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the Licensee’s final status survey results 

are acceptable. 

Based on its review, the staff has 

determined that the affected 

environment and any environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action are bounded by the impacts 

evaluated by the ‘‘Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement in 

Support of Rulemaking on Radiological 

Criteria for License Termination of NRCLicensed Nuclear Facilities’’ (NUREG– 

1496) Volumes 1–3 (ML042310492, 

ML042320379, and ML042330385). The 

staff finds there were no significant 

environmental impacts from the use and 

storage of radioactive material at the 

Facility. The NRC staff reviewed the 

docket file records and the final status 

survey report to identify any nonradiological hazards that may have 

impacted the environment surrounding 

the Facility. No such hazards or impacts 

to the environment were identified. The 

NRC has identified no other radiological 

or non-radiological activities in the area 

that could result in cumulative 

environmental impacts. 

The NRC staff finds that the proposed 

release of the Facility for unrestricted 

use and the amendment of the NRC 

materials license is in compliance with 

10 CFR 20.1402. Based on its review, 

the staff considered the impact of the 

residual radioactivity at the Facility and 

concluded that the proposed action will 

not have a significant effect on the 

quality of the human environment. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

Due to the largely administrative 

nature of the proposed action, its 

environmental impacts are small. 

Therefore, the only alternative the staff 

considered is the no-action alternative, 

under which the staff would leave 

things as they are by simply denying the 

amendment request. This no-action 

alternative is not feasible because it 

conflicts with 10 CFR 30.36(d), 

requiring that decommissioning of 

byproduct material facilities be 

completed and approved by the NRC 

after licensed activities cease. The 

NRC’s analysis of the Licensee’s final 

status survey data confirmed that the 

Facility meets the requirements of 10 

CFR 20.1402 for unrestricted release. 

Additionally, denying the amendment 

request would result in no change in 

current environmental impacts. The 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action and the no-action alternative are 

therefore similar, and the no-action 

alternative is accordingly not further 

considered. 

Conclusion 

The NRC staff has concluded that the 

proposed action is consistent with the 

NRC’s unrestricted release criteria 

specified in 10 CFR 20.1402. Because 

the proposed action will not 

significantly impact the quality of the 

human environment, the NRC staff 

concludes that the proposed action is 

the preferred alternative. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

NRC provided a draft of this 

Environmental Assessment to the 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment for review on July 8, 2008. 

On August 11, 2009, the Maryland 

Department of the Environment’s Air 

and Radiation Management 

Administration and Hazardous Waste 

Administration responded by electronic 

mail. The State agreed with the 

conclusions of the EA, and otherwise 

had no comments. 

The NRC staff has determined that the 

proposed action is of a procedural 

nature and will not affect listed species 

or critical habitat. Therefore, no further 

consultation is required under section 7 

of the Endangered Species Act. The 

NRC staff has also determined that the 

proposed action is not the type of 

activity that has the potential to cause 

effects on historic properties. Therefore, 

no further consultation is required 

under Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act. 

III. Finding of No Significant Impact 

The NRC staff has prepared this EA in 

support of the proposed action. On the 

basis of this EA, the NRC finds that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts from the proposed action, and 

that preparation of an environmental 

impact statement is not warranted. 

Accordingly, the NRC has determined 

that a Finding of No Significant Impact 

is appropriate. 

IV. Further Information 

Documents related to this action, 

including the application for license 

amendment and supporting 

documentation, are available 

electronically at the NRC’s Electronic 

Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, 

you can access the NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS), which provides text 

and image files of NRC’s public 

documents. The documents related to 

this action are listed below, along with 

their ADAMS accession numbers. 

1. NUREG–1757, ‘‘Consolidated 

NMSS Decommissioning Guidance;’’ 

2. Title 10, Code of Federal 

Regulations, part 20, subpart E, 

‘‘Radiological Criteria for License 

Termination;’’ 

3. Title 10, Code of Federal 

Regulations, part 51, ‘‘Environmental 

Protection Regulations for Domestic 

Licensing and Related Regulatory 

Functions;’’ 

4. NUREG–1496, ‘‘Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement in 

Support of Rulemaking on Radiological 

Criteria for License Termination of NRCLicensed Nuclear Facilities;’’ 

5. Department of Health & Human 

Services amendment request dated 

April 13, 2009 (ML091040713); 

6. Department of Health & Human 

Services additional information letter 

dated May 13, 2009 (ML091350560); 

and 

7. Department of Health & Human 

Services additional information letter 

dated May 27, 2009 (ML091480626). 

