[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59270-59271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27529]
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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 3-5, 2009,
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was
previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, October 14,
2009, (74 FR 52829-52830).
Thursday, December 3, 2009, Conference Room T2-B3, 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.: License Renewal Application for the Prairie
Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Open)--The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of
the NRC staff and Northern States Power Company regarding the license
renewal application for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant,
Units 1 and 2, the associated NRC staff's final Safety Evaluation
Report (SER), and related matters.
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Draft Final Regulatory Guide 1.205, ``Risk-
Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection for Existing Light-Water
Nuclear Power Plants,'' and Draft Final Standard Review Plan (SRP)
Section 9.5.1.2, ``Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection''
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff and the industry regarding draft
final Regulatory Guide 1.205, ``Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire
Protection for existing Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants,'' draft final
SRP Section 9.5.1.2, ``Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire
Protection,'' NRC staff's resolution of public comments, and related
matters.
1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Long-Term Core Cooling Approach for the
Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) Design (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff and General Electric--Hitachi
Nuclear Energy (GEH) regarding the long-term core cooling approach for
the ESBWR design. [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).]
3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: Draft Final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.151
(DG-1178), ``Instrument Sensing Lines'' (Open)--The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding draft final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.151 (DG-
1178), ``Instrument Sensing Lines,'' NRC staff's resolution of public
comments, and related matters.
5:15 p.m.-5:45 p.m.: Subcommittee Reports (Open)--The Committee
will hear reports by and hold discussions with the Chairmen of the
Reliability & PRA and the AP1000 Subcommittees regarding: NRC's
proposed policy statement on Safety Culture, and Chapters 7 and 9 of
the draft SER associated with the AP1000 Design Control Document
Amendment that were discussed on November 12, and November 19-20, 2009,
respectively.
5:45 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 4, 2009, Conference Room T2-B3, 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.-9:15 a.m.: Discussion of topics for Meeting with the
Commission (Open)--The Committee will discuss the following topics
scheduled for the meeting with the Commission: Inspections, Tests,
Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC)/Design Acceptance Criteria
(DAC) Closure Process; Amendment to the AP1000 Design Control Document;
Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of the Oyster Creek Drywell
Shell; Beaver Valley Containment Liner Corrosion; and Cyber Security
Programs for Nuclear Power Plants.
9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Meeting with the Commission--Commissioner's
Conference Room, One White Flint North (Open)--The Committee will meet
with the Commission to discuss topics listed under the previous item.
1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee (Open/Closed)--The Committee will discuss
the recommendations of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee
regarding items proposed for consideration by the Full Committee during
future ACRS meetings, including anticipated workload and member
assignments, and related matters. [Note: A portion of this session 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 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-2010 (Open)--The
Committee will elect the Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the ACRS and
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Member-at-Large for the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee for CY-
2010.
3:15 p.m.-5:15 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.
5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, Conference Room T2-B3, 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 continue
its discussion related to the conduct of Committee activities and
specific issues that were not completed during previous meetings.
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register on October 14, 2009, (74 FR
52829-52830). In accordance with those procedures, oral or written
views may be presented by members of the public, including
representatives of the nuclear industry. Thirty-five hard copies of
each presentation or handout should be provided to the Designated
Federal Official (DFO) 30 minutes before the meeting. In addition, one
electronic copy of each presentation should be e-mailed to the DFO one
day before meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be provided within
this timeframe, presenters should provide the DFO with a CD containing
each presentation at least 30 minutes before the meeting. 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
to discuss organizational and personnel matters that relate solely to
internal personnel rules and practices of ACRS, and information the
release of which constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6), as well as to discuss
information proprietary to GEH 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 10, 2009.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-27529 Filed 11-16-09; 8:45 am]
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