[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 155 (Monday, August 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45769-45770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17444]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


688th 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 September 8-10, 2021. 
As part of the coordinated government response to combat the COVID-19 
public health emergency, the Committee will be conducting meetings that 
will include some Members being physically present at the NRC while 
other Members will be participating remotely. The public will be able 
to participate in any open sessions via 301-576-2978, passcode 
557545013#. 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, September 8, 2021

    8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of 
the meeting.
    8:35 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Kairos Topical Report on Fuel Performance 
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will have presentations and discussion 
with representatives from the NRC and Kairos staff 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.]
    11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on the Kairos Topical 
Report on Fuel Performance (Open/Closed)--The Committee will deliberate 
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.]
    1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: Commission Meeting Preparation (Open)--The 
Committee will prepare for the upcoming Commission Meeting.

Thursday, September 9, 2021

    8:30 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)(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, and information the release of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.]
    1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports/Commission Meeting 
Preparation (Open)--The Committee will continue its discussion of 
proposed ACRS reports and Commission Meeting preparation.

Friday, September 10, 2021

    8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports/Commission Meeting 
Preparation/Retreat/Other Committee Business (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports, 
Commission Meeting preparation, Retreat and other Committee Business. 
[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, 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 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

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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: August 11, 2021.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-17444 Filed 8-13-21; 8:45 am]
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