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rules and practices of the ACRS, and 

information the release of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy] 

10:15 a.m.–10:45 a.m.: Assessment of 

the Quality of Selected NRC Research 

Projects (Open)—The Committee will 

have a discussion of the assessment of 

the quality of research projects. 

10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports. [Note: A 

portion of this session may be closed in 

order to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)] 

1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports. [Note: A 

portion of this session may be closed in 

order to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)] 

Friday, February 8, 2019, Conference 

Room 1C3 & 1C5, Three White Flint 

North, 11601 Landsdown Street, North 

Bethesda, MD 20852 

8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports. [Note: A 

portion of this session may be closed in 

order to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)] 

1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports/Retreat (Open/Closed)— 

The Committee will continue its 

discussion of proposed ACRS reports 

and retreat items. [Note: A portion of 

this session may be closed in order to 

discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)] [Note: A portion of 

this meeting may be closed pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss 

organizational and personnel matters 

that relate solely to internal personnel 

rules and practices of the ACRS, and 

information the release of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy] 

Saturday, February 9, 2019, Conference 

Room 1C3 & 1C5, Three White Flint 

North, 11601 Landsdown Street, North 

Bethesda, MD 20852 

8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports/Retreat (Open/Closed)— 

The Committee will continue its 

discussion of proposed ACRS reports 

and retreat items. [Note: A portion of 

this session may be closed in order to 

discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)] [Note: A portion of 

this meeting may be closed pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss 

organizational and personnel matters 

that relate solely to internal personnel 

rules and practices of the ACRS, and 

information the release of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy] 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 7, 2018 (83 FR 26506). 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 (Telephone: 301–415–5844, 

Email: Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov), 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. The bridgeline number 

for the meeting is 866–822–3032, 

passcode 8272423#. 

Thirty-five hard copies of each 

presentation or handout should be 

provided 30 minutes before the meeting. 

In addition, one electronic copy of each 

presentation should be emailed to the 

cognizant ACRS Staff one day before 

meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be 

provided within this timeframe, 

presenters should provide the cognizant 

ACRS Staff with a CD containing each 

presentation at least 30 minutes 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 at pdr.resource@

nrc.gov, or by calling the PDR at 1–800– 

397–4209, or from the Publicly 

Available Records System (PARS) 

component of NRC’s document system 

(ADAMS) which is accessible from the 

NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html or http://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/#ACRS/. 

Video teleconferencing service is 

available for observing open sessions of 

ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use 

this service should contact Ms. Paula 

Dorm, ACRS Audio Visual Technician 

(301–415–7799), between 7:30 a.m. and 

3:45 p.m. (ET), at least 10 days before 

the meeting to ensure the availability of 

this service. Individuals or 

organizations requesting this service 

will be responsible for telephone line 

charges and for providing the 

equipment and facilities that they use to 

establish the video teleconferencing 

link. The availability of video 

teleconferencing services is not 

guaranteed. 

Dated: December 19, 2018. 

Russell E. Chazell, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27846 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2016–0268] 

Spent Fuel Heat Generation in an 

Independent Spent Fuel Storage 

Installation 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 2 

to Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.54, ‘‘Spent 

Fuel Heat Generation in an Independent 

Spent Fuel Storage Installation.’’ 

Revision 2 provides methods acceptable 

to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) staff for calculating spent nuclear 

fuel heat generation rates for use for an 

Independent Spent Fuel Storage 

Installation (ISFSI). The revision 

presents an up-to-date methodology for 

determining heat generation rates and 

provides greater flexibility (less 

restrictions). It also allows loading of 

higher burnup fuel by using more 

accurate methods for decay heat 

calculations. 

DATES: Revision 2 to RG 3.54 is available 

on December 26, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2016–0268 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publically-available 

information related to this document, 

using the following methods: 

• Federal rulemaking website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 


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for Docket ID NRC–2016–0268. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to 

Krupskaya Castellon; telephone: 301– 

287–9221; email: Krupskaya.Castellon@

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 publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Document collection at 

http://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. The ADAMS accession number 

for each document referenced in this 

notice (if that document is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

a document is referenced. Revision 2 to 

Regulatory Guide 3.54 and the 

regulatory analysis may be found in 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML18228A808 and ML16139A219 

respectively. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexis Sotomayor-Rivera, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 

telephone: 301–415–7265; email: 

Alexis.Sotomayor-Rivera@nrc.gov and 

Harriet Karagiannis, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– 

415–2493; email: Harriet.Karagiannis@

nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

The NRC is issuing a revision to an 

existing guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory 

Guide’’ series. This series was 

developed to describe and make 

available to the public information 

regarding methods that are acceptable to 

the NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the agency’s regulations, 

techniques that the NRC staff uses in 

evaluating specific issues or postulated 

events, and data that the NRC staff 

needs in its review of applications for 

permits and licenses. 

