[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 188 (Wednesday, October 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47353-47354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19168]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
730th 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 November 5-7, 2025. In
addition, the ACRS is implementing Section 4.(b) of Executive Order
(E.O.) 14300, ``Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission,'' dated May 23, 2025, which 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 Teams or via
phone at 301-576-2978, passcode 448781828#. A more detailed agenda,
including the Microsoft Teams 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 Microsoft Teams link forwarded to
you, please contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) as follows:
[email protected], or [email protected].
Wednesday, November 5, 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.: Kemmerer Construction Permit Application
Review (Open/Closed)--The Committee will
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have presentations and discussions with the NRC staff and applicant
representatives 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 the Kemmerer
Construction Permit Application Review (Open/Closed)--The Committee
will deliberate 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.: WCAP-18850P, ``Adaptation of the FULL SPECTRUM
LOCA (FSLOCA) Evaluation Methodology to Perform Analysis of Cladding
Rupture for High Burnup Fuel (HBF)''/Preparation of Reports (Open/
Closed)--The Committee will have presentations and discussions with the
NRC staff and applicant representatives 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.-5:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on WCAP-18850P/
Preparation of Reports (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, November 6, 2025
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Palisades Restart Activities--Steam Generator
Operational Assessment/Committee Deliberation/Preparation of Reports
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will have presentations and discussions
with the NRC staff and applicant representatives regarding the subject
topic. 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.]
10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.: Preparation of reports (Open/Closed)--The
Committee will 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.]
Friday, November 7, 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.]
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2025 (90 FR 34522).
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 (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: September 29, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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