Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education; Notice of Meeting, 14583 [2022-05456]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2022 / Notices NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education; Notice of Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the following meeting: Name and Committee Code: Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education (9487). Date and Time: April 19, 2022; 11:00 a.m.– 5:30 p.m. (EDT), April 20, 2022; 11:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. (EDT). Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room E 2020, Alexandria, VA 22314 | Virtual. Registration for the virtual meeting can be accessed at: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/ meeting/register/vJIsduytqTMsEg8W7 iTzUbYliGfTpaW8cNM. Type of Meeting: Open. Contact Person: Dr. Arnoldo ValleLevinson, Staff Associate, Office of Integrative Activities/Office of the Director/ National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; (email: avellele@nsf.gov; Telephone: (703) 292–7946). Summary of Minutes: May be obtained from the AC ERE website: https:// www.nsf.gov/ere/ereweb/minutes.jsp. Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice, recommendations, and oversight concerning support for environmental research and education. Agenda: Approval of minutes from past meeting. Updates on agency support for environmental research and activities. Discussion with NSF Director and Assistant Directors. Plan for future advisory committee activities. Updated agenda will be available on the AC ERE website: https://www.nsf.gov/ ere/ereweb/minutes.jsp. Dated: March 10, 2022. Crystal Robinson, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2022–05456 Filed 3–14–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2021–0112] Fuel Qualification for Advanced Reactors Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: NUREG; issuance. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG– 2246, ‘‘Fuel Qualification for Advanced Reactors.’’ The purpose of this NUREG report is to provide a fuel qualification SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:10 Mar 14, 2022 Jkt 256001 assessment framework for use by applicants for proposed advanced reactors using fuel designs and operating environments that differ from traditional light water reactor fuel. Specifically, the framework provides objective criteria, derived from regulatory requirements, that when satisfied, would support regulatory findings for licensing. DATES: NUREG–2246, Revision 0 is available on March 15, 2022. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021–0112 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2021–0112. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 415–4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. NUREG–2246, ‘‘Fuel Qualification for Advanced Reactors,’’ is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22063A131. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents, by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Drzewiecki, telephone: 301– 415–5184, email: Timothy.Drzewiecki@ nrc.gov and Jordan Hoellman, telephone: 301–415–5481, email: Jordan.Hoellman2@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 14583 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Discussion Proposed advanced reactor technologies use fuel designs and operating environments (e.g., neutron energy spectra, fuel temperatures, neighboring materials) that differ from those described in previous NRC guidance and frameworks applicable to traditional light-water reactor fuel. As such, the purpose of this report is to identify criteria that will be useful for advanced reactor fuel designs through an assessment framework that would support regulatory findings associated with nuclear fuel qualification. The report begins by examining the regulatory basis and related guidance applicable to fuel qualification, noting that the role of nuclear fuel in the protection against the release of radioactivity for a nuclear facility depends heavily on the reactor design. The report considers the use of accelerated fuel qualification techniques and lead test specimen programs that may shorten the timeline for qualifying fuel for use in a nuclear reactor at the desired parameters (e.g., burnup). The assessment framework particularly emphasizes the identification of key fuel manufacturing parameters, the specification of a fuel performance envelope to inform testing requirements, the use of evaluation models in the fuel qualification process, and the assessment of the experimental data used to develop and validate evaluation models and empirical safety criteria. II. Additional Information Draft NUREG–2246, Revision 0, was published in the Federal Register for public comment on June 30, 2021 (86 FR 34794) with a 60-day comment period. The NRC received three public comments from private citizens and industry organizations. The NRC staff’s evaluation and resolution of the public comments are documented in Appendix B to NUREG–2246 in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22063A131. III. Congressional Review Act NUREG–2246, Revision 0, is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act. Dated: March 9, 2022. E:\FR\FM\15MRN1.SGM 15MRN1

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education; 
Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the 
following meeting:

    Name and Committee Code: Advisory Committee for Environmental 
Research and Education (9487).
    Date and Time: April 19, 2022; 11:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (EDT), April 
20, 2022; 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (EDT).
    Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room 
E 2020, Alexandria, VA 22314 [verbar] Virtual.
    Registration for the virtual meeting can be accessed at: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsduytqTMsEg8W7iTzUbYliGfTpaW8cNM.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Dr. Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, Staff Associate, 
Office of Integrative Activities/Office of the Director/National 
Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; 
(email: [email protected]; Telephone: (703) 292-7946).
    Summary of Minutes: May be obtained from the AC ERE website: 
https://www.nsf.gov/ere/ereweb/minutes.jsp.
    Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice, recommendations, and 
oversight concerning support for environmental research and 
education.
    Agenda: Approval of minutes from past meeting. Updates on agency 
support for environmental research and activities. Discussion with 
NSF Director and Assistant Directors. Plan for future advisory 
committee activities. Updated agenda will be available on the AC ERE 
website: https://www.nsf.gov/ere/ereweb/minutes.jsp.

    Dated: March 10, 2022.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-05456 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
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