[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1601-1602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00307]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


712th 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 February 7-9, 2024. 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 619018704#. 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 (DFO) as follows: [email protected], or 
[email protected].

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

    1 p.m.-1:05 p.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chair (Open)--The 
ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of the 
meeting.
    1:05 p.m.-3 p.m.: Integrated Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal 
Proposed Rule (Open)--The Committee will have presentations and 
discussion with the NRC staff regarding the subject topic.
    3 p.m.-4 p.m.: Integrated Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal 
Proposed Rule Committee Deliberation (Open)--The Committee will have 
presentations and discussion with the NRC staff regarding the subject 
topic.
    4 p.m.-6 p.m.: NuScale Topical Reports on Subchannel Analysis and 
Rod Ejection Accident Methodologies/Preparation of Reports (Open/
Closed) (WK/MS)--The Committee will hear presentations from NuScale 
representatives and NRC staff regarding the subject topical reports. 
The Committee will also discuss topics with the presenters. The 
Committee will also undertake preparation of reports on this and other 
subjects of this meeting.
    [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, February 8, 2024

    8:30 a.m.-6 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 meeting may

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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 in order to discuss and protect information designated as 
proprietary.]

Friday, February 9, 2024

    8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.: Committee Deliberation/Preparation of Reports 
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will deliberate and 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.]
    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 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 https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/#ACRS/.

     Dated: January 5, 2024.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-00307 Filed 1-9-24; 8:45 am]
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