[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 28 (Friday, February 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9402-9403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02884]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


683rd 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 March 3-5, 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#. A more detailed agenda may be found at 
the ACRS public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acrs/agenda/index.html.

Wednesday, March 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.-11:30 a.m.: Integrated Human Event Analysis System--
General Methodology Report Preparation (Open)--The Committee will have 
remarks by the Probabilistic Risk Assessment subcommittee Chairman 
regarding the subject topic and report writing.
    1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Regulatory Guide 1.240, ``Fresh and Spent Fuel 
Criticality Analyses'' (Open)--The Committee will have presentations 
and discussion with representatives from the NRC staff regarding the 
subject topic.
    3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear 
and Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (Open)--The Committee will 
have presentations and discussion with representatives from the NRC 
staff and the Department of Energy staff regarding the subject topics.
    5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.

Thursday, March 4, 2021

    9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Be riskSMART Update (Open)--The Committee 
will have presentations and discussion with representatives from the 
NRC staff regarding the subject topic.
    11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: EMBARK Venture Studios Briefing (Open)--The 
Committee will have presentations and discussion with representatives 
from the NRC staff regarding the subject topic.
    1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Regulatory Basis: 10 CFR Parts 50/52/Other 
Business (Open)--The Committee will have presentations and discussion 
with representatives from the NRC staff regarding the subject topics.

Friday, March 5, 2021

    9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.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.

    1:30 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)(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.

    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

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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 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/#ACRS/.

    Dated: February 9, 2021.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-02884 Filed 2-11-21; 8:45 am]
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