[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 25385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11068]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


727th 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 July 9-11, 2025. In 
addition, the ACRS is implementing Executive Order (E.O.) 14300, 
``Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,'' dated May 
23, 2025. Section 4.(b) of the E.O. states, in part, that the functions 
of the ACRS shall be reduced to the minimum necessary to fulfill ACRS's 
statutory obligations and that review by ACRS of permitting and 
licensing issues shall focus on issues that are truly novel and 
noteworthy. The ACRS will only undertake other work as directed by the 
Commission in accordance with Sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic Energy 
Act. The Committee will be conducting meetings that will include some 
Members being physically present at the 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 671230363#. 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, July 9, 2025

    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.: X-energy Topical Report on Mechanistic Source 
Term Approach (Open/Closed)--The Committee will deliberate with NRC 
staff 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.]
    10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on X-energy Topical 
Report on Mechanistic Source Term Approach (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, July 10, 2025

    8:30 a.m.-5:00 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.]

Friday, July 11, 2025

    8:30 a.m.--5:00 p.m.: Preparation of Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will hear discussion of the recommendations of the Planning 
and Procedures Subcommittee 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.]
    Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings 
were published in the Federal Register on April 29, 2025 (90 FR 17837). 
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 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 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], the ACRS public website, 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, 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: June 12, 2025.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-11068 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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