[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84015-84016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28285]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


682nd 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 February 3-6, 2021. As 
part of the coordinated government response to combat the COVID-19 
public health emergency, the Committee will conduct virtual meetings. 
The public will be able to participate in any open sessions via 1-866-
822-3032, pass code 8272423#.

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

    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.: Interaction with the Navy (Closed)--[NOTE: 
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), this interaction may protect 
information that is (A) specifically authorized under criteria

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established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interests of 
national defense or foreign policy and (B) in fact properly classified 
pursuant to such Executive order.] [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.]
    11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Draft Final DG-1363 (Proposed Revision 4 to 
Regulatory Guide 1.105), ``Setpoints for Safety -Related 
Instrumentation'' (Open)--The Committee will have presentations and 
discussion with representatives from the NRC staff regarding the 
subject topic.
    2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: GEH Topical Report, NEDO-33911, Revision 
0,''BWRX-300 Containment Performance'' (Open/Closed)--The Committee 
will have presentations and discussion with representatives from the 
NRC staff and GE-Hitachi 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.]
    5:00 p.m.--6:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS 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 in order to discuss and protect information designated as 
proprietary.]

Thursday, February 4, 2021

    9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: IDHEAS-G: An Integrated Human Events Analysis 
System--General Methodology (Open)--The Committee will have 
presentations and discussion with representatives from the NRC staff 
regarding the subject topic.
    2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Advanced Reactor Computer Codes Volumes 4 and 
5 (Open)--The Committee will have presentations and discussion with 
representatives from the NRC staff regarding the subject topic.
    3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Post-Halden Plans (Open)--The Committee will 
have presentations and discussion with representatives from the NRC 
staff regarding the subject topic.
    5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.

Friday, February 5, 2021

    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 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) and (6), a portion of this meeting may be closed 
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: 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.]
    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: 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.]

Saturday, February 6, 2021

    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: 
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.]
    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 (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 (301-415-7907), 
between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. (ET), 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: December 17, 2020.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-28285 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
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