NRC Implementation of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024, 78916-78917 [2024-22052]

Download as PDF 78916 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 187 / Thursday, September 26, 2024 / Notices systems to recover and adapt while ability to withstand may be already covered in the current risk assessment and management efforts. We are particularly interested in how resilience by design or resilience by intervention can prepare for recovery and adaptation in different threat scenarios as well as in threat-agnostic situations. Examples of domains and application of interest include but are not limited to critical infrastructure and systems for energy, transportation, medical, agriculture, water, space, manufacturing, and other R&D topic areas in which the strategic plan should focus, as well as details that should be considered when/if the topic area is elaborated in the strategic plan. This RFI is NOT soliciting approaches solely focused on risk assessment and management through shielding cyberphysical systems from specific threats including threat identification and sensing, or through hardening the system to make it less vulnerable to specific threat or disruptions. Submitters are encouraged to address the topics of this RFI clearly and concisely. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES References Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2024–22005 Filed 9–25–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 17:11 Sep 25, 2024 Jkt 262001 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2024–0166] NRC Implementation of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of public meetings. Sunshine Act Meetings SUMMARY: AGENCY: 3:30 p.m., Monday, September 30, 2024. TIME AND DATE: PLACE: via ZOOM. Parts of this meeting will be open to the public. The rest of the meeting will be closed to the public. STATUS: Special Board of Directors meeting. The General Counsel of the Corporation has certified that in her opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth in the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) permit closure of the following portion(s) of this meeting: MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: • Executive (Closed) Session • PCAST Releases Report on Strategy for Cyber-Physical Resilience (https:// www.whitehouse.gov/pcast/briefingroom/2024/02/27/pcast-releases-reporton-strategy-for-cyber-physicalresilience/), The White House, February 2024. • National Climate Resilience Framework (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2023/09/NationalClimate-Resilience-FrameworkFINAL.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/ wp-content/uploads/2023/09/NationalClimate-Resilience-FrameworkFINAL.pdf). • Strategy for Cyber-Physical Resilience: Fortifying Our Critical Infrastructure for a Digital World, (https:// www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/ uploads/2024/02/PCAST_CyberPhysical-Resilience-Report_Feb2024.pdf) Executive Office of the President, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, February 2024. • Cyber-Physical Systems Resilience—The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program (https://www.nitrd.gov/ coordination-areas/cyber-physicalsystems-resilience/). • Submitted by the National Science Foundation in support of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO) on September VerDate Sep<11>2014 20, 2024. Agenda I. Call to Order II. Approval of Government in Sunshine Act Notice Waiver for a Meeting of the Board of Directors III. Sunshine Act Approval of Executive (Closed) Session IV. Executive Session: Special Topic V. Discussion Item: Overview of Strategic Planning Process & Discussion Questions VI. Discussion Item: Key Themes from Market Research and Internal Scan VII. Discussion Item: Emerging Strategic Focus Areas VIII. Next Steps PORTIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Everything except the Executive (Closed) Session. PORTIONS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC: Executive (Closed) Session. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Jenna Sylvester, Paralegal, (202) 568– 2560; jsylvester@nw.org. Jenna Sylvester, Paralegal. [FR Doc. 2024–22183 Filed 9–24–24; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 7570–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is implementing the requirements in the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024 (the ADVANCE Act, or the Act). The NRC plans to hold public meetings periodically to support the NRC’s implementation of the ADVANCE Act. DATES: This document was published in the Federal Register on September 26, 2024. Public meetings will be noticed in the NRC’s Public Meeting Notice System at least 10 days in advance of the scheduled meeting. The NRC will not issue a separate Federal Register notice each time a public meeting is scheduled. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shilp Vasavada, Office of the Executive Director for Operations, telephone: 301– 415–1228; email: Shilp.Vasavada@ nrc.gov; or Aaron McCraw, Office of the Executive Director for Operations, telephone: 630–829–9650; email: Aaron.McCraw@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information You may obtain publicly available information related to the NRC’s implementation of the ADVANCE Act by any of the following methods: • 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, at 301–415–4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. • NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov E:\FR\FM\26SEN1.SGM 26SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 187 / Thursday, September 26, 2024 / Notices Feedback on the NRC’s implementation of the ADVANCE Act can also be provided via the publicly available feedback