[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14652-14653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04847]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


704th 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 5-7, 2023. The 
Committee will be conducting meetings that will include some Members 
being physically present at the NRC while other Members participate 
remotely. Interested members of the public are encouraged to 
participate remotely in any open sessions via MS Teams or via phone at 
301-576-2978, passcode 247527668#. A more detailed agenda including the 
MSTeams link may be found at the ACRS public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acrs/agenda/index.html. If you 
would like the MSTeams link forwarded to you, please contact the 
Designated Federal Officer as follows: [email protected], or 
[email protected].

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

    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.-1:00 p.m.: International Outreach Activities/ACRS Retreat 
Follow-up Items: Design Reviews, Topical Report Reviews, Committee Work 
Methods (Open)--The Committee will have discussions and deliberate 
regarding the subject topic.
    1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: Roadmap of Digital Instrumentation and 
Controls Regulatory Requirements, Industry and Staff Guidance/
Commission Meeting Preparation (Open)--The Committee will have 
presentation and discussion with representatives from the NRC staff 
regarding the subject topic. The Committee will deliberate, continue 
its discussion of proposed ACRS reports and preparation of upcoming 
Commission meeting.

Thursday, April 6, 2023

    8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Kairos Topics Discussion/Planning and 
Procedures Session/International Outreach Activities/Future ACRS 
Activities/Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and Recommendations/
Preparation of Reports/Commission Meeting Preparation (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will have discussion with representatives from the NRC 
staff regarding the subject topic. 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 and preparation of upcoming

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Commission meeting. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), a portion 
of this session may be closed to discuss organizational and personnel 
matters that relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices of 
the ACRS.] [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), a portion of this 
session may be closed to discuss and protect information designated as 
proprietary.]
    1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Terrapower Natrium Reactor Design Overview and 
Digital Twin Walkthrough (Open/Closed)--The Committee will have 
presentation and discussion with representatives from Terrapower and 
NRC staff regarding the subject topic. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4), a portion of this session may be closed to discuss and 
protect information designated as proprietary.]

Friday, April 7, 2023

    8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Kairos Topics Discussion/Planning and 
Procedures Session Continued/International Outreach Activities/Future 
ACRS Activities/Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and Recommendations/
Preparation of Reports/Commission Meeting Preparation (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will have discussion with representatives from the NRC 
staff regarding the subject topic. 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 and preparation of upcoming Commission 
meeting. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), a portion of this 
session may be closed to discuss organizational and personnel matters 
that relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices of the 
ACRS.] [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), a portion of this 
session may be closed to discuss and protect information designated as 
proprietary.]
    1:00 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 preparation of upcoming Commission 
meeting. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), a portion of this 
session may be closed 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 the 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, which is accessible from the 
NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/#ACRS/.

     Dated: March 6, 2023.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-04847 Filed 3-8-23; 8:45 am]
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