Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 215 / Thursday, November 6, 1997 / Notices 60109

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Special Emphasis Panel in Materials

Research; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463 as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meetings:

Name and Committee Code: Special

Emphasis Panel in Materials Research #1203.

Date & Time: November 25, 1997; 9:00 am–

5:00 pm.

Place: NSF Conference Room 1060, 4201

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Carmen Huber,

Program Director, Division of Materials

Research, Room 1065, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA 22230, Telephone: (703) 306–

1996.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning support for the

1998 Research Experience for

Undergraduates (REU) Site competition in

the area of materials research.

Agenda: To review and evaluate proposals

submitted to NSF as a part of the selection

process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The activity being

evaluated may include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the proposals.

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

552b.(c) (4) and (6) of the Government in the

Sunshine Act.

Dated: October 31, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–29320 Filed 11–5–97; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Advisory Panel for Social and Political

Science; Notice of Meetings

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, and amended), the National

Science Foundation announces the

following meetings:

Name: Advisory Panel for Social and

Political Science (#1761).

Date and Time: November 20–21, 1997;

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Place: Department of Political Science,

University of California, Los Angeles, CA

90095–1472.

Contact Person: Dr. Frank Scioli and Dr.

Rick Wilson, Program Directors for Political

Science, National Science Foundation.

Telephone: (703) 306–1761.

Agenda: To review and evaluate the

political science proposals as part of the

selection process for awards.

Date & Time: December 8–9, 1997; 9:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Place: National Science Foundation,

Stafford Place, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room

970, Arlington, VA 22230.

Contact Person: Dr. Harmon Hosch,

Program Director, Law and Social Science,

National Science Foundation. Telephone

(703) 306–1762.

Agenda: To review and evaluate the Law

and Social Science Proposals as a part of the

selection process for awards.

Date & Time: December 11–12, 1997 9:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Place: National Science Foundation,

Stafford Place, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room

380, Arlington, VA 22230

Contact Person: Dr. William S. Bainbridge,

National Science Foundation, Telephone

(703) 306–1756

Agenda: To review and evaluate the

Sociology proposals as a part of the selection

process for awards.

Type of Meetings: Closed

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning support for

research proposals submitted to the NSF for

financial support.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: October 31, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–416]

Exemption

In the matter of Entergy Operations, Inc.,

System Energy Resources, Inc., South

Mississippi Electric Power Association,

Entergy Mississippi, Inc.; (Grand Gulf

Nuclear Station, Unit 1)

I

Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee)

is the holder of Facility Operating

License No. NPF–29, which authorizes

operation of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station,

Unit 1 (GGNS). The operating license

provides, among other things, that the

licensee is subject to all rules,

regulations, and orders of the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC or the

Commission) now and hereafter in

effect.

The facility is a General Electric

boiling water reactor at the licensee’s

site in Claiborne County, Mississippi.

II

Title 10 CFR 70.24, ‘‘Criticality

Accident Requirements,’’ paragraph (a)

states, in part, that ‘‘Each licensee

authorized to possess special nuclear

material [SNM] in a quantity exceeding

700 grams of contained uranium-235,

520 grams of contained uranium-233,

450 grams of plutonium, 1,500 grams of

contained uranium-235 if no uranium

enriched to more than 4 percent by

weight of uranium-235 is present, 450

grams of any combination thereof, or

one-half such quantities if massive

moderators or reflectors made of

graphite, heavy water or beryllium may

be present, shall maintain in each area

in which such licensed special nuclear

material is handled, used, or stored, a

monitoring system meeting the

requirements of [10 CFR 70.24](a)(1) or

(a)(2), as appropriate, and using gammaor neutron-sensitive radiation detectors

which will energize clearly audible

alarm signals if accidental criticality

occurs. This section is not intended to

require underwater monitoring when

special nuclear material is handled or

stored beneath water shielding or to

require monitoring systems when

special nuclear material is being

transported when packaged in

accordance with the requirements of

Part 71 [(i.e., 10 CFR Part 71, ‘‘Packaging

and Transportation of Radioactive

Material,’’)] of this chapter.’’

The licensee meets the quantity

criteria in 10 CFR 70.24(a) and is,

therefore, required to have a criticality

accident monitoring system in each area

in which SNM in any form is handled,

used, or stored. The licensee has

proposed an exemption to this

requirement for the storage of two forms

of SNM at the site: (1) not-in-use in-core

nuclear instrumentation (e.g., source

range monitors) and (2) onsite

unirradiated fuel. For the unirradiated

fuel, the exemption is requested for the

following cases:

• The interval when the fuel,

packaged for shipment to the site in

accordance with 10 CFR Part 71, is

taken from the shipping truck to the

plant area where the Part 71 packaging

is removed.

• The storage of the unirradiated fuel

in the new fuel vault (NFV), instead of

the spent fuel pool, after the packaging

is removed.

The very small quantity of SNM

present in the nuclear instrumentation

is in the form of thin coatings within the

instrumentation and the unirradiated

fuel assemblies would only be removed

from the NRC-approved packaging in

areas where criticality monitors are in

use, and stored in either the NFV or the