Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, 59270-59271 [E9-27529]

Download as PDF 59270 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 17, 2009 / Notices 4.0 Conclusion Accordingly, the Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 26.9, the exemption is authorized by law, will not endanger life or property nor present an undue risk to the public health and safety, is consistent with the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest. Therefore, the Commission hereby grants Indiana Michigan Power Company an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 26.205(d)(4) for the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit 1. Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that the granting of this exemption will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment (74 FR 58063). This exemption is effective upon issuance, and implementation of the work hour limitations as specified in 10 CFR 26.205(d)(4) for CNP–1 operations and maintenance personnel working on outage activities associated with unit restart will commence no later than November 13, 2009. The licensee may implement the work hour provisions of 10 CFR 26.205(d)(4) for 60 days or until completion of the current CNP–1 forced outage, whichever is shorter. The licensee may implement the provisions of 10 CFR 26.205(d)(6), if applicable. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of November 2009. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Joseph G. Giitter, Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E9–27527 Filed 11–16–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES 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 December 3–5, 2009, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, October 14, 2009, (74 FR 52829–52830). Thursday, December 3, 2009, Conference Room T2–B3, 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 VerDate Nov<24>2008 20:50 Nov 16, 2009 Jkt 220001 opening remarks regarding the conduct of the meeting. 8:35 a.m.–10 a.m.: License Renewal Application for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Open)—The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and Northern States Power Company regarding the license renewal application for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, the associated NRC staff’s final Safety Evaluation Report (SER), and related matters. 10:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.: Draft Final Regulatory Guide 1.205, ‘‘RiskInformed, Performance-Based Fire Protection for Existing Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants,’’ and Draft Final Standard Review Plan (SRP) Section 9.5.1.2, ‘‘Risk-Informed, PerformanceBased Fire Protection’’ (Open)—The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and the industry regarding draft final Regulatory Guide 1.205, ‘‘Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection for existing Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants,’’ draft final SRP Section 9.5.1.2, ‘‘Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection,’’ NRC staff’s resolution of public comments, and related matters. 1:15 p.m.–3:15 p.m.: Long-Term Core Cooling Approach for the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) Design (Open/Closed)—The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and General Electric—Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) regarding the long-term core cooling approach for the ESBWR design. [Note: A portion of this session may be closed to protect information that is proprietary to GEH or its contractors pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(4).] 3:30 p.m.–5 p.m.: Draft Final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.151 (DG–1178), ‘‘Instrument Sensing Lines’’ (Open)— The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.151 (DG–1178), ‘‘Instrument Sensing Lines,’’ NRC staff’s resolution of public comments, and related matters. 5:15 p.m.–5:45 p.m.: Subcommittee Reports (Open)—The Committee will hear reports by and hold discussions with the Chairmen of the Reliability & PRA and the AP1000 Subcommittees regarding: NRC’s proposed policy statement on Safety Culture, and Chapters 7 and 9 of the draft SER associated with the AP1000 Design PO 00000 Frm 00158 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Control Document Amendment that were discussed on November 12, and November 19–20, 2009, respectively. 5:45 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this meeting. Friday, December 4, 2009, Conference Room T2–B3, 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.–9:15 a.m.: Discussion of topics for Meeting with the Commission (Open)—The Committee will discuss the following topics scheduled for the meeting with the Commission: Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC)/Design Acceptance Criteria (DAC) Closure Process; Amendment to the AP1000 Design Control Document; ThreeDimensional Finite Element Analysis of the Oyster Creek Drywell Shell; Beaver Valley Containment Liner Corrosion; and Cyber Security Programs for Nuclear Power Plants. 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Meeting with the Commission—Commissioner’s Conference Room, One White Flint North (Open)—The Committee will meet with the Commission to discuss topics listed under the previous item. 1:15 p.m.–2:30 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, including anticipated workload and member assignments, and related matters. [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.] 2:30 p.m.–2:45 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. 2:45 p.m.–3 p.m.: Election of ACRS Officers for CY–2010 (Open)—The Committee will elect the Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the ACRS and E:\FR\FM\17NON1.SGM 17NON1 59271 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 17, 2009 / Notices mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Member-at-Large for the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee for CY–2010. 3:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m.: Draft ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research Program (Open)—The Committee will discuss the draft ACRS report on the NRC Safety Research Program. 5:30 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports. Saturday, December 5, 2009, Conference Room T2–B3, Two White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports. 12:30 p.m.–1 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 14, 2009, (74 FR 52829–52830). In accordance with those procedures, oral or written views may be presented by members of the public, including representatives of the nuclear industry. Thirty-five hard copies of each presentation or handout should be provided to the Designated Federal Official (DFO) 30 minutes before the meeting. In addition, one electronic copy of each presentation should be e-mailed to the DFO one day before meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be provided within this timeframe, presenters should provide the DFO with a CD containing each presentation at least 30 minutes before the meeting. 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. VerDate Nov<24>2008 20:50 Nov 16, 2009 Jkt 220001 In accordance with Subsection 10(d) Public Law 92–463, I have determined that it may be necessary to close portions of this meeting to discuss organizational and personnel matters that relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices of ACRS, and information the release of which constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6), as well as to discuss information proprietary to GEH or its contractors pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4). 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 Girija Shukla, cognizant ACRS staff (301–415–6855), between 7:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. (ET). 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 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 https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/ACRS/. 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: November 10, 2009. Andrew L. Bates, Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E9–27529 Filed 11–16–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Sunshine Act; Meeting Notice AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Regulatory Commission. PO 00000 Frm 00159 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Nuclear DATES: Weeks of November 16, 23, 30, December 7, 14, 21, 2009. PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. STATUS: Public and Closed. Week of November 16, 2009 Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:25 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) (Tentative). a. Detroit Edison Co. (Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3), LBP–09–16 (July 31, 2009) (Ruling on Standing and Contention Admissibility) (Tentative.) b. In the Matter of David Geisen, Docket No. IA–05–052; Staff Application for Stay of the Effectiveness of LBP–09–24 Pending Commission Review (Tentative). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov. 9:30 a.m. Briefing on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Small Business Programs (Public Meeting), (Contact: Elva Bowden Berry, 301–415–1536). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov. Week of November 23, 2009—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 23, 2009. Week of November 30, 2009—Tentative Friday, December 4, 2009 9:30 a.m. Meeting with the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, (Public Meeting) (Contact: Antonio Dias, 301–415–6805). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov. Week of December 7, 2009—Tentative Tuesday, December 8, 2009 9:30 a.m. Briefing on the Proposed Rule: Enhancements to Emergency Preparedness Regulations (Public ˜ Meeting), (Contact: Lauren Quinones, 301–415–2007). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov. Week of December 14, 2009—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of December 14, 2009. Week of December 21, 2009—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of December 21, 2009. * * * * * *The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. To verify the status of meetings, call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. Contact person for more information: Rochelle Bavol, (301) 415–1651. * E:\FR\FM\17NON1.SGM * * 17NON1 * *

