[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 158 (Thursday, August 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56054-56055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17707]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
708th Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
(ACRS)
In accordance with the purposes of sections 29 and 182b of the
Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232(b)), the Advisory Committee on
Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) will hold meetings on September 6-8, 2023.
The Committee will be conducting meetings that will include some
Members being physically present at the NRC while other Members
participate remotely. Interested members of the public are encouraged
to participate remotely in any open sessions via MS Teams or via phone
at 301-576-2978, passcode 21085302#. A more detailed agenda including
the MSTeams link may be found at the ACRS public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acrs/agenda/index.html. If you
would like the MSTeams link forwarded to you, please contact the
Designated Federal Officer as follows: [email protected], or
[email protected].
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
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.-10:30 a.m.: Revision of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.183,
``Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis
Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors'' (Open/Closed)--The Committee will
have presentations and discussions with representatives from EPRI and
the NRC staff regarding the subject topic. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C
552b(c)(4), a portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss
and protect information designated as proprietary.]
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10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Committee Deliberation on RG 1.183 (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will have discussion and deliberation regarding
the subject topic. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4), a portion of
this session may be closed in order to discuss and protect information
designated as proprietary.]
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Saint Lucie Subsequent License Renewal
Application Review (Open/Closed)--The Committee will have presentations
and discussions with representatives from Florida Power & Light Company
and the NRC staff regarding the subject topic. [Note: Pursuant to 5
U.S.C 552b(c)(4), a portion of this session may be closed in order to
discuss and protect information designated as proprietary.]
3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on Saint Lucie
Subsequent License Renewal Application Review (Open/Closed)--The
Committee will have discussion and deliberation regarding the subject
topic. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4), a portion of this session
may be closed in order to discuss and protect information designated as
proprietary.]
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Pressurized Water Reactor Owners Group (PWROG)
Topical Report on Hydrogen Based Transient Clad Strain Limit (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will have presentations and discussions with
representatives from PWROG and the NRC staff regarding the subject
topic. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4), a portion of this session
may be closed in order to discuss and protect information designated as
proprietary.]
Thursday, September 7, 2023
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: NRC Reviews of Volcanic Hazards Assessments
for New Reactor Licensing (Open)--The Committee will have presentations
and discussions with representatives from the NRC staff regarding the
subject topic.
10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports (Open/Closed)--The
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports. [Note:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4), a portion of this session may be closed
to discuss and protect information designated as proprietary.]
1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Branch Technical Position (BTP) 7-19,
``Guidance for Evaluation of Defense in Depth and Diversity to Address
Common-cause Failure Due to Latent Design Effects in Digital Safety
Systems''/Preparation of Reports (Open/Closed)--The Committee will have
presentations and discussions with representatives from the NRC staff
regarding the subject topic. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4), a
portion of this session may be closed to discuss and protect
information designated as proprietary.]
Friday, September 8, 2023
8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Planning and Procedures Session/Future ACRS
Activities/Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and Recommendations/
Preparation of Reports (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear
discussion of the recommendations of the Planning and Procedures
Subcommittee regarding items proposed for consideration by the Full
Committee during future ACRS meetings, and/or proceed to preparation of
reports as determined by the Chairman. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(2), a portion of this session may be closed to discuss
organizational and personnel matters that relate solely to internal
personnel rules and practices of the ACRS.] [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C
552b(c)(4), a portion of this session may be closed to discuss and
protect information designated as proprietary.]
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register on June 13, 2019 (84 FR 27662).
In accordance with those procedures, oral or written views may be
presented by members of the public, including representatives of the
nuclear industry. Persons desiring to make oral statements should
notify Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant ACRS Staff and the Designated Federal
Officer (Telephone: 301-415-5844, Email: [email protected]), 5 days
before the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can
be made to allow necessary time during the meeting for such statements.
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.
An electronic copy of each presentation should be emailed to the
cognizant ACRS staff at least one day before the meeting.
In accordance with Subsection 10(d) of 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 agendas, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are
available through the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) at
[email protected], or by calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from
the Publicly Available Records System component of NRC's Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System, which is accessible from the
NRC website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/#ACRS/.
Dated: August 14, 2023.
Rochelle C. Bavol,
Executive Assistant to the Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-17707 Filed 8-16-23; 8:45 am]
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