[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36556-36557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10109]
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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 July 12-14, 2006,
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was
previously published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, November 22,
2005 (70 FR 70638).
Wednesday, July 12, 2006, 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.: Final Review of the License Renewal Application
for the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station (Open)--The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff and Constellation Energy Company, LLC regarding the license
renewal application for the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1
and 2 and the associated NRC staff's final Safety Evaluation Report.
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Results of the Study to Determine the Need
for Establishing Limits for Phosphate Ion Concentration (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff and their contractor regarding the
results of the study for use by the staff in deciding on the need for
establishing limits for phosphate ion concentration in groundwater at
the sites of plants applying for license renewal.
12:45 p.m.-4 p.m.: Integrating Risk and Safety Margins (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff regarding a proposed framework for
integrating risk and safety margins.
4:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--Report by and
discussions with the chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal-
Hydraulic Phenomena regarding the status of activities associated with
the resolution of Generic Safety Issue-191--Assessment of Debris
Accumulation on PWR Sump Performance that were discussed during the
June 13-14, 2006 Subcommittee meeting.
4:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered
during this meeting. In addition, the Committee will discuss a response
to the May 2, 2006 letter from the NRC Executive Director for
Operations, responding to the March 24, 2006 (Revised April 10, 2006)
ACRS
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report on GSI-191--Assessment of Debris Accumulation on PWR Sump
Performance.
Thursday, July 13, 2006, 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.: Safeguards and Security Matters (Closed)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with the NRC
staff regarding safeguards and security matters.
[Note: This session will be closed to protect information classified
as National Security information as well as safeguards information
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b (c) (1) and (3)].
10:45 a.m.-11 a.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will
hear a report by and hold discussions with the cognizant Acting
Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Digital Instrumentation and
Control Systems regarding matters discussed during the Subcommittee
meeting on June 27, 2006.
11 a.m.-12 Noon: 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.
12 Noon-12:15 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.
1:15 P.M.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
Friday, July 14, 2006, Conference Room T-2b3, Two White Flint North,
Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-12 Noon: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The
Committee will continue discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
12 Noon--12:30 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 September 29, 2005 (70 FR
56936). 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), Pub. L. 92-463, I have
determined that it will be necessary to close a portion of this meeting
noted above to discuss and protect information classified as National
Security information as well as safeguards information pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (3).
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 Mr. Sam
Duraiswamy, Cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-7364), between 7:30 a.m. and
4:15 p.m., e.t.
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.,
e.t., 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: June 22, 2006.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-10109 Filed 6-26-06; 8:45 am]
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