[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 49 (Friday, March 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12183-12184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04095]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
724th 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 2-4, 2025. The
Committee will be conducting meetings that will include some Members
being physically present headquarters of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) while other Members participate remotely. Interested
members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely in any
open sessions via Microsoft (MS) Teams or via phone at 301-576-2978,
passcode 227690711#. 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, April 2, 2025
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chair (Open)--The
ACRS Chair will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of the
meeting.
8:35 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: NuScale Standard Design Approval Application
Topics Including NuScale Topical Reports on Extended Passive Cooling
and Reactivity Control Methodology and Non-LOCA Methodology (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will have presentations and discussions with
applicant representatives 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 in order to discuss and protect information designated as
proprietary.]
10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on NuScale Standard
Design Approval Application Including the NuScale Topical Reports on
Extended Passive Cooling and Reactivity Control Methodology and Non-
LOCA Methodology (Open/Closed)--The Committee will deliberate regarding
the subject topic and proceed to preparation of 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.]
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Terrestrial Energy Topical Report on Principal
Design Criteria (Open/Closed)--The Committee will have presentations
and discussions with applicant representatives 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 in order to discuss and protect information
designated as proprietary.]
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on Terrestrial Energy
Topical Report on Principal Design Criteria (Open/Closed)--The
Committee will deliberate regarding the subject topic and proceed to
preparation of 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.]
Thursday, April 3, 2025
8:30 a.m.-1:00 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.
[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.]
1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: ADVANCE Act Information Briefing/Preparation
of Reports (Open)--The Committee will have discussion and deliberate
regarding the subject topic and proceed to preparation of reports.
Friday, April 4, 2025
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports/Committee Deliberation
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will proceed to preparation of reports and
have committee deliberation.
[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.].
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register on June 13, 2019 (84 FR 27662).
In
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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
Chair 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 three days 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 Chair. 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 301-
415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern daylight time (EDT), Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays, 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: March 11, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-04095 Filed 3-13-25; 8:45 am]
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