77 FR 124 pgs. 38341-38342 - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards;Notice of Meeting
Type: NOTICEVolume: 77Number: 124Pages: 38341 - 38342
FR document: [FR Doc. 2012-15686 Filed 6-26-12; 8:45 am]
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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 July 11-13, 2012, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
Wednesday, July 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.-10:00 a.m.: Development of Interim Staff Guidances (ISGs) Supporting the Near-Term Task Force (NTTF) Tier 1 Orders (Open)-The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the development of ISGs supporting the three Orders (EA-12-049, -50. and -051) issued on March 12, 2012 addressing some of the NTTF Tier 1 recommendations.
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: NUREG-1934, "Nuclear Power Plant Fire Modeling Analysis Guidelines" (Open)-The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff, their contractors, and EPRI regarding the development of NUREG-1934, "Nuclear Power Plant Fire Modeling Analysis Guidelines."
12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: St. Lucie Unit 2 Extended Power Uprate Application (Open/Closed)-The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and the Florida Power & Light Company regarding the St. Lucie Unit 2 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)]
3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Technical Basis for Regulating Extended Storage and Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel (Open)-The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the technical basis for regulating extended storage and transportation of spent nuclear fuel.
4:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)-The Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this meeting. [ 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)]
Thursday, July 12, 2012, Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
8:35 a.m.-10:00 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.]
10:00 a.m.-10:15 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.
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Assessment of the Quality of Selected NRC Research Projects (Open)-Discussions with members of the ACRS panels performing the quality assessment of the following NRC research projects: (1) NUREG-1953, "Confirmatory Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis to Support Specific Success Criteria in the Standardized Plant Analysis Risk Models-Surry and Peach Bottom," and (2) NUREG/CR-7040, "Evaluation of JNES Equipment Fragility Tests for Use in Seismic Probabilistic Risk Assessments for U.S. Nuclear Power Plants"
1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)-The Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this meeting. [ 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, July 13, 2012, Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)-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)]
4:30 p.m.-5:00 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 thoseprocedures, oral or written views may be presented by members of the public, includingrepresentatives of the nuclear industry. Persons desiring to make oral statements should notifyAntonio 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. Inview of the possibility that the schedule for ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the Chairman asnecessary 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov, or by calling the PDR at1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC'sdocument 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/.
Video teleconferencing service is available for observing open sessions of ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use this service 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: June 21, 2012.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-15686 Filed 6-26-12; 8:45 am]
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