form on the NRC’s ADVANCE Act website at https:// II. Background www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/governing-laws/ The ADVANCE Act was signed into advance-act/contactus.html, or via law by President Biden on July 9, 2024. email through ADVANCEThe Act, which can be found at https:// Act.Resource@nrc.gov. The NRC www.congress.gov/118/bills/s870/BILLS- cautions you not to include identifying 118s870enr.pdf, contains a variety of or contact information that you do not requirements relevant to the NRC. They want to be publicly disclosed in your address a wide range of NRC activities, submission provided through this such as the NRC’s budgeting process, feedback form or email address. The recruitment and retention of the NRC NRC will enter the submissions into workforce, reduced fee rates for ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely advanced nuclear reactor applicants and edit comment submissions to remove pre-applicants, the regulatory identifying or contact information. framework for advanced reactors and If you are requesting or aggregating fusion technology, as well as strategies comments from other persons for to enhance the NRC’s efficient, timely, submission to the NRC, then you should and predictable reviews of license inform those persons not to include applications. The Act also requires the identifying or contact information that NRC to provide reports to Congress on they do not want to be publicly various topics. The NRC has initiated disclosed in their comment submission. implementation of the Act and will be Your request should state that the NRC taking additional actions to carry out the does not routinely edit comment Act’s provisions, including submissions to remove such information requirements with deadlines over the before making the comment course of the next few years. submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS. III. Discussion Submissions received will be The ADVANCE Act requires the NRC considered as part of the NRC’s to take a number of actions while implementation of the ADVANCE Act, maintaining the NRC’s core mission to and whether the NRC responds to the protect public health and safety and submission may depend on the nature promote the common defense and of the question or comment. security. The NRC is undertaking Submissions may be used or modified multiple actions to implement the by the NRC in the NRC’s requirements of the ADVANCE Act and implementation of the ADVANCE Act meet the Act’s various deadlines. The without attribution to the author of the NRC will periodically hold public submission. meetings on the NRC’s efforts to Dated: September 23, 2024. implement the ADVANCE Act. The NRC For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. may make preliminary material, such as Michael King, white papers, available to support Special Assistant to the Executive Director stakeholder engagement during public for Operations, Office of the Executive meetings. If preliminary material is Director for Operations. released to support a public meeting on [FR Doc. 2024–22052 Filed 9–25–24; 8:45 am] ADVANCE Act implementation, BILLING CODE 7590–01–P information about the preliminary material will be included in the corresponding public meeting notice. The information discussed at the public NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION meetings and any preliminary material [NRC–2024–0151] made publicly available may be incomplete in one or more respects; Draft Interim Staff Guidance: however, the NRC welcomes diverse Contamination Control, Radiological stakeholder feedback to inform its efforts to implement the ADVANCE Act. Survey, and Dose Modeling Considerations To Support License Public meetings to support the NRC’s Termination at Sites With implementation of the ADVANCE Act Environmental Discrete Radioactive will be noticed in the NRC’s Public Particle Contamination Meeting Notice System at least 10 days in advance of the scheduled meeting. AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory The NRC will not issue a Federal Commission. Register notice each time a public ACTION: Draft guidance; request for meeting is scheduled. Please monitor comment. the public web page. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Sep 25, 2024 Jkt 262001 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 78917 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting public comment on its draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG), DUWP–ISG–03, ‘‘Draft Interim Staff Guidance on Contamination Control, Radiological Survey, and Dose Modeling Considerations to Support License Termination at Sites with Environmental Discrete Radioactive Particle Contamination.’’ The draft ISG addresses contamination control, radiological surveys, and dose modeling regarding discrete radioactive particles (DRPs) that are found in the environment due to an unplanned release or that potentially could be released to the environment during decommissioning. If finalized, this ISG would allow staff to develop consistent guidance regarding contamination control, particularly focused on nondiffuse contamination, during the decommissioning process, as well as provide acceptable survey approaches and dose methods for discrete radioactive particles until the appropriate NRC regulatory guidance can be updated. DATES: Submit comments by October 28, 2024. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website. • Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2024–0151. 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 individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy M. Snyder, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\26SEN1.SGM 26SEN1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2024-0166]


