[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 179 (Monday, September 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63982-63983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20108]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


709th 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 October 3-6, 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 433849183#. 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].

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

    1:00 p.m.-1:05 p.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of 
the meeting.
    1:05 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Draft SECY on Microreactor Licensing and 
Deployment Considerations (Open)--The Committee will have 
presentations, discussion, and deliberation with representatives from 
the NRC staff regarding the subject topic.

Wednesday, October 4, 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.]

Thursday, October 5, 2023

    8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports/Committee Deliberation 
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will deliberate and 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.]

Friday, October 6, 2023

    8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports/Committee Deliberation 
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will deliberate and 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.]
    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

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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: September 13, 2023.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-20108 Filed 9-15-23; 8:45 am]
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