Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Notice of Meeting, 10328 [2010-4678]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Advisory Committee for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences; Notice of
Meeting
In accordance with Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as
amended), the National Science
Foundation announces the following
meeting:
Name: Advisory Committee for
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
(#66)
Date/Time: April 1, 2010, 9 a.m.–
6 p.m.; April 2, 2010, 9 a.m–3 p.m.
Place: National Science Foundation,
RM 375, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, VA 22230.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person: Dr. Morris L.
Aizenman, Senior Science Associate,
Directorate for Mathematical and
Physical Sciences, Room 1005, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. (703)
292–8807.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide
advice and recommendations
concerning NSF science and education
activities within the Directorate for
Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
Agenda:
Update on current status of
Directorate;
Report of NSF Advisory Working
Groups;
Meeting of MPSAC with Divisions
within MPS Directorate;
Discussion of MPS Long-term
Planning Activities.
Summary Minutes: May be obtained
from the contact person listed above.
Dated: March 2, 2010.
Susanne E. Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
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1.0
Background
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating
Corporation (WCNOC, the licensee) is
the holder of Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF–42, which
authorizes the operation of the Wolf
Creek Generating Station (WCGS). The
license provides, among other things,
that the facility is subject to all rules,
regulations, and orders of the U.S.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC,
the Commission) now or hereafter in
effect.
The facility consists of one
pressurized-water reactor located in
Coffey County, Kansas.
2.0 Request/Action
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Part 73, ‘‘Physical
protection of plants and materials,’’
Section 73.55, ‘‘Requirements for
physical protection of licensed activities
in nuclear power reactors against
radiological sabotage,’’ published in the
Federal Register on March 27, 2009,
effective May 26, 2009, with a full
implementation date of March 31, 2010,
requires licensees to protect, with high
assurance, against radiological sabotage
by designing and implementing
comprehensive site security programs.
The amendments to 10 CFR 73.55
published on March 27, 2009, establish
and update generically applicable
security requirements similar to those
previously imposed by Commission
orders issued after the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001, and
implemented by licensees. In addition,
the amendments to 10 CFR 73.55
include additional requirements to
further enhance site security based upon
insights gained from implementation of
the post September 11, 2001, security
orders. It is from two of these additional
requirements that WCGS now seeks an
exemption from the March 31, 2010,
implementation date. All other physical
security requirements established by
this recent rulemaking have already
been or will be implemented by the
licensee by March 31, 2010.
By letter dated December 15, 2009,
the licensee requested an exemption in
accordance with 10 CFR 73.5, ‘‘Specific
exemptions.’’ Portions of the December
15, 2009, submittal contain securityrelated and safeguards information and,
accordingly, is being withheld from the
public. The redacted version of the
December 15, 2009, letter was submitted
by the licensee on January 12, 2010, and
is available to the public (Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Accession No.
ML100250025). The licensee has
requested an exemption from the March
31, 2010, compliance date stating that it
must complete a number of significant
modifications to the current site security
configuration before all requirements
can be met. Specifically, the request is
to extend the compliance date for two
specific requirements from the current
March 31, 2010, deadline to December
31, 2010. Granting this exemption for
the two items would allow the licensee
to complete the modifications designed
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to incorporate substantial configuration
changes and incorporate state-of-the-art
technology to meet or exceed the noted
regulatory requirements.
3.0 Discussion of Part 73 Schedule
Exemptions From the March 31, 2010,
Full Implementation Date
Pursuant to 10 CFR 73.55(a)(1), ‘‘By
March 31, 2010, each nuclear power
reactor licensee, licensed under 10 CFR
Part 50, shall implement the
requirements of this section through its
Commission-approved Physical Security
Plan, Training and Qualification Plan,
Safeguards Contingency Plan, and Cyber
Security Plan referred to collectively
hereafter as ‘security plans.’ ’’ Pursuant
to 10 CFR 73.5, the Commission may,
upon application by any interested
person or upon its own initiative, grant
exemptions from the requirements of 10
CFR Part 73 when the exemptions are
authorized by law, and will not
endanger life or property or the common
defense and security, and are otherwise
in the public interest.
NRC approval of this exemption, as
noted above, would allow an extension
from March 31, 2010, until December
31, 2010, for the implementation date
for two specific requirements of the new
rule. As stated above, 10 CFR 73.5
allows the NRC to grant exemptions
from the requirements of 10 CFR 73.
The NRC staff has determined that
granting of the licensee’s proposed
exemption would not result in a
violation of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended, or the Commission’s
regulations. Therefore, the NRC
approval of the licensee’s exemption
request is authorized by law.
In the draft final rule provided to the
Commission, the NRC staff proposed
that the requirements of the new
regulation be met within 180 days. The
Commission directed a change from 180
days to approximately 1 year for
licensees to fully implement the new
requirements. This change was
incorporated into the final rule. From
this, it is clear that the Commission
wanted to provide a reasonable
timeframe for licensees to achieve full
compliance.
As noted in the final rule, the
Commission also anticipated that
licensees would have to conduct sitespecific analyses to determine what
changes were necessary to implement
the rule’s requirements, and that
changes could be accomplished through
a variety of licensing mechanisms,
including exemptions. Since issuance of
the final rule, the Commission has
rejected a generic industry request to
extend the rule’s compliance date for all
operating nuclear power plants, but
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Notice
of Meeting
In accordance with Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463,
as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following
meeting:
Name: Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
(66)
Date/Time: April 1, 2010, 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.; April 2, 2010, 9 a.m-3
p.m.
Place: National Science Foundation, RM 375, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, VA 22230.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person: Dr. Morris L. Aizenman, Senior Science Associate,
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Room 1005, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. (703)
292-8807.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations
concerning NSF science and education activities within the Directorate
for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
Agenda:
Update on current status of Directorate;
Report of NSF Advisory Working Groups;
Meeting of MPSAC with Divisions within MPS Directorate;
Discussion of MPS Long-term Planning Activities.
Summary Minutes: May be obtained from the contact person listed
above.
Dated: March 2, 2010.
Susanne E. Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-4678 Filed 3-4-10; 8:45 am]
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