If you do not have access to ADAMS, 

or if there are problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 

Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737, or by e-mail to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. These 

documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s PDR, O 1 F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. 

Dated at Region I, 475 Allendale Road, 

King of Prussia, PA this 17th day of August 

2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

James P. Dwyer, 

Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division 

of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I. 

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Sacramento Municipal Utility District; 

Rancho Seco Independent Spent Fuel 

Storage Installation; Notice of 

Docketing and Issuance of 

Amendment to Materials License No. 

SNM–2510 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of license amendment. 

DATES: A request for a hearing must be 

filed by October 26, 2009 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shana Helton, Senior Project Manager, 

Licensing Branch, Division of Spent 

Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office 


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of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards (NMSS), U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC), 

Rockville, MD 20852. Telephone: (301) 

492–3284; fax number: (301) 492–3348; 

e-mail: shana.helton@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or Commission) has 

issued Amendment 3 to Materials 

License SNM–2510 held by Sacramento 

Municipal Utility District (SMUD) for 

the receipt, possession, transfer, and 

storage of spent fuel at the Rancho Seco 

Independent Spent Fuel Storage 

Installation (ISFSI), located on the site 

of the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating 

Station located in Sacramento County, 

California. License No. SNM–2510 

authorizes the licensee to receive, 

acquire, and possess the power reactor 

spent fuel and other radioactive 

materials associated with spent fuel 

storage as specified in the License; to 

use such material for the purpose(s) and 

at the place(s) designated in the License; 

and to deliver or transfer such material 

to persons authorized to receive it in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

applicable Part(s). The amendment is 

effective on the date of issuance. 

By application dated November 5, 

2008, as supplemented January 27, 

2009, March 4, 2009, July 1, 2009, and 

July 29, 2009 (Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS) Accession Nos. 

ML083190252, ML090370875, 

ML090820276, ML091950457, and 

ML092220241, respectively), the 

Sacramento Municipal Utility District 

submitted a request to the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 

accordance with Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 72.56, 

‘‘Application for amendment of 

license,’’ to amend the License to allow 

the storage of six damaged fuel 

assemblies in five fuel-with-controlcomponent dry storage canisters. This 

amendment does not affect the design, 

operation, or surveillance of the ISFSI. 

An NRC administrative review, 

documented in a letter to SMUD dated 

March 4, 2009 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML090640248), found the application 

acceptable to begin a technical review. 

This amendment complies with the 

requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the 

Commission’s rules and regulations. 

The Commission has made appropriate 

findings as required by the Act and the 

Commission’s rules and regulations in 

10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in 

the license amendment. 

The staff finds that this amendment 

does not involve any changes in the 

scope or type of operations presently 

authorized by the license. The staff has 

determined that the changes proposed 

by the amendment will not result in: (1) 

A significant increase in the amounts of 

any effluents; (2) a significant increase 

in individual or cumulative 

occupational radiation exposure; (3) a 

significant construction impact; or (4) a 

significant increase in the potential for 

or consequences from radiological 

accidents. Accordingly, pursuant to 10 

CFR 51.22(c)(11), a categorical exclusion 

applies to this action, and as such 

neither an environmental assessment 

nor an environmental impact statement 

will be conducted. 

II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

In accordance with 10 CFR 

72.46(b)(2), the staff has determined that 

this license amendment, requesting the 

storage of six damaged fuel assemblies 

in five canisters, does not present a 

genuine issue as to whether public 

health and safety will be significantly 

affected. Therefore, the publication of a 

notice of proposed action and an 

opportunity for hearing or a notice of 

hearing is not warranted. Notice is 

hereby given of the right of interested 

persons to request a hearing on whether 

this action should be rescinded or 

modified. 

