40090 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 156 / Monday, August 13, 2018 / Notices 

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[NRC–2018–0001] 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Weeks of August 13, 20, 

27, September 3, 10, 17, 2018. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of August 13, 2018 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of August 13, 2018. 

Week of August 20, 2018—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of August 20, 2018. 

Week of August 27, 2018—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of August 27, 2018. 

Week of September 3, 2018—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of September 3, 2018. 

Week of September 10, 2018—Tentative 

Monday, September 10, 2018 

10:00 a.m. Briefing on NRC 

International Activities (Closed— 

Ex. 1 & 9) 

Week of September 17, 2018—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of September 17, 2018. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For more information or to verify the 

status of meetings, contact Denise 

McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email 

at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov. The 

schedule for Commission meetings is 

subject to change on short notice. 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

public-meetings/schedule.html. 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g., 

braille, large print), please notify 

Kimberly Meyer-Chambers, NRC 

Disability Program Manager, at 301– 

287–0739, by videophone at 240–428– 

3217, or by email at Kimberly.MeyerChambers@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis. 

Members of the public may request to 

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distribution, please contact the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Office of the 

Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301– 

415–1969), or you may email 

Patricia.Jimenez@nrc.gov or 

Wendy.Moore@nrc.gov. 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

Denise L. McGovern, 

Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary. 

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[NRC–2017–0111] 

Physical Security—Combined License 

and Operating Reactors 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Standard review plan-final 

section revision; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a final 

revision to Section 13.6.1, ’’Physical 

Security—Combined License and 

Operating Reactors,’’ of NUREG–0800, 

‘‘Standard Review Plan (SRP) for the 

Review of Safety Analysis Reports for 

Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition.’’ 

DATES: The effective date of this SRP 

update is August 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2017–0111 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 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2017–0111. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; 

email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark D. Notich, Office of New Reactors, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–3053, email: Mark.Notich@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On May 5, 2017 (82 FR 21269), the 

NRC published for public comment a 

proposed revision of Section 13.6.1, 

‘‘Physical Security—Combined License 

and Operating Reactors,’’ of NUREG– 

0800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan (SRP) for 

the Review of Safety Analysis Reports 

for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR 

Edition.’’ The public comment period 

closed on July 5, 2017. A summary of 

comments received and the staff’s 

disposition of the comments are 

available in a separate document, 

‘‘Response to Public Comments on Draft 

Standard Review Plan, Section 13.6.1, 

‘‘Physical Security—Combined License 

and Operating Reactors,’’ (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML17291B250). A 

redline/strikeout version showing 

incorporation of public comments is 

available in a separate document 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML17311A121). 

II. Backfitting and Issue Finality 

Chapter 13 of the SRP provides 

guidance to the staff for conduct of 

operations under part 52 of title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR). Section 13.6.1 of the SRP provides 

guidance for the review of combined 

license (COL) and operating license (OL) 

applications and amendments for 

physical security. 

Issuance of this SRP section revision 

does not constitute backfitting as 

defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit 

Rule) nor is it inconsistent with the 

issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 

52. The NRC’s position is based upon 

the following considerations. 

1. The SRP positions would not 

constitute backfitting, inasmuch as the 

SRP is internal guidance to NRC staff. 

The SRP provides internal guidance 

to the NRC staff on how to review an 

application for NRC regulatory approval 

in the form of licensing. Changes in 

internal staff guidance are not matters 

for which either nuclear power plant 

applicants or licensees are protected 

under either the Backfit Rule or the 

issue finality provisions of 10 CFR part 

52. 

2. The NRC staff has no intention to 

impose the SRP positions on existing 

licensees either now or in the future. 

The NRC staff does not intend to 

impose or apply the positions described 

in the SRP to existing licenses and 

regulatory approvals. Hence, the 

issuance of this SRP—even if 

considered guidance within the purview 

of the issue finality provisions in 10 

CFR part 52—does not need to be 

evaluated as if it were a backfit or as 

being inconsistent with issue finality 

provisions. If, in the future, the NRC 

staff seeks to impose a position in the 

SRP on holders of already issued 

licenses in a manner that does not 

provide issue finality as described in the 

applicable issue finality provision, then 

the staff must make the showing as set 

forth in the Backfit Rule or address the 


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criteria for avoiding issue finality as 

described in the applicable issue finality 

provision. 

3. 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 either the Backfit Rule or 

any issue finality provisions under 10 

CFR part 52. Neither the Backfit Rule 

nor the issue finality provisions under 

10 CFR part 52—with certain 

exclusions—were intended to apply to 

every NRC action that substantially 

changes the expectations of current and 

future applicants. 

