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should be addressed to Denise Murdock, • Chair’s Remarks and Approval of Æ Long-lived Digital Data Collections
NMB, 1301 K Street, NW., Suite 250 E, Minutes Æ Transformative Research Task
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the collection activity requirements Polar Year
should be directed to June D. W. King Committee on Programs & Plans Task Closed
at 202–692–5010 or via Internet address Force on Transformative Research (8:30 Executive Committee (1 p.m.–1:30
king@nmb.gov. Individuals who use a a.m.–9 a.m.) Room 1295 p.m.) Room 1235
telecommunications device for the deaf • Approval of Minutes • Candidate Sites for NSB Retreat/
(TDD/TDY) may call the Federal • Update on Workshop: August 12, Off-Site Visit
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 2005 at NSF • Director’s Items: Personnel Matters
800–877–8339. • Discussion on possible Future and Future Budgets
Workshop Themes, Locations, and Dates Committee on Programs & Plans (2:15
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Education & Human Resources p.m.–3:30 p.m.) Room 1235
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Subcommittee on S&E Indicators (8:30 • Action Items
a.m.–10:30 a.m.) Room 1235 Æ Rare Symmetry Violating Process
• Approval of Minutes (RSVP)
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION • Discussion of Orange Book Æ Maize Genome Sequencing
• Discussion of Draft Overview • Information Items
National Science Board and Its chapter
Subdivisions; Meetings Æ ALMA Update
• Science and Engineering Indicators Æ Deep Underground Science and
Date and Time: August 10–11, 2005. 2006 cover Engineering Laboratory
August 10, 2005 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m. • Discussion of Draft Companion
Sessions: Piece Thursday, August 11, 2005
7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m.—Open. • Contractor Presentation on Open
8:30 a.m.–9 a.m.—Open. Indicators
8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.—Open. Committee on Education & Human Committee on Programs & Plans (8
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.—Open. Resources (10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.) Room a.m.–8:30 a.m.) Room 1235
12:45 p.m.–1 p.m.—Open. 1235 • Cyberinfrastructure Vision
1 p.m.–1:30 p.m.—Closed. • Approval of Minutes Committee on Audit & Oversight (8:30
1:30 p.m.–2:15 p.m.—Open. a.m.–10 a.m.) Room 1235
2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m.—Closed. • NSF Staff Presentations
Æ Update on Math and Science • Approval of Minutes
3:30 p.m.–5 p.m.—Open. • Report by NSF Advisory Committee
August 11, 2005 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Partnerships Program
Æ NSF Integration of Research and on GPRA Performance Assessment
Sessions:
8 a.m.–8:30 a.m.—Open. education • Discussion of NSF Vision
8:30 a.m.–10 a.m.—Open. • NSB items Document: NSB Roles and
10 a.m.–10:30 a.m.—Closed. Æ House Roundtable on the S&T Responsibilities
10:30 a.m.–11 a.m.—Open. Workforce • Discussion of Draft Report of NSF
11 a.m.–12 noon—Closed. Æ Innovation Summit Merit Review System Review
12:30 p.m.–12:45 p.m.—Executive • NSB Commission on Education • NSB Policy Statement on
Closed. • NSB/EHR Committee’s Respective Roles of the OIG and NSF
12:45 p.m.–1 p.m.—Closed. Contribution to Board’s Vision for NSF Management in the Pursuit and
1 p.m.–3:30 p.m.—Open. • Subcommittee on Science and Settlement of Administrative
Place: National Science Foundation, Engineering Indicators Investigatory Matters
4201 Wilson Blvd, Rooms 1235 and • Update on Engineering Education • Status of Financial Audit
1295, Arlington, VA 22230. Workshop Procurement
Public Meeting Attendance: All Executive Committee (12:45 p.m.–1 • CFO Update on Plan To Address
visitors must report to the NSF’s p.m.) Room 1235 Reportable Conditions of FY 2004 Audit
visitor’s desk at the 9th and N. Stuart • Approval of Minutes Committee on Strategy and Budget
Streets entrance to receive a visitor’s • Updates or New Business from (10:30 a.m.–11 a.m.) Room 1235
badge. Committee Members • Chair’s Remarks and Approval of
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the National Science Board Web site and Budget and Committee on Programs • Discussion of Committee Input to
(http://www.nsf.gov/nsb) for updated and Plans (1:30 p.m.–2:15 p.m.) Room Vision Task Force
schedule. NSB Office: (703) 292–7000. 1235 • Status of FY 2006 Budget Request to
Status: Part of this meeting will be • Centers and the NSF Portfolio Congress
closed to the public. Part of this meeting • Funding Rates, Award Size and
will be open to the public. Closed Session
Duration
Matters To Be Considered: Committee on Programs & Plans (3:30 Committee on Audit & Oversight (10
Wednesday, August 10, 2005 p.m.–5 p.m.) Room 1235 a.m.–10:30 a.m.) Room 1235
• Approval of Minutes • OIG Budget
Open: • Vision Task Force • Pending Investigations
Committee on Programs & Plans • Status of International Science Committee on Strategy & Budget (11
Subcommittee on Polar Issues (7:30 Effort a.m.–12 noon) Room 1235
a.m.–8:30 a.m.) Room 1235 • Status Reports • Approval of Minutes

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• Discussion of FY 2007 Budget
Submission to OMB
• Recommendations for FY 2007
Budget Submission
Plenary Session of the Board (12:30
p.m.–1 p.m.)
Executive Closed Session (12:30 p.m.–
12:45 p.m.) Room 1235
• Approval of Executive Closed
Minutes
Closed Session (12:45 p.m.–1 p.m.)