NRC Implementation of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, 
Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is implementing 
the requirements in the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced 
Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024 (the ADVANCE Act, or the Act). The 
NRC plans to hold public meetings periodically to support the NRC's 
implementation of the ADVANCE Act.

DATES: This document was published in the Federal Register on September 
26, 2024. Public meetings will be noticed in the NRC's Public Meeting 
Notice System at least 10 days in advance of the scheduled meeting. The 
NRC will not issue a separate Federal Register notice each time a 
public meeting is scheduled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shilp Vasavada, Office of the 
Executive Director for Operations, telephone: 301-415-1228; email: 
[email protected]; or Aaron McCraw, Office of the Executive 
Director for Operations, telephone: 630-829-9650; email: 
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information

    You may obtain publicly available information related to the NRC's 
implementation of the ADVANCE Act by any of the following methods:
     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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected].
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an 
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected]

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or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. 
eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

II. Background

    The ADVANCE Act was signed into law by President Biden on July 9, 
2024. The Act, which can be found at https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s870/BILLS-118s870enr.pdf, contains a variety of requirements 
relevant to the NRC. They address a wide range of NRC activities, such 
as the NRC's budgeting process, recruitment and retention of the NRC 
workforce, reduced fee rates for advanced nuclear reactor applicants 
and pre-applicants, the regulatory framework for advanced reactors and 
fusion technology, as well as strategies to enhance the NRC's 
efficient, timely, and predictable reviews of license applications. The 
Act also requires the NRC to provide reports to Congress on various 
topics. The NRC has initiated implementation of the Act and will be 
taking additional actions to carry out the Act's provisions, including 
requirements with deadlines over the course of the next few years.

III. Discussion

    The ADVANCE Act requires the NRC to take a number of actions while 
maintaining the NRC's core mission to protect public health and safety 
and promote the common defense and security. The NRC is undertaking 
multiple actions to implement the requirements of the ADVANCE Act and 
meet the Act's various deadlines. The NRC will periodically hold public 
meetings on the NRC's efforts to implement the ADVANCE Act. The NRC may 
make preliminary material, such as white papers, available to support 
stakeholder engagement during public meetings. If preliminary material 
is released to support a public meeting on ADVANCE Act implementation, 
information about the preliminary material will be included in the 
corresponding public meeting notice. The information discussed at the 
public meetings and any preliminary material made publicly available 
may be incomplete in one or more respects; however, the NRC welcomes 
diverse stakeholder feedback to inform its efforts to implement the 
ADVANCE Act.
    Public meetings to support the NRC's implementation of the ADVANCE 
Act will be noticed in the NRC's Public Meeting Notice System at least 
10 days in advance of the scheduled meeting. The NRC will not issue a 
Federal Register notice each time a public meeting is scheduled. Please 
monitor the public web page.
    Feedback on the NRC's implementation of the ADVANCE Act can also be 
provided via the publicly available feedback form on the NRC's ADVANCE 
Act website at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/governing-laws/advance-act/contactus.html, or via email through [email protected]. 
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information 
that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your submission 
provided through this feedback form or email address. The NRC will 
enter the submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit 
comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
    Submissions received will be considered as part of the NRC's 
implementation of the ADVANCE Act, and whether the NRC responds to the 
submission may depend on the nature of the question or comment. 
Submissions may be used or modified by the NRC in the NRC's 
implementation of the ADVANCE Act without attribution to the author of 
the submission.

    Dated: September 23, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael King,
Special Assistant to the Executive Director for Operations, Office of 
the Executive Director for Operations.
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