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Friday, May 4, 2012 

8 a.m.–9 a.m. Closed—Executive 

session 

9 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Open—Review of 

the NSEC 

10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Closed— 

Executive Session, Draft and Review 

Report 

Reason for Late Notice: Scheduling 

complications and the necessity to 

proceed with the review. 

Reason for Closing: The work being 

reviewed 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 MRSEC. 

These matters are exempt under 5 

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

Government in the Sunshine Act. 

Dated: April 18, 2012. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Proposal Review Panel for Social and 

Economic Sciences; 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: Site visit review of the Nanoscale 

Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) at 

University of California—Santa Barbara by 

the Division of Social and Economic Sciences 

(10748). 

Dates & Times: May 6, 2012; 7 p.m.–9 p.m., 

May 7, 2012: 8 a.m.–9:15 p.m., May 8, 2012: 

8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Place: University of California, Santa 

Barbara, California. 

Type Of Meeting: Part open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Frederick Kronz, 

Program Director; Science, Technology, and 

Society Program; Division of Social and 

Economic Sciences, Room 990, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Arlington, VA 22230, Telephone (703) 292– 

7283. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations concerning further support 

of the NSEC at the University of California, 

Santa Barbara. 

Agenda: 

Sunday, May 6, 2012 

7 p.m.–9 p.m. Closed—Executive Session 

Monday, May 7, 2012 

8 a.m.–4 p.m. Open—Review of the NSEC 

4 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Closed—Executive 

Session 

5:30 p.m.–9 p.m. Open—Poster Session; 

Dinner 

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 

8 a.m.–9 a.m. Closed—Executive session 

9 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Open—Review of the 

NSEC 

10:45 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Closed—Executive 

Session, Draft and Review Report 

Reason for Closing: The work being 

reviewed 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 MRSEC. 

These matters are exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552 

b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act. 

Dated: April 18, 2012. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2010–0202] 

Condition Monitoring Techniques for 

Electric Cables Used in Nuclear Power 

Plants 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

is issuing a new guide regulatory guide, 

(RG) 1.218, ‘‘Condition Monitoring 

Techniques for Electric Cables Used in 

Nuclear Power Plants.’’ This guide 

describes techniques that the staff of the 

NRC considers acceptable for condition 

monitoring of electric cables for nuclear 

power plants. RG 1.218 is not intended 

to be prescriptive, instead it provides a 

description of many available 

techniques for testing cables of various 

configurations typically found in a 

nuclear power plant and discusses the 

potential suitability and known 

limitations of each. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2010–0202 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may access information related to 

this document, which the NRC 

possesses and is publicly available, 

using the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2010–0202. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may access publicly 

available documents online in the NRC 

Library at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, 

select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and 

then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS 

Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 

please contact the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 

ADAMS accession number for each 

document referenced in this notice (if 

that document is available in ADAMS) 

is provided the first time that a 

document is referenced. Regulatory 

Guide 1.218, is available in ADAMS 

under Accession No. ML103510447. 

The regulatory analysis may be found in 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML103510458. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Jervey, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: (301) 251–7404 or 

email Richard.Jervey@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is issuing a new guide in the 

NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This 

series was developed to describe and 

make available to the public information 

such as methods that are acceptable to 

the NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the agency’s regulations, 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific problems or 

postulated accidents, and data that the 

staff needs in its review of applications 

for permits and licenses. 

RG 1.218, ‘‘Condition Monitoring 

Techniques for Electric Cables Used in 

Nuclear Power Plants’’, was issued for 

public comment with a temporary 

identification as Draft Regulatory Guide, 

DG–1240. This guide describes 

techniques that the staff of the NRC 

considers acceptable for condition 

monitoring of electric cables for nuclear 

power plants. RG 1.218 is not intended 

to be prescriptive, instead it provides a 

description of many available 

techniques for testing cables of various 

configurations typically found in a 

nuclear power plant and discusses the 

potential suitability and known 

limitations of each. 

II. Further Information 

DG–1240, was published in the 

Federal Register on June 15, 2010, for 


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a 60 day public comment period. The 

public comment period closed on 

August 12, 2010. Public comments on 

DG–1240 and the staff responses to the 

public comments are available under 

ADAMS Accession Number 

ML103510471. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day 

of April 2012. 

Thomas H. Boyce, 

Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, 

Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards; Notice of Meeting 

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 May 10–12, 2012, 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

Thursday, May 10, 2012, Conference 

Room T2–B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 

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.: U.S. EPR Spent 

Fuel Cask Transfer Facility (Open/ 

Closed)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of AREVA 

regarding the U.S. EPR spent fuel cask 

transfer facility including an overview 

of the fuel storage and handling system. 

[Note: A portion of this session may be 

closed in order to discuss and protect 

information designated as proprietary, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]. 

9:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Selected 

Chapters of the Safety Evaluation 

Report (SER) with Open Items 

Associated with the U.S. EPR Design 

Certification (DC) Application (Open/ 

Closed)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of the NRC staff 

and AREVA regarding selected chapters 

of the NRC staff’s SER with open items 

associated with the U.S. EPR DC 

application. [Note: A portion of this 

session may be closed in order to 

discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]. 

12:45 p.m.–2:15 p.m.: State-of-the-Art 

Reactor Consequence Analysis 

(SOARCA) Project (Open)—The 

Committee will hear presentations by 

and hold discussions with 

representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding the Draft NUREG report on the 

SOARCA Project. 

2:30 p.m.–4 p.m.: St. Lucie Unit 1 

Extended Power Uprate Application 

(Open/Closed)—The Committee will 

hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff and Florida Power & Light 

Company regarding the St. Lucie Unit 1 

Extended Power Uprate Application. 

[Note: A portion of this session may be 

closed in order to discuss and protect 

information designated as proprietary, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]. 

4:15 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss proposed ACRS reports on 

matters discussed during this meeting. 

The Committee will also discuss a 

proposed report on draft final NUREG– 

1921, ‘‘Fire HRA Guidelines.’’ [Note: A 

portion of this session may be closed in 

order to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]. 

Friday, May 11, 2012, Conference Room 

T2–B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 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.: 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 

meeting 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]. 

11 a.m.–11:15 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. 

12:30 p.m.–2 p.m.: Preparation for 

Meeting With the Commission on June 

7, 2012 (Open)—The Committee will 

discuss topics for the upcoming meeting 

with the Commission on June 7, 2012. 

2:15 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss proposed ACRS reports on 

matters discussed during this meeting. 

The Committee will also discuss a 

proposed report on draft final NUREG– 

1921, ‘‘Fire HRA Guidelines.’’ [Note: A 

portion of this session may be closed in 

order to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]. 

Saturday, May 12, 2012 Conference 

Room T2–B1, Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will continue its discussion of proposed 

ACRS reports. [Note: A portion of this 

session may be closed in order to 

discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)]. 

11:30 a.m.–12 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 17, 2011, (76 FR 64126–64127). 

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 Antonio Dias, Cognizant 

ACRS Staff (Telephone: 301–415–6805, 

Email: Antonio.Dias@nrc.gov), five days 

before the meeting, if possible, so that 

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 


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