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 17, 2009)]
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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 December 3-5, 2009, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was 
previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, October 14, 
2009, (74 FR 52829-52830).

Thursday, December 3, 2009, Conference Room T2-B3, 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.: License Renewal Application for the Prairie 
Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff and Northern States Power Company regarding the license 
renewal application for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, 
Units 1 and 2, the associated NRC staff's final Safety Evaluation 
Report (SER), and related matters.
    10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Draft Final Regulatory Guide 1.205, ``Risk-
Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection for Existing Light-Water 
Nuclear Power Plants,'' and Draft Final Standard Review Plan (SRP) 
Section 9.5.1.2, ``Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection'' 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff and the industry regarding draft 
final Regulatory Guide 1.205, ``Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire 
Protection for existing Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants,'' draft final 
SRP Section 9.5.1.2, ``Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire 
Protection,'' NRC staff's resolution of public comments, and related 
matters.
    1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Long-Term Core Cooling Approach for the 
Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) Design (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff and General Electric--Hitachi 
Nuclear Energy (GEH) regarding the long-term core cooling approach for 
the ESBWR design. [Note: A portion of this session may be closed to 
protect information that is proprietary to GEH or its contractors 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(4).]
    3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: Draft Final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.151 
(DG-1178), ``Instrument Sensing Lines'' (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding draft final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.151 (DG-
1178), ``Instrument Sensing Lines,'' NRC staff's resolution of public 
comments, and related matters.
    5:15 p.m.-5:45 p.m.: Subcommittee Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will hear reports by and hold discussions with the Chairmen of the 
Reliability & PRA and the AP1000 Subcommittees regarding: NRC's 
proposed policy statement on Safety Culture, and Chapters 7 and 9 of 
the draft SER associated with the AP1000 Design Control Document 
Amendment that were discussed on November 12, and November 19-20, 2009, 
respectively.
    5:45 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed during this 
meeting.

Friday, December 4, 2009, Conference Room T2-B3, 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.-9:15 a.m.: Discussion of topics for Meeting with the 
Commission (Open)--The Committee will discuss the following topics 
scheduled for the meeting with the Commission: Inspections, Tests, 
Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC)/Design Acceptance Criteria 
(DAC) Closure Process; Amendment to the AP1000 Design Control Document; 
Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of the Oyster Creek Drywell 
Shell; Beaver Valley Containment Liner Corrosion; and Cyber Security 
Programs for Nuclear Power Plants.
    9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Meeting with the Commission--Commissioner's 
Conference Room, One White Flint North (Open)--The Committee will meet 
with the Commission to discuss topics listed under the previous item.
    1:15 p.m.-2:30 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, including anticipated workload and member 
assignments, and related matters. [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.]
    2:30 p.m.-2:45 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.
    2:45 p.m.-3 p.m.: Election of ACRS Officers for CY-2010 (Open)--The 
Committee will elect the Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the ACRS and

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Member-at-Large for the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee for CY-
2010.
    3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: Draft ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research 
Program (Open)--The Committee will discuss the draft ACRS report on the 
NRC Safety Research Program.
    5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, December 5, 2009, Conference Room T2-B3, Two White Flint 
North, Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    12:30 p.m.-1 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 14, 2009, (74 FR 
52829-52830). In accordance with those procedures, oral or written 
views may be presented by members of the public, including 
representatives of the nuclear industry. Thirty-five hard copies of 
each presentation or handout should be provided to the Designated 
Federal Official (DFO) 30 minutes before the meeting. In addition, one 
electronic copy of each presentation should be e-mailed to the DFO one 
day before meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be provided within 
this timeframe, presenters should provide the DFO with a CD containing 
each presentation at least 30 minutes before the meeting. 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.
    In accordance with Subsection 10(d) Public Law 92-463, I have 
determined that it may be necessary to close portions of this meeting 
to discuss organizational and personnel matters that relate solely to 
internal personnel rules and practices of ACRS, and information the 
release of which constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6), as well as to discuss 
information proprietary to GEH or its contractors pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4).
    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 Girija Shukla, 
cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-6855), between 7:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. (ET). 
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 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 https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or https://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 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: November 10, 2009.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-27529 Filed 11-16-09; 8:45 am]
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