[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13766-13767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04952]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


684th 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 April 8-10, 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.

Thursday, April 8, 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.-10:45 a.m.: Regulatory Guide (RG) 4.26, ``Volcanic Hazard 
Assessments for Nuclear Power Reactor Sites'' (Open)--The Committee 
will have presentations and discussion with representatives from the 
NRC staff regarding the subject topic.
    10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Committee Deliberation on RG 4.26, 
``Volcanic Hazard Assessments for Nuclear Power Reactor Sites'' 
(Open)--The Committee will have discussion regarding the subject topic.
    11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Overview of the NRC Safety Research Program 
Related to the Biennial Review (Open)--The Committee will have 
presentations and discussion with representatives from the NRC staff 
regarding the subject topic.
    3:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: NuScale Topical Report, ``Control Room 
Staffing'' (Open/Closed)--The Committee will have presentations and 
discussion with representatives from the NRC staff and NuScale 
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.]
    6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on NuScale Topical 
Report, ``Control Room Staffing) (Open/Closed)--The Committee will have 
discussion 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.]

Friday, April 9, 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, trade secrets and 
commercial or financial information obtained from a person and 
privileged or confidential, 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)(4), a portion of this session may be 
closed in order to discuss and protect information designated as 
proprietary.]

Saturday, April 10, 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.]
    [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, trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained 
from a person and privileged or confidential, 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 
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 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

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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/.

     Dated: March 5, 2021.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-04952 Filed 3-9-21; 8:45 am]
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