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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (11–079)]
Centennial Challenges 2012 Sample
Return Robot Challenge
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice is issued in
accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2451(314)(d).
The 2012 Sample Return Robot
Challenge is scheduled and teams that
wish to compete may register.
Centennial Challenges is a program of
prize competitions to stimulate
innovation in technologies of interest
and value to NASA and the nation. The
SUMMARY:
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2012 Sample Return Robot Challenge is
a prize competition designed to
encourage development of new
technologies or application of existing
technologies in unique ways to create
robots that can autonomously seek out
samples and return to a designated
point in a set time period. Worcester
Polytechnic Institute (WPI) of
Worcester, Massachusetts administers
the Challenge for NASA. NASA is
providing the prize purse.
2012 Sample Return Robot
Challenge will be held June 15–18,
2012.
DATES:
2012 Sample Return Robot
Challenge will be conducted at
Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Worcester, MA.
ADDRESSES:
To
register for or get additional information
regarding the 2012 Sample Return Robot
Challenge, please visit: https://
wp.wpi.edu/challenge/.
For general information on the NASA
Centennial Challenges Program please
visit: https://www.nasa.gov/challenges.
General questions and comments
regarding the program should be
addressed to Dr. Larry Cooper,
Centennial Challenges Program, NASA
Headquarters 300 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20546–0001. E-mail
address: larry.p.cooper@nasa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary
Autonomous robot rovers will seek
out samples and return them to a
designated point in a set time period.
Samples will be randomly placed
throughout the roving area. They may be
placed close to obstacles, both movable
and immovable. Robots will be required
to navigate over unknown terrain,
around obstacles, and in varied lighting
conditions to identify, retrieve, and
return these samples. Winners will be
determined based on the number of
samples returned to the designated
collection point as well as the value
assigned to the samples.
I. Prize Amounts
The total Sample Return Robot
Challenge purse is $1,500,000 (one
million five hundred thousand U.S.
dollars). Prizes will be offered for
entries that meet specific requirements
detailed in the Rules.
II. Eligibility
To be eligible to win a prize
competitors must (1) register and
comply with all requirements in the
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rules and team agreement; (2) in the
case of a private entity, shall be
incorporated in and maintain a primary
place of business in the United States,
and in the case of an individual,
whether participating singly or in a
group, shall be a citizen or permanent
resident of the United States; and (3)
shall not be a Federal entity or Federal
employee acting within the scope of
their employment.
III. Rules
The complete rules and team
agreement for the 2012 Sample Return
Robot Challenge can be found at:
https://wp.wpi.edu/challenge/.
Dated: August 8, 2011.
Joseph Parrish,
Deputy Chief Technologist, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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The proposed action would revise the
Radiological Emergency Response
Preparedness Plan (RERP) to increase
the staff augmentation times for the
Operational and Technical Support
Centers-related functions from 30 to 60
minutes, and for Emergency Operations
Facility (EOF)-related functions from 60
to 90 minutes.
The proposed action is in accordance
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September 24, 2010 (Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Accession No.
ML102700478), as supplemented by
letter dated March 4, 2011 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML110660050).
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed change increases the
emergency plan (EP) staff augmentation
times from 30 and 60 minutes to 60 and
90 minutes. Specifically, the proposed
change requests a revision to the Fermi
2 Emergency Plan Table B–1, ‘‘Fermi 2
Emergency Response Organization
[ERO],’’ to increase the staff
augmentation times for Technical
Support Center-related functions from
30 to 60 minutes, and for EOF-related
functions from 60 to 90 minutes.
The proposed change is needed to
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personnel when responding to the site
due to the increase in population and
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considering that two lane roads
comprise the majority of highways
within the EPZ, this has created
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the site have encountered more delays
than when the plant was first licensed.
Additional delays may occur in the
future based on continued population
growth.
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equipment, procedures, and training
since initial approval of the Fermi 2 EP
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knowledge such there would be no
degradation or loss of EP function as a
result of the proposed change. A
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on the effect of the proposed change on
the timeliness of performing major tasks
for the major functional areas of RERP
plan. The analysis concluded that
extension of staff augmentation times
would not significantly affect the ability
to perform the required tasks.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
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The NRC has completed its
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proposed exemption. The staff has
concluded that the proposed action to
increase the staff augmentation times for
the Operational and Technical Support
Centers-related functions from 30 to 60
minutes, and for EOF-related functions
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impacts to the air or ambient air quality.
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changes or different types of non-
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (11-079)]
Centennial Challenges 2012 Sample Return Robot Challenge
AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 42 U.S.C.
2451(314)(d). The 2012 Sample Return Robot Challenge is scheduled and
teams that wish to compete may register. Centennial Challenges is a
program of prize competitions to stimulate innovation in technologies
of interest and value to NASA and the nation. The 2012 Sample Return
Robot Challenge is a prize competition designed to encourage
development of new technologies or application of existing technologies
in unique ways to create robots that can autonomously seek out samples
and return to a designated point in a set time period. Worcester
Polytechnic Institute (WPI) of Worcester, Massachusetts administers the
Challenge for NASA. NASA is providing the prize purse.
DATES: 2012 Sample Return Robot Challenge will be held June 15-18,
2012.
ADDRESSES: 2012 Sample Return Robot Challenge will be conducted at
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for or get additional
information regarding the 2012 Sample Return Robot Challenge, please
visit: https://wp.wpi.edu/challenge/.
For general information on the NASA Centennial Challenges Program
please visit: https://www.nasa.gov/challenges. General questions and
comments regarding the program should be addressed to Dr. Larry Cooper,
Centennial Challenges Program, NASA Headquarters 300 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20546-0001. E-mail address: larry.p.cooper@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary
Autonomous robot rovers will seek out samples and return them to a
designated point in a set time period. Samples will be randomly placed
throughout the roving area. They may be placed close to obstacles, both
movable and immovable. Robots will be required to navigate over unknown
terrain, around obstacles, and in varied lighting conditions to
identify, retrieve, and return these samples. Winners will be
determined based on the number of samples returned to the designated
collection point as well as the value assigned to the samples.
I. Prize Amounts
The total Sample Return Robot Challenge purse is $1,500,000 (one
million five hundred thousand U.S. dollars). Prizes will be offered for
entries that meet specific requirements detailed in the Rules.
II. Eligibility
To be eligible to win a prize competitors must (1) register and
comply with all requirements in the
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rules and team agreement; (2) in the case of a private entity, shall be
incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United
States, and in the case of an individual, whether participating singly
or in a group, shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United
States; and (3) shall not be a Federal entity or Federal employee
acting within the scope of their employment.
III. Rules
The complete rules and team agreement for the 2012 Sample Return
Robot Challenge can be found at: https://wp.wpi.edu/challenge/.
Dated: August 8, 2011.
Joseph Parrish,
Deputy Chief Technologist, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-23506 Filed 9-13-11; 8:45 am]
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