SRP) Sections and Process and Schedule for Revising the SRP (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the proposed revisions to
SRP Sections: 5.2.3, ``Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary Materials;''
5.3.1, ``Reactor Vessel Materials;'' and 5.3.3, ``Reactor Vessel
Integrity;'' as well as the process and schedule for revising various
SRP Sections, including milestones for ACRS review of the proposed
revisions.
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee (Open)--The Committee will discuss the
recommendations of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee regarding
items proposed for consideration by the full Committee during future
meetings. Also, it will hear a report of the Planning and Procedures
Subcommittee on matters related to the conduct of ACRS business,
including anticipated workload and member assignments.
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 (EDO) to comments and
recommendations included in recent ACRS reports and letters. The EDO
responses are expected to be made available to the Committee prior to
the meeting.
3 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
Friday, June 4, 2004, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint North,
Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-11 a.m.: Metrics for Evaluating the Quality of the NRC
Research Programs (Open)--The Committee will discuss the quantitative
metrics for use by the ACRS in evaluating the quality of the NRC
research programs.
11 a.m.-4 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
4 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss
matters related to the conduct of Committee activities and matters 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 16, 2003 (68 FR
59644). 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.
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 therefore can be obtained by contacting Mr. Sam
Duraiswamy, Cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-7364), between 7:30 a.m. and
4:15 p.m., ET.
ACRS meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are
available through the NRC Public Document Room at pdr@nrc.gov, 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 &
oc-collections/ (ACRS &
ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas).
Videoteleconferencing 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 videoteleconferencing
link. The availability of videoteleconferencing services is not
guaranteed.
Dated: May 13, 2004.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-11298 Filed 5-18-04; 8:45 am]
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