[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 96 (Friday, May 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28083-28084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9650]


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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 June 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).

Wednesday, June 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 a.m.: Draft NUREG-1852, ``Demonstrating the 
Feasibility and Reliability of Operator Manual Actions in Response to 
Fire'' (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding NUREG-1852 
and related matters.
    10:15 a.m.-12:15 a.m.: Maximum Extended Load and Line Limit 
Analysis Plus (MELLLA+) and Supporting Topical Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and General Electric Nuclear Energy 
(GENE) regarding GENE's MELLLA+ and supporting Topical Reports, and 
related matters.
    1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Overview of the PHEBUS-FP Experimental Program 
and Results of Recent Tests (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding the PHEBUS-FP experimental program and results of 
recent tests.
    3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will 
hear a report by the Chairman of the ACRS Plant License Renewal 
Subcommittee regarding interim review of the license renewal 
application for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant.
    3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Status Report on the Quality Assessment of 
Selected NRC Research Projects (Open)--The Committee will hold 
discussions with the members of the ACRS panels regarding the status of 
their assessment of the quality of the NRC research projects on: 
Fatigue Crack Flaw Tolerance in Nuclear Power Plant

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Piping, and Technical Review of the Online Monitoring Techniques for 
Performance Assessment.
    5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered during this 
meeting.

Thursday, June 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.-9:30 a.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.
    9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.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.
    10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Election of Member-at-Large (Open)--The 
Committee will elect a Member-at-Large for the ACRS Subcommittee on 
Planning and Procedures.
    10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the NRC 
Commissioners (Open)--The Committee will discuss the following topics 
scheduled for discussion during the meeting with the NRC Commissioners 
on June 7, 2007: Framework for Future Plant Licensing, Digital I&C 
Activities, License Renewal/Extended Power Uprates, and Human 
Reliability Analysis Models.
    1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Meeting with the Commission (Open)--The 
Committee will meet with the Commission, Commissioners' Conference 
Room, One White Flint North to discuss the items noted above.
    4 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Friday, June 8, 2007, Conference Room T-2B3, Two White Flint North, 
Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    10:45 p.m.-1 p.m.: ACRS Member's Issues Associated with the 
Technology-Neutral Framework for Future Plant Licensing (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss and decide on individual member's issues 
associated with the technology-neutral framework for future plant 
licensing.
    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 October 2, 2006 (71 FR 
58015). 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.
    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. Sam 
Duraiswamy, Cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-7364), 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 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#afdfcbddefc1ddcc81c8c0d9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c5c485e6c425e4f024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>, 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.

    Dated: May 14, 2007.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-9650 Filed 5-17-07; 8:45 am]
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