[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60703-60704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24437]
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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 October 10-12, 2002,
in Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
The date of this meeting was previously published in the Federal
Register on Monday, November 26, 2001 (66 FR 59034).
Thursday, October 10, 2002
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Statement by the ACRS Chairman--The
ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of the
meeting.
8:35 a.m.-10 a.m.: Confirmatory Research Program on High-Burnup
Fuel (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC Staff and the Electric
Power Research Institute (EPRI) regarding the confirmatory research
program on high-burnup fuel and the EPRI topical report on reactivity
insertion accidents.
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Overview of European Simplified Boiling
Water Reactor (ESBWR), SWR 1000 (Boiling Water Reactor), Advanced CANDU
Reactor (ACR 700) Pre-Application Review (Open)--The Committee will
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the
NRC Staff and industry on the ESBWR (General Electric 1380 MWe), SWR
1000 (Framatome ANP-Siemens 1000 Mwe) and ACR 700 (Advanced CANDU
Reactor 700 Mwe) advanced reactor designs.
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Catawba and McGuire License Renewal
Application (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and Duke Energy
Company regarding the license renewal application and draft Safety
Evaluation Report for the Catawba Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2 and
McGuire Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2.
2:45 p.m.-4 p.m.: Policy Issues Related to Advanced Reactor
Licensing (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding changes to
policy issues related to the licensing of advanced reactors resulting
from the resolution of ACRS comments and recommendations included in
its June 17, 2002 report.
4:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will
discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this
meeting.
Friday, October 11, 2002
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.: Program Plan for Low-Power Shutdown (LPSD)
Standardized Plant Analysis Risk (SPAR) Model Development and
Cancellation of Revision 4i of SPAR Models (Open)--The Committee will
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the
NRC staff regarding the program plan for LPSD SPAR Model Development,
the reasons for canceling plans for the development of revision 4i of
the SPAR Models, and insights from the onsite review of the LPSD SPAR
model for Surry Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2.
10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Guidance for Performance-Based Regulation
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft NUREG/BR
``Guidance for Performance-Based Regulation.''
11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.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.
1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee (Open)--The
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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, and organizational and personnel matters
relating to the ACRS.
2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Report Regarding Recent Operating Events
(Open)--Report by the cognizant ACRS member regarding recent operating
events of interest.
3:15 p.m.-7 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
Saturday, October 12, 2002
8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will
discuss proposed ACRS reports.
1 p.m.-1:30 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. The Committee will also
discuss its plans for preparing a ``white paper'' on the use of PRA in
the regulatory decisionmaking process.
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2001 (66 FR
50462). 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 Associate Director for Technical Support
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 Associate Director 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 Associate Director if such
rescheduling would result in major inconvenience.
Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements, and the time
allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting Dr. Sher Bahadur,
Associate Director for Technical Support (301-415-0138), between 7:30
a.m. and 4:15 p.m., EDT.
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 &
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., EDT,
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: September 20, 2002.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
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