[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8154-8155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3489]


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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 March 4-6, 2010, 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, March 4, 2010, Conference Room T2-B1, 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.: Draft Final Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) on Fuel 
Cycle (ISG-7) (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and the Nuclear 
Energy Institute (NEI) regarding draft final ISG on Fuel Cycle, NRC 
staff's resolution of public comments, and related matters.
10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.: Draft Final Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.141, 
``Containment Isolation Provisions for Fluid Systems'' (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft final RG 1.141, 
``Containment Isolation Provisions for Fluid Systems,'' NRC staff's 
resolution of public comments, and related matters.
1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Draft Final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 4.11, 
``Terrestrial Environmental Studies for Nuclear Power Stations'' 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft Revision 1 to RG 
4.11, ``Terrestrial Environmental Studies for Nuclear Power Stations,'' 
NRC staff's resolution of public comments, and related matters.
2 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: ``Status of Rulemaking for Disposal of Depleted 
Uranium and Other Unique Waste Streams'' (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff regarding the status of rulemaking efforts addressing 
disposal of depleted uranium and other unique waste streams, and 
related matters.
3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: Draft ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research Program 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss the draft ACRS Report on Safety 
Research Program.
5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this and the 
previous meeting (February 2010).

Friday, March 5, 2010, Conference Room T2-B1, 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.-10:15 a.m.: Digital Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Design 
Acceptance Criteria (DAC) Inspection Methodology (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff regarding Digital I&C DAC Inspection Methodology.
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.: New Advanced Reactor Designs (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff regarding new advanced reactor designs such as NuScale, 
Iris, Babcock and Wilcox Modular, Hyperion, Toshiba's 4S, and General 
Electric's Prism.
1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.: Meeting with the NRC Executive Director for 
Operations (Open)--The Committee will meet with the NRC Executive 
Director for Operations (EDO) and Deputy EDOs to discuss topics of 
mutual interest.
3 p.m.-4:30 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]
4:40 p.m.-4:45 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.
5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, March 6, 2010, Conference Room T2-B1, 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. Persons desiring to make oral 
statements should notify Mr. Derek Widmayer, Cognizant ACRS Staff, 
(Telephone: 301-415-7366, E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83c7e6f1e6e8add4eae7eee2fae6f1c3edf1e0ade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84c0e1f6e1efaad3ede0e9e5fde1f6c4eaf6e7aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a>), five days 
before the meeting, if possible, so that

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appropriate arrangements can be made to allow necessary time during the 
meeting for such statements. 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.
    Thirty-five hard copies of each presentation or handout should be 
provided 30 minutes before the meeting. In addition, one electronic 
copy of each presentation should be emailed to the Cognizant ACRS Staff 
one day before meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be provided within 
this timeframe, presenters should provide the Cognizant ACRS Staff with 
a CD containing each presentation at least 30 minutes before the 
meeting.
    In accordance with Subsection 10(d) Public Law 92-463, and 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c), certain portions of this meeting may be closed, as 
specifically noted above. 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. Electronic recordings will be 
permitted only during the open portions of the meeting.
    ACRS meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
available through the NRC Public Document Room at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#512135237f2334223e24233234113f23327f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cdbda9bfe3bfa8bea2b8bfaea88da3bfaee3aaa2bb">[email protected]</span></a>, 
or by calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available 
Records System component of NRC's document system 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: February 17, 2010.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-3489 Filed 2-22-10; 8:45 am]
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