[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 158 (Thursday, August 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56054-56055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17707]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


708th 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 6-8, 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 21085302#. 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, September 6, 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.-10:30 a.m.: Revision of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.183, 
``Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis 
Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors'' (Open/Closed)--The Committee will 
have presentations and discussions with representatives from EPRI and 
the NRC 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.]

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    10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Committee Deliberation on RG 1.183 (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will have discussion and deliberation 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.]
    1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Saint Lucie Subsequent License Renewal 
Application Review (Open/Closed)--The Committee will have presentations 
and discussions with representatives from Florida Power & Light Company 
and the NRC 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.]
    3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on Saint Lucie 
Subsequent License Renewal Application Review (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will have discussion and deliberation 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.]
    4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Pressurized Water Reactor Owners Group (PWROG) 
Topical Report on Hydrogen Based Transient Clad Strain Limit (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will have presentations and discussions with 
representatives from PWROG and the NRC 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.]

Thursday, September 7, 2023

    8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: NRC Reviews of Volcanic Hazards Assessments 
for New Reactor Licensing (Open)--The Committee will have presentations 
and discussions with representatives from the NRC staff regarding the 
subject topic.
    10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Preparation of 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 
to discuss and protect information designated as proprietary.]
    1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Branch Technical Position (BTP) 7-19, 
``Guidance for Evaluation of Defense in Depth and Diversity to Address 
Common-cause Failure Due to Latent Design Effects in Digital Safety 
Systems''/Preparation of Reports (Open/Closed)--The Committee will have 
presentations and discussions with representatives from the 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, September 8, 2023

    8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Planning and Procedures Session/Future ACRS 
Activities/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), 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.]
    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 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 https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/#ACRS/.

    Dated: August 14, 2023.
Rochelle C. Bavol,
Executive Assistant to the Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-17707 Filed 8-16-23; 8:45 am]
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