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B. Reports. 

1. Introductory Remarks. 

2. Staff Report. 

3. Congressional Report. 

4. Budget Report. 

5. Reports on Policy and General 

Matters. 

a. Challenge Grants. 

b. Education Programs. 

c. Preservation and Access. 

d. Research Programs. 

e. Heroes of History Lecture. 

The remainder of the proposed 

meeting will be given to the 

consideration of specific applications 

and closed to the public for the reasons 

stated above. 

Further information about this 

meeting can be obtained from Daniel 

Schneider, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer, National 

Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506, or by calling 

(202) 606–8322, TDD (202) 606–8282. 

Advance notice of any special needs or 

accommodations is appreciated.

Michael McDonald, 

Acting Advisory Committee, Management 

Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

President’s Committee on the National 

Medal of Science; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting:

Name: President’s Committee on the 

National Medal of Science (1182). 

Date and Time: Tuesday, November 23, 

2004, 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m. 

Place: Room 1235, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, 

VA. 

Type of Meeting: Closed. 

Contact Person: Mrs. Susan E. Fannoney, 

Program Manager, Room 1220, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd, 

Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: 703/292–

8096. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations to the President in the 

selection of the 2004 National Medal of 

Science recipients. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate 

nominations as part of the selection process 

for awards. 

Reason for Closing: The nominations being 

reviewed include information of a personal 

nature where disclosure would constitute 

unwarranted invasions of personal privacy. 

These matters are exempt under 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(6) of the Government in the Sunshine 

Act.

Dated: November 2, 2004. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer.

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COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–390] 

Tennessee Valley Authority; Notice of 

Consideration of Issuance of 

Amendment to Facility Operating 

License, Proposed No Significant 

Hazards Consideration Determination, 

and Opportunity for a Hearing 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission) is 

considering issuance of an amendment 

to Facility Operating License No. NPF–

90, issued to Tennessee Valley 

Authority (the licensee), Docket No. 50–

390, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, 

Rhea County, Tennessee. 

The proposed amendment would 

provide a one-time change to Function 

4a, ‘‘Reactor Coolant System (RCS) Hot 

Leg Temperature Indication,’’ of 

Technical Specification (TS) Table 

3.3.4–1. The proposed amendment 

would allow Watts Bar Unit 1 to 

continue operating until the next 

refueling outage (scheduled for the 

spring of 2005) with one out of four RCS 

hot leg temperature indications 

inoperable in the Auxiliary Control 

Room. 

The reason for the exigency is the 

unanticipated failure of Temperature 

Indicator (TI) 1–TI–68–65C that 

provides indication in the Auxiliary 

Control Room (ACR) for the hot leg 

temperature of RCS Loop 4. Upon 

discovery of this condition, TVA 

entered Action A of TS 3.3.4. The 30-

day allowed outage time for Action A of 

TS 3.3.4 will expire on November 20, 

2004, at approximately 2:27 p.m. e.s.t. 

Based on the actions taken, the problem 

most likely exists in the instrumentation 

(transmitter or thermocouple) located 

within the Reactor Building’s Polar 

Crane Wall. While the plant is 

operating, the radiological conditions in 

this area prohibit access by plant 

personnel. Therefore, the repairs cannot 

be safely implemented until the unit is 

shut down. If the proposed amendment 

is not granted, TS 3.3.4 would require 

that plant to be shut down by November 

20, 2004, as repairs to the Loop 4 TI 

cannot be made while operating. The 

shutdown of the plant would result in 

an unnecessary operational transient 

since the indication parameters that 

remain available in the ACR are 

adequate to safely shut down the plant 

should an emergency arise. 

Before issuance of the proposed 

license amendment, the Commission 

will have made findings required by the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act) and the Commission’s 

regulations. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6) for 

amendments to be granted under 

exigent circumstances, the NRC staff 

must determine that the amendment 

request involves no significant hazards 

consideration. Under the Commission’s 

regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means 

that operation of the facility in 

accordance with the proposed 

amendment would not (1) involve a 

significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of 

a new or different kind of accident from 

any accident previously evaluated; or 

(3) involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its 

analysis of the issue of no significant 

hazards consideration, which is 

presented below:

1. Does the proposed change involve a 

significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated? 

No. The proposed TS change to allow 

operation with only 3 of 4 loop remote 

shutdown indications for Reactor Coolant 

System hot leg temperature until the Spring 

2005 refueling outage is only applicable to 

the following conditions:

1. Fire or smoke in the Main Control Room 

(MCR), 

2 An evacuation of the MCR due to some 

other (non-fire) unspecified reason, and 

3. The design basis flood.

The inoperability of the one T(hot) 

indicator does not change the probability of 

occurrence for these events since it is not an 

accident initiator. The T(hot) indicators on 

the four loops are non-safety related 

equipment. During safe shutdown for a MCR 

evacuation event, design basis flood or fire 

related event, no fuel damage is postulated to 

occur, nor is the integrity of the reactor 

coolant pressure boundary or containment 

barriers postulated to be lost. Sufficient 

redundancy exists with the operational 

instrumentation to ensure that decay heat 

removal functions are not adversely impacted 

by this change. Therefore, the proposed 

change does not involve a significant 

increase in the probability or consequences 

of an accident previously evaluated. 

2. Does the proposed change create the 

possibility of a new or different kind of 

accident from any accident previously 

evaluated? 

No. The proposed TS change does not alter 

the function of the Remote Shutdown System 

which is to achieve and maintain safe reactor 

shutdown from outside the MCR. The TS 

instrumentation and controls required will be 

such that sufficient capability is retained for