Room 1235
• Approval of Closed Session
Minutes
• Awards and Agreements
• Closed Committee Reports
Open Session (1 p.m.–3:30 p.m.)
Room 1235
• Approval of Minutes
• Resolution to Close September 2005
• Chairman’s Report
• Director’s Report
• Committee Reports
• Report of ad hoc Vision Task Group
Michael P. Crosby,
Executive Officer and NSB Office Director.
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National Science Board; Workshop on
Understanding Transformative
Research Programs at the National
Science Foundation; Sunshine Act
Meeting
DATE AND TIME: August 12, 2005, 8:30
a.m.–5:15 p.m. (ET).
PLACE: National Science Foundation,
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Rooms 1235,
375 and 320, Arlington, VA 22230.
PUBLICE MEETING ATTENDANCE: All
visitors must report to the NSF’s
visitor’s desk at the 9th and N. Stuart
Streets entrance to receive a visitor’s
badge.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Please refer to the
National Science Board Web site
(http://www.nsf.gov/nsb) for updated
Agenda. NSB Office: (703) 292–7000.
STATUS: This Workshop will be open to
the public.
Provisional Workshop Agenda
Room 1235
8:30 a.m.–8:50 a.m.—Introduction and
Overview.
8:50 a.m.–9 a.m.—Welcoming Remarks.
9 a.m.–10 a.m.—Topic I: Exemplar
Transformative Research Funded by
NSF.
10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.—Topic II: NSF
Culture and Effect on Funding
Potentially Transformative Research.
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11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.—Topic III: NSF
Mechanisms and Procedures for
Supporting Potentially
Transformative Research.
Rooms 375 and 320
12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m.—Breakout Session
I: Enhancing the Ability of NSF To
Identify and Nurture Potentially
Transformative Research.
• Role of Program Officers
• Role of Committees of Visitors
• Role of Advisory Committees
2 p.m.–3:15 p.m.—Breakout Session II:
Improving NSF’s Ability To Fund
Potentially Transformative Research.
• Community Awareness
• Inhibitors for Current Mechanisms
• New Mechanisms
Room 1235
3:30 p.m.–5 p.m.—Plenary Meeting for
Breakout Sessions I and II.
5 p.m.–5:15 p.m.—Summaries of
Discussions and Next Steps for the
NSB Task Force on Transformative
Research.
Michael P. Crosby,
Executive Officer and NSB Office Director.
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COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50–313]
Entergy Operations, Inc., Arkansas
Nuclear One, Unit 1; Exemption
1.0 Background
Entergy Operations, Inc. (licensee) is
the holder of Renewed Facility
Operating License No. DPR–51 which
authorizes operation of the Arkansas
Nuclear One, Unit 1 (ANO–1) nuclear
power plant. The license provides,
among other things, that the facility is
subject to all rules, regulations, and
orders of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC, Commission) now or
hereafter in effect.
The facility consists of a pressurized
water reactor located in Pope County,
Arkansas.
2.0 Request/Action
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 50.46,
‘‘Acceptance criteria for emergency core
cooling systems for light-water nuclear
power reactors,’’ requires, among other
items, that ‘‘[e]ach boiling or
pressurized light-water nuclear power
reactor fueled with uranium oxide
pellets within cylindrical zircaloy or
ZIRLO cladding must be provided with
an emergency core cooling system
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(ECCS) that must be designed so that its
calculated cooling performance
following postulated loss-of-coolant
accidents [(LOCAs)] conforms to the
criteria set forth in paragraph (b) of this
section.’’ Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50,
‘‘ECCS Evaluation Models,’’ requires,
among other items, that the rate of
energy release, hydrogen generation,
and cladding oxidation from the metal/
water reaction shall be calculated using
the Baker-Just equation. The regulations
at 10 CFR 50.46 and 10 CFR part 50,
appendix K make no provisions for use
of fuel rods clad in a material other than
zircaloy or ZIRLO. Since the chemical
composition of the M5 alloy differs from
the specifications for zircaloy or ZIRLO,
a plant-specific exemption is required to
allow the use of the M5 alloy as a
cladding material at ANO–1. Therefore,
by letter dated September 30, 2004, the
licensee requested the use of the M5
advanced alloy for fuel rod cladding at
ANO–1.
3.0 Discussion
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the
Commission may, upon application by
any interested person or upon its own
initiative, grant exemptions from the
requirements of 10 CFR part 50 when (1)
the exemptions are authorized by law,
will not present an undue risk to public
health or safety, and are consistent with
the common defense and security; and
(2) when special circumstances are
present.
Authorized by Law
This exemption results in changes to
the operation of the plant by allowing
the use of the M5 alloy as fuel cladding
material in lieu of zircaloy or ZIRLO. As
stated above, 10 CFR 50.12 allows the
NRC to grant exemptions from the
requirements of 10 CFR part 50. In
addition, the granting of the licensee’s
exemption request will not result in a
violation of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended, or the Commission’s
regulations. Therefore, the exemption is
authorized by law.
No Undue Risk to Public Health and
Safety
The underlying purposes of 10 CFR
50.46 and 10 CFR part 50, appendix K,
are to ensure that facilities have
adequate acceptance criteria for the
ECCS, and to ensure that cladding
oxidation and hydrogen generation are
appropriately limited during a LOCA
and conservatively accounted for in the
ECCS evaluation model, respectively.
Topical Report (TR) BAW–10227P,
‘‘Evaluation of Advanced Cladding and
Structural Material (M5) in PWR
[pressurized-water reactor] Reactor
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