[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 12382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03236]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
713th 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 March 6-8, 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 734707940#. 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, March 6, 2024
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chair (Open)--The
ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of the
meeting.
8:35 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Draft Final Branch Technical Position (BTP)
7-19, Revision 9, ``Guidance for Evaluation of Diversity and Defense-
in-Depth to Address Common Cause Failure Due to Latent Design Effects
in Digital Computer-Based Instrumentation and Control Systems''
(Open)--The Committee will have presentations and discussion with the
NRC staff regarding the subject topic.
10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on Draft Final BTP 7-
19, Revision 9 (Open)--The Committee will have deliberations regarding
the subject topic.
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Review of NRC Research Program--Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning in Non-Destructive Examination and
In-Service Inspection Activities (Open)--The Committee will have
presentations and discussion with the NRC staff regarding the subject
topic.
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports (Open)--The Committee
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
Thursday, March 7, 2024
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.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 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.]
10:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.: Review of NRC Research Program--High Energy
Arc Fault(Open)--The Committee will have presentations and discussion
with the NRC staff regarding the subject topic.
2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports(Open)--The Committee
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
Friday, March 8, 2024
8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports(Open)--The Committee
will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
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: February 13, 2024.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-03236 Filed 2-15-24; 8:45 am]
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