The exceptions to the general 

principle are applicable whenever an 

applicant references a 10 CFR part 52 

license (e.g., an early site permit) or 

NRC regulatory approval (e.g., a design 

certification rule) with specified issue 

finality provisions. The NRC staff does 

not, at this time, intend to impose the 

positions represented in the SRP in a 

manner that is inconsistent with any 

issue finality provisions. If, in the 

future, the staff seeks to impose a 

position in the SRP section in a manner 

that does not provide issue finality as 

described in the applicable issue finality 

provision, then the staff must address 

the criteria for avoiding issue finality as 

described in the applicable issue finality 

provision. 

III. Congressional Review Act 

This action is not a rule as defined in 

the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 

801–808). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day 

of August, 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Jennivine K. Rankin, 

Acting Chief, Division of Licensing, Siting, 

and Environmental Analysis, Licensing 

Branch 3, Office of New Reactors. 

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Meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 

Subcommittee on NuScale 

The ACRS Subcommittee on NuScale 

will hold a meeting on August 23, 2018, 

at 11545 Rockville Pike, Room T–2B1, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

The meeting will be open to public 

attendance. The agenda for the subject 

meeting shall be as follows: 

Thursday, August 23, 2018—8:30 a.m. 

Until 5:00 p.m. 

The Subcommittee will review the 

NuScale Design Control Document and 

the NRC staff Safety Evaluation with 

Open Items, Chapter 7, ‘‘Digital 

Instrumentation and Control.’’ The 

Subcommittee will hear presentations 

by and hold discussions with the NRC 

staff, NuScale, and other interested 

persons regarding this matter. The 

Subcommittee will gather information, 

analyze relevant issues and facts, and 

formulate proposed positions and 

actions, as appropriate, for deliberation 

by the Full Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

Federal Official (DFO), Christina 

Antonescu (Telephone 301–415–6792 or 

Email: Christina.Antonescu@nrc.gov) 

five days prior to the meeting, if 

possible, so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. Thirty-five 

hard copies of each presentation or 

handout should be provided to the DFO 

thirty minutes before the meeting. In 

addition, one electronic copy of each 

presentation should be emailed to the 

DFO one day before the meeting. If an 

electronic copy cannot be provided 

within this timeframe, presenters 

should provide the DFO with a CD 

containing each presentation at least 

thirty minutes before the meeting. 

Electronic recordings will be permitted 

only during those portions of the 

meeting that are open to the public. The 

public bridgeline number for the 

meeting is 866–822–3032, passcode 

8272423. Detailed procedures for the 

conduct of and participation in ACRS 

meetings were published in the Federal 

Register on October 4, 2017 (82 FR 

46312). 

Detailed meeting agendas and meeting 

transcripts are available on the NRC 

website at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/acrs. Information 

regarding topics to be discussed, 

changes to the agenda, whether the 

meeting has been canceled or 

rescheduled, and the time allotted to 

present oral statements can be obtained 

from the website cited above or by 

contacting the identified DFO. 

Moreover, 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 these references if such 

rescheduling would result in a major 

inconvenience. 

If attending this meeting, please enter 

through the One White Flint North 

building, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. After 

registering with Security, please contact 

Mr. Theron Brown (Telephone 301– 

415–6702) to be escorted to the meeting 

room. 

Dated: August 8, 2018. 

Mark L. Banks 

Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards. 

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Meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 

Subcommittee on Future Plant Designs 

The ACRS Subcommittee on Future 

Plant Designs will hold a meeting on 

August 22, 2018 at 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Room T–2B1, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance. The agenda for the 

subject meeting shall be as follows: 

Wednesday, August 22, 2018—8:30 a.m. 

Until 12:00 p.m. 

The Subcommittee will review the 

draft Proposed Rule: Emergency 

Preparedness for Small Modular 

Reactors and Other New Technologies. 

This will be a joint subcommittee 

meeting with the Regulatory Policies 

and Practices Subcommittee. The 

Subcommittee will hear presentations 

by and hold discussions with NRC staff, 

industry representatives, and other 

interested persons regarding this matter. 

The Subcommittee will gather 

information, analyze relevant issues and 

facts, and formulate proposed positions 

and actions, as appropriate, for 

deliberation by the Full Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

Federal Official (DFO), Derek Widmayer 

(Telephone 301–221–1448 or Email 

Derek.Widmayer@nrc.gov) five days 

prior to the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Thirty-five hard copies of each 

presentation or handout should be 

provided to the DFO thirty minutes 

before the meeting. In addition, one 

electronic copy of each presentation 

should be emailed to the DFO one day 

before the meeting. If an electronic copy 

cannot be provided within this 

timeframe, presenters should provide 

the DFO with a CD containing each 

presentation at least thirty minutes 

before the meeting. Electronic 

recordings will be permitted only 

during those portions of the meeting 


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