2024-07861. 715th 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 30-May 3, 2024. The Committee will be conducting meetings that will include some Members being physically present at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) headquarters office 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 119337805#. A more detailed agenda including the MS 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 MS Teams link forwarded to you, please contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) as follows: [e-mail] or [e-mail].

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

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.-11:30 a.m.: Monticello Subsequent License Renewal Application (Open)—The Committee will have presentations and discussion with the licensee representatives and NRC staff regarding the subject topic.

11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on the Monticello Subsequent License Renewal Application (Open)—The Committee will deliberate with the NRC staff regarding the subject topic.

2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: Comanche Peak License Renewal Application (Open)—The Committee will have presentations and discussion with the licensee representatives and NRC staff regarding the subject topic.

5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on the Comanche Peak License Renewal Application (Open)—The Committee will deliberate with the NRC staff regarding the subject topic.

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Westinghouse Topical Report on Incremental High Burnup Extension (Open/Closed)—The Committee will have presentations and discussion with Westinghouse 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.]

11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on the Westinghouse Topical Report on Incrementation High Burnup Extension (Open/Closed)—The Committee will deliberate with the 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.]

2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation on Research Topic—Non-Light Water Reactor Code Development (Open)—The Committee will deliberate and may meet with the NRC staff regarding the subject topic.

Thursday, May 2, 2024

8:30 a.m.-6:00 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 as determined by the Chair.

[ 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, May 3, 2024

8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Committee Deliberation/Preparation of Reports/Commission Meeting Preparations (Open/Closed).

[ 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: [phone], Email: [e-mail]), 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 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 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 [e-mail], 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 (ADAMS), 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: April 10, 2024

Russell E. Chazell,

Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.