Revision 2 of RG 3.54 was issued with 

a temporary identification of Draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–3050, to provide 

methods that are acceptable to the NRC 

staff for calculating spent nuclear fuel 

heat generation rates for use as design 

input for an independent spent fuel 

storage installation (ISFSI). 

This revision also presents an up-todate methodology for determining heat 

generation rates for both pressurizedwater reactor (PWR) and boiling-water 

reactor (BWR) fuel and provides greater 

flexibility (fewer restrictions) than 

previous versions of this guide. It allows 

the loading of higher burnup fuel by 

using more accurate methods for decay 

heat calculations by covering a wider 

range of fuel characteristics, including 

operating history. 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC published a notice of the 

availability of DG–3050 in the Federal 

Register on December 23, 2016 (81 FR 

94431), for a 60 day public comment 

period. The public comment period 

closed on February 21, 2017. Public 

comments on DG–3050 and the staff 

responses to the public comments are 

available under ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML18228A811. 

III. Congressional Review Act 

This RG 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. 

IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality 

This RG will provide guidance to 

applicants and licensees subject to Title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) Part 72, including applicants and 

holders of Certificates of Compliance 

(CoC), with respect to determining heat 

generation rates for spent fuel. Issuance 

of this RG will not constitute backfitting 

as defined in in 10 CFR 72.62(a), which 

is applicable to ISFSIs. Issuance of the 

RG will not constitute backfitting under 

10 CFR 50.109, or otherwise be 

inconsistent with the issue finality 

provisions in 10 CFR part 52. The staff’s 

position is based upon the following 

considerations. 

1. The RG positions describe a 

methodology acceptable to the NRC 

staff, and expressly states that current 

licensees may continue to use guidance 

the NRC found acceptable for complying 

with the identified regulations as long 

as the licensee does not initiate, as a 

voluntary matter, a change to its current 

licensing basis. Thus, the guidance will 

not constitute backfitting as defined in 

10 CFR 72.62(a). 

2. The NRC has no intention of 

imposing the positions in the RG on 

existing CoCs, ISFSI or nuclear power 

plant licenses either now or in the 

future (absent a voluntary request for 

change from the licensee). 

3. The matters addressed in the RG 

apply equally to both specific licensees 

under Part 72 as well as general 

licensees under who hold ISFSI 

licensees by virtue of their status as 

holders of Part 50 operating licenses or 

as holders of Part 52 combined licenses. 

4. Backfitting and issue finality do 

not—with limited exceptions not 

applicable here—protect current or 

future applicants. Applicants and 

potential applicants are not, with 

certain exceptions, protected by the 

backfitting provisions in 10 CFR 72.62. 

This is because the backfitting 

provisions in Part 72 were not intended 

to apply to every NRC action which 

substantially changes the expectations 

of current and future applicants. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day 

of December 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Thomas H. Boyce, 

Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic 

Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27931 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–250 and 50–251; NRC– 

2018–0276] 

Florida Power & Light Company; 

Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit 

Nos. 3 and 4 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License amendment application; 

opportunity to comment, request a 

hearing, and petition for leave to 

intervene; order imposing procedures. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of amendments to Renewed 

Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–31 

and DPR–41, issued to Florida Power & 

Light Company, for operation of Turkey 

Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 

and 4, respectively. The proposed 

amendments would modify Paragraph 

3.D, ‘‘Transition License Conditions,’’ of 

the Renewed Facility Operating 

Licenses to delete Implementation Item 

22. For this license amendment request 

(LAR), the NRC proposes to determine 

that it involves no significant hazards 

consideration. Because this LAR 

contains sensitive unclassified nonsafeguards information (SUNSI), an 

order imposes procedures to obtain 


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