[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65358-65359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22641]


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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 December 6-8, 2007, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was 
previously published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, November 15, 
2006 (71 FR 66561).

Thursday, December 6, 2007, 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 NUREG-1829, ``Estimating Loss-of-
Coolant Accident (LOCA) Frequencies Through the Elicitation Process,'' 
and Draft NUREG-XXXX, ``Seismic Considerations for the Transition Break 
Size'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft NUREG 
reports on estimating LOCA frequencies through the expert elicitation 
process and on seismic considerations for the transition break size.
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: AREVA Enhanced Option III Long Term 
Stability Solution (Topical Report ANP-10262) (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and AREVA regarding AREVA Topical 
Report ANP-10262 on Enhanced Option III Long Term Stability Solution.

    Note: A portion of this session may be closed to discuss and 
protect information that is proprietary to AREVA and their 
contractors pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).

    ]1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: State-of-the-Art Reactor Consequence Analysis 
(SOARCA) (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding State-
of-the-Art Reactor Consequence Analysis.


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    Note: A portion of this session may be closed to discus and 
protect information classified as National Security information as 
well as Safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and 
(3).

    3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Draft ACRS report on the NRC Safety Research 
Program (Open)--The Committee will discuss the draft ACRS report on the 
NRC Safety Research Program.
    5:45 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Friday, December 7, 2007, 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.-11:15 a.m.: Extended Power Uprate Application for the 
Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff and the Pennsylvania Power & Light Company regarding the Extended 
Power Uprate Application for the Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant and 
the associated NRC staff's Safety Evaluation.

    Note: A portion of this session may be closed to discuss and 
protect information that is proprietary to General Electric and 
their contractors pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).

    11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will 
hear a report by and hold discussions with the Chairman of the ACRS 
Subcommittee on ESBWR regarding items discussed during the meeting on 
November 15, 2007.
    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 to comments and 
recommendations included in recent ACRS reports and letters.
    2:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Election of ACRS Officers for CY 2008 (Open)--
The Committee will elect the Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the ACRS 
and Member-at-Large for the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee for CY 
2008.
    3:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, December 8, 2007, Conference Room T-2b3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports, as well as the 
draft ACRS report on the NRC Safety Research Program.
    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.
    Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings 
were published in the Federal Register on September 26, 2007 (72 FR 
54695). 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 and protect information classified as 
proprietary to General Electric, AREVA, and their contractors pursuant 
to 5 U.S.C 552b (c) (4), and 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. Girija S. 
Shukla, Cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-6855), between 7:30 a.m. and 4 
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 & ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas).
    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.
    The ACRS meeting previously scheduled for April 3-5, 2008, and 
published in the Federal Register on October 22, 2007 (72 FR 59573), is 
rescheduled for April 10-12, 2008.

    Dated: November 14, 2007.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-22641 Filed 11-19-07; 8:45 am]
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