Any person whose interest may be 

affected by this proceeding and who 

desires to have this action rescinded or 

modified must file a request for a 

hearing and, a specification of the 

contentions which the person seeks to 

have litigated in the hearing, in 

accordance with the NRC E–Filing rule, 

which the NRC promulgated on August 

28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). All documents 

filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, 

including documents filed by interested 

governmental entities participating 

under 10 CFR 2.315(c) and any motion 

or other document filed in the 

proceeding prior to the submission of a 

request for hearing or petition to 

intervene, must be filed in accordance 

with the E–Filing rule. The E–Filing 

rule requires participants to submit and 

serve all adjudicatory documents over 

the Internet, or in some cases, to mail 

copies on electronic storage media. 

Participants may not submit paper 

copies of their filings unless they seek 

a waiver in accordance with the 

procedures described below. 

To comply with the procedural 

requirements of E–Filing, at least ten 

(10) days prior to the filing deadline, the 

petitioner/requestor should contact the 

Office of the Secretary by e-mail at 

HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV, or by 

calling (301) 415–1677, to request (1) a 

digital ID certificate, which allows the 

participant (or its counsel or 

representative) to digitally sign 

documents and access the E–Submittal 

server for any proceeding in which it is 

participating; and/or (2) creation of an 

electronic docket for the proceeding 

(even in instances in which the 

petitioner/requestor (or its counsel or 

representative) already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Each 

petitioner/requestor will need to 

download the Workplace Forms 

ViewerTM to access the Electronic 

Information Exchange (EIE), a 

component of the E–Filing system. The 

Workplace Forms ViewerTM is free and 

is available at http://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals/install-viewer.html. 

Information about applying for a digital 

ID certificate is available on NRC’s 

public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

site-help/e-submittals/applycertificates.html. 

Once a petitioner/requestor has 

obtained a digital ID certificate, had a 

docket created, and downloaded the EIE 

viewer, they can then submit a request 

for hearing or petition for leave to 

intervene. Submissions should be in 

Portable Document Format (PDF) in 

accordance with NRC guidance 

available on the NRC public Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered 

complete at the time the filer submits its 

documents through EIE. To be timely, 

an electronic filing must be submitted to 

the EIE system no later than 11:59 p.m., 

Eastern Time on the due date. Upon 

receipt of a transmission, the E–Filing 

system time-stamps the document and 

sends the submitter an e-mail notice 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

EIE system also distributes an e-mail 

notice that provides access to the 

document to the NRC Office of the 

General Counsel and any others who 

have advised the Office of the Secretary 

that they wish to participate in the 

proceeding, so that the filer need not 

serve the documents on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before a hearing request/ 

petition to intervene is filed so that they 

can obtain access to the document via 

the E–Filing system. 

A person filing electronically using 

the agency’s adjudicatory e-filing system 

may seek assistance through the 

‘‘Contact Us’’ link located on the NRC 

Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals.html or by calling the 

NRC electronic filing Help Desk, which 

is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., 


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Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding government holidays. The 

toll-free help line number is (866) 672– 

7640. A person filing electronically may 

also seek assistance by sending an email to the NRC electronic filing Help 

Desk at MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov. 

Participants who believe that they 

have a good cause for not submitting 

documents electronically must, in 

accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), file an 

exemption request with their initial 

paper filing requesting authorization to 

continue to submit documents in paper 

format. Such filings must be submitted 

by: (1) First class mail addressed to the 

Office of the Secretary of the 

Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, Attention: Rulemaking and 

Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, 

express mail, or expedited delivery 

service to the Office of the Secretary, 

Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking 

and Adjudications Staff. Participants 

filing a document in this manner are 

responsible for serving the document on 

all other participants. Filing is 

considered complete by first-class mail 

as of the time of deposit in the mail, or 

by courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service upon depositing the 

document with the provider of the 

service. 

Non-timely requests and/or petitions 

and contentions will not be entertained 

absent a determination by the 

Commission, the presiding officer, or 

the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 

that the petition and/or request should 

be granted and/or the contentions 

should be admitted based on a 

balancing of the factors specified in 10 

CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

available to the public at http:// 

ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp, 

unless excluded pursuant to an order of 

the Commission, an Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board, or a Presiding Officer. 

Participants are requested not to include 

social security numbers in their filings. 

With respect to copyrighted works, 

except for limited excerpts that serve 

the purpose of the adjudicatory filings 

and would constitute a Fair Use 

application, participants are requested 

not to include copyrighted materials in 

their submission. 

