[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 115 (Monday, June 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36240-36241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12800]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


675th 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, 2232b), the Advisory Committee on 
Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) will hold meetings on July 8-11, 2020. As 
part of the coordinated government response to combat COVID-19, the 
Committee will conduct virtual meetings. The public will be able to 
participate any open sessions via 1-866-822-3032, pass code 8272423#.

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

    9:30 a.m.-9:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of 
the meeting.
    9:35 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Review of Latest Update of BTP 7-19, 
``Guidance for Evaluation of Diversity and Defense-In-Depth in Digital 
Computer-Based I&C Systems (Open)--The Committee will have 
presentations and discussion with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) staff and possibly Nuclear Energy Institute regarding 
the subject topic.
    11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.: EPRI Topical Report on Uranium Oxycarbide 
Tristructural Isotropic Coated Particle Fuel Performance (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will have presentations and discussion with EPRI 
and the NRC staff regarding the subject topic. [NOTE: A portion of this 
session may be closed in order to discuss and protect information 
designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4)].
    1:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.: NuScale Area of Focus: Boron Redistribution 
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will have presentations and discussion 
with NuScale and the NRC staff regarding subject topic. [NOTE: A 
portion of this session may be closed in order to

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discuss and protect information designated as proprietary, pursuant to 
5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4)].
    6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports. [NOTE: 
A portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss and protect 
information designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4)].

Thursday, July 9, 2020

    9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: NuScale Area of Focus: Boron Redistribution 
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will have presentations and discussion 
with NuScale and the NRC staff regarding subject topic. [NOTE: A 
portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss and protect 
information designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4)].
    2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports. [NOTE: 
A portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss and protect 
information designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4)].

Friday, July 10, 2020

    9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning 
and Procedures Subcommittee and Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 
Recommendations/Preparation of Reports (Open/Closed)--The Committee 
will (1) 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: A portion 
of this meeting may be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b (c) (2) and (6) 
to discuss organizational and personnel matters that relate solely to 
internal personnel rules and practices of the ACRS, and information the 
release of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 
personal privacy.] [NOTE: A portion of this session may be closed in 
order to discuss and protect information designated as proprietary, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4)].
    11:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports. 
[NOTE: A portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss and 
protect information designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 
552b(c)(4)]. [NOTE: Portions of this meeting may be closed pursuant to 
5 U.S.C. 552b (c) (2) and (6) to discuss organizational and personnel 
matters that relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices of 
the ACRS, and information the release of which would constitute a 
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.]

Saturday, July 11, 2020

    9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports. [NOTE: 
A portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss and protect 
information designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4)]. 
[NOTE: Portions of this meeting may be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b 
(c) (2) and (6) to discuss organizational and personnel matters that 
relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices of the ACRS, 
and information the release of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.]
    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 
Official (DFO) (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 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 (ADAMS) 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/.
    Video teleconferencing service is available for observing open 
sessions of ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use this service should 
contact Thomas Dashiell, ACRS Audio Visual Technician at (301-415-
7907), between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. (Eastern Time), at least 10 days 
before the meeting to ensure the availability of this service. 
Individuals or organizations requesting this service will be 
responsible for telephone line charges and for providing the equipment 
and facilities that they use to establish the video teleconferencing 
link. The availability of video teleconferencing services is not 
guaranteed.

    Dated: June 9, 2020.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-12800 Filed 6-12-20; 8:45 am]
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