[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 183 (Friday, September 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53118-53119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20751]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


689th 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 October 5-8, 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 
181591243#. 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.

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

    1:00 p.m.-1:05 p.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of 
the meeting.
    1:05 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Framatome's LTR ANP-10349P, ``GALILEO 
Implementation of LOCA [Loss of Coolant Accident] Methods'' (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will have presentations and discussion with 
representatives from the NRC and Framatome 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.]
    2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on Framatome's LTR ANP-
10349P, ``GALILEO Implementation of LOCA Methods'' (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.]
    3:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: Draft Regulatory Guide 1.247 Endorsing Non-
Light Water Reactor (LWR) Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Standard 
(Open)--The Committee will have presentations and discussion with 
representatives from the NRC staff regarding the subject topic.
    5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on Draft Regulatory 
Guide 1.247 Endorsing Non-LWR PRA Standard (Open)--The Committee will 
deliberate regarding the subject topic.

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

    9:30 a.m.-1:00 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)(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.].
    2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Biennial Review of NRC Safety Research Program 
(Open)--The Committee will have discussions on the Safety Research 
Program.
    4:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports/Commission Meeting 
Preparation (Open/Closed)--The Committee will continue its discussion 
of proposed ACRS reports and

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Commission Meeting preparation. [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, October 7, 2021

    9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports/Commission Meeting 
Preparation (Open/Closed)--The Committee will continue its discussion 
of proposed ACRS reports and Commission Meeting preparation. [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, October 8, 2021

    2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports/Commission Meeting 
Preparation (Open/Closed)--The Committee will continue its discussion 
of proposed ACRS reports and Commission Meeting preparation. [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 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/.
    Note: This notice is late due to an administrative error.

    Dated: September 21, 2021.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20751 Filed 9-23-21; 8:45 am]
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