The formal requirements for 

documents contained in 10 CFR 

2.304(c)–(e) must be met. If the NRC 

grants an electronic document 

exemption in accordance with 10 CFR 

2.302(g)(3)), then the requirements for 

paper documents, set forth in 10 CFR 

2.304(b) must be met. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b), 

a request for a hearing must be filed by 

October 26, 2009. 

In addition to meeting other 

applicable requirements of 10 CFR 

2.309, a request for a hearing filed by a 

person other than an applicant must 

state: 

1. The name, address, and telephone 

number of the requester; 

2. The nature of the requester’s right 

under the Act to be made a party to the 

proceeding; 

3. The nature and extent of the 

requester’s property, financial or other 

interest in the proceeding; 

4. The possible effect of any decision 

or order that may be issued in the 

proceeding on the requester’s interest; 

and 

5. The circumstances establishing that 

the request for a hearing is timely in 

accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b). 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f)(1), 

a request for hearing or petition for 

leave to intervene must set forth with 

particularity the contentions sought to 

be raised. For each contention, the 

request or petition must: 

1. Provide a specific statement of the 

issue of law or fact to be raised or 

controverted; 

2. Provide a brief explanation of the 

basis for the contention; 

3. Demonstrate that the issue raised in 

the contention is within the scope of the 

proceeding; 

4. Demonstrate that the issue raised in 

the contention is material to the 

findings that the NRC must make to 

support the action that is involved in 

the proceeding; 

5. Provide a concise statement of the 

alleged facts or expert opinions which 

support the requester’s/petitioner’s 

position on the issue and on which the 

requester/petitioner intends to rely to 

support its position on the issue; and 

6. Provide sufficient information to 

show that a genuine dispute exists with 

the applicant on a material issue of law 

or fact. This information must include 

references to specific portions of the 

application (including the applicant’s 

environmental report and safety report) 

that the requester/petitioner disputes 

and the supporting reasons for each 

dispute, or, if the requester/petitioner 

believes the application fails to contain 

information on a relevant matter as 

required by law, the identification of 

each failure and the supporting reasons 

for the requester’s/petitioner’s belief. 

In addition, in accordance with 10 

CFR 2.309(f)(2), contentions must be 

based on documents or other 

information available at the time the 

petition is to be filed, such as the 

application or other supporting 

document filed by an applicant or 

licensee, or otherwise available to the 

petitioner. The requester/petitioner may 

amend those contentions or file new 

contentions if there are data or 

conclusions in the NRC documents that 

differ significantly from the data or 

conclusions in the applicant’s 

documents. Otherwise, contentions may 

be amended or new contentions filed 

after the initial filing only with leave of 

the presiding officer. 

Requesters/petitioners should, when 

possible, consult with each other in 

preparing contentions and combine 

similar subject matter concerns into a 

joint contention, for which one of the 

co-sponsoring requesters/petitioners is 

designated the lead representative. 

Further, in accordance with 10 CFR 

2.309(f)(3), any requester/petitioner that 

wishes to adopt a contention proposed 

by another requester/petitioner must do 

so, in accordance with the E–Filing rule, 

within ten days of the date the 

contention is filed, and designate a 

representative who shall have the 

authority to act for the requester/ 

petitioner. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(g), 

a request for hearing and/or petition for 

leave to intervene may also address the 

selection of the hearing procedures, 

taking into account the provisions of 10 

CFR 2.310. 

III. Further Information 

The NRC has prepared a Safety 

Evaluation Report (SER) that documents 

the information that was reviewed and 

NRC’s conclusion. In accordance with 

10 CFR 2.390 of NRC’s ‘‘Rules of 

Practice,’’ final NRC records and 

documents related to this action, 

including the application for 

amendment and supporting 

documentation and the SER, are 

available electronically at the NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

From this site, you can access ADAMS, 

which provides text and image files of 

NRC’s public documents. The ADAMS 

accession numbers for the documents 

related to this notice are: ML083190252 

for the amendment request dated 

November 5, 2008; ML090370875 for 

the January 27, 2009, supplement, 

ML090820276 for the March 4, 2009 

supplement; ML091950457 for the July 

1, 2009, supplement; ML092220241 for 

the July 29, 2009, supplement, and 

ML092240439 for the SER. 

If you do not have access to ADAMS 

or if there are problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 


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Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737 or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. 

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s Public Document 

Room (PDR), O–1 F21, One White Flint 

North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

MD 20852. The PDR reproduction 

contractor will copy documents for a 

fee. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 11th day 

of August 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Shana Helton, 

Senior Project Manager, Licensing Branch, 

Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transport, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. E9–20412 Filed 8–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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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 September 10–12, 2009, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

The date of this meeting was previously 

published in the Federal Register on 

Monday, October 6, 2008, (73 FR 

58268–58269). 

Thursday, September 10, 2009, 

Commissioners’ Conference Room O– 

1F16, One 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 a.m.: License Renewal 

Application and Final Safety Evaluation 

Report (SER) for the Indian Point 

Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3 

(Open)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of the NRC staff 

and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., 

regarding the License Renewal 

Application for the Indian Point 

Generating Units 2 and 3, the associated 

NRC staff’s final Safety Evaluation 

Report, and related matters. 

11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m.: License 

Renewal Application and Final Safety 

Evaluation Report for the Three Mile 

Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (Open)— 

The Committee will hear presentations 

by and hold discussions with 

representatives of the NRC staff and 

AmerGen Energy Company, LLC, 

regarding the license renewal 

application for the Three Mile Island 

Nuclear Station, Unit 1, the associated 

NRC staff’s final SER, and related 

matters. 

1:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m.: Draft Final 

Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 1.189, 

‘‘Fire Protection for Nuclear Power 

Plants’’ (Open)—The Committee will 

hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff regarding the draft final 

Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 1.189, 

NRC staff’s resolution of public 

comments, and related matters. 

3:30 p.m.–5 p.m.; Draft Digital 

Instrumentation and Control (DI&C) 

Research Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 

2010–2014 (Open)—The Committee will 

hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff regarding draft DI&C Research 

Plan for FY2010–2014, and related 

matters. 

5:15 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss proposed ACRS reports on 

matters discussed during this meeting as 

well as the letter transmitting the ACRS 

report on the quality assessment of 

selected research projects. 

Friday, September 11, 2009, 

Commissioners’ Conference Room O– 

1F16, One 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.: Updated 

information related to the License 

Renewal Application and Supplemental 

SER for the Beaver Valley Power Station 

(Open)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of the NRC staff 

and First Energy Nuclear Operating 

Company regarding the updated 

information related to the license 

renewal application for the Beaver 

Valley Power Station, the associated 

NRC staff’s Supplemental SER, and 

related matters. 

10:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Subcommittee 

Reports (Open)—The Committee will 

hear reports by and hold discussions 

with the Chairmen of the ESBWR; 

AP1000; Plant Operations and Fire 

Protection; Evolutionary Power Reactor 

(EPR); and Reliability and PRA 

Subcommittees regarding: the resolution 

of containment issues associated with 

the ESBWR design certification and 

selected chapters of the draft SER 

associated with the North Anna 

Combined License (COL) application 

referencing the ESBWR design that were 

discussed on July 21–22, and August 21, 

2009; selected chapters of the amended 

AP1000 Design Control Document and 

the Bellefonte COL application that 

were discussed on July 23–24, 2009; 

matters discussed during the visits to 

the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant and Region 

II Office on July 28 and July 30, 2009; 

draft final revision 1 to Regulatory 

Guide 1.205, ‘‘Risk-Informed, 

Performance-Based Fire Protection,’’ 

that was discussed during the meeting 

on August 18, 2009; and the 

containment topical report associated 

with the EPR design certification that 

was discussed on September 9, 2009, 

respectively. 

12:30 p.m.–1:15 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, and matters related to the 

conduct of ACRS business, including 

anticipated workload and member 

assignments. [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] 

1:15 p.m.–1:30 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. 

1:45 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss proposed ACRS reports on 

matters discussed during this meeting as 

well as the letter transmitting the ACRS 

report on the quality assessment of 

selected research projects. 

Saturday, September 12, 2009, 

Commissioners’ Conference Room O– 

1F16, One 

White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will continue its discussion of proposed 

ACRS reports. 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 6, 2008, (73 FR 58268–58269). 

In accordance with those procedures, 

oral or written views may be presented 


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