Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 234 / Thursday, December 5, 2024 / Notices 96695 

NCSES is the primary sponsor of the 

Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR); 

the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 

serves as a co-sponsor. The SDR has 

been conducted biennially since 1973 

and is a longitudinal survey. The 2025 

SDR will consist of a sample of 

individuals under 76 years of age who 

have earned a research doctoral degree 

in a science, engineering, or health 

(SEH) field from a U.S. academic 

institution. The purpose of this panel 

survey is to collect data to provide 

national estimates on the doctoral 

science and engineering workforce and 

changes in their employment, 

education, and demographic 

characteristics. NCSES uses these data 

to prepare congressionally mandated 

reports (explained below). Government 

agencies and academic researchers use 

SDR data and publications to make 

planning decisions regarding science 

and engineering research, training, and 

employment opportunities. Employers 

also use the SDR to understand trends 

in employment sectors, industry types, 

and salary. Students who want to learn 

about the relationship between graduate 

education and careers often obtain 

valuable information from the SDR. Data 

and publications from the SDR are 

available to the public on the NCSES 

website: https://ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/ 

doctorate-recipients/. The first SDR 

longitudinal data products were 

released in 2022 and are available here: 

Survey of Doctorate Recipients: https:// 

ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf22327. 

The SDR will collect data by web 

survey and computer-assisted telephone 

interviews beginning in June 2025. The 

survey will be collected in conformance 

with the Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

(CIPSEA) of 2018 and the individual’s 

response to the survey is voluntary. 

NCSES will ensure that all information 

collected will be kept strictly 

confidential and will be used only for 

statistical purposes. 

Use of the Information: NCSES uses 

the information from the SDR to prepare 

two congressionally mandated reports: 

Diversity and STEM: Women, 

Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities 

and Science and Engineering Indicators. 

NCSES publishes statistics from the 

SDR in additional reports, primarily in 

the biennial series, Characteristics of 

Scientists and Engineers with U.S. 

Doctorates. As with prior SDR data 

collections, a cross-sectional public 

release file of collected data designed to 

protect respondent confidentiality will 

be made available to researchers on the 

NCSES website: https://ncses.nsf.gov/ 

explore-data/microdata. 

Expected Respondents: The SDR 

sample is drawn using the Survey of 

Earned Doctorates (SED) as a frame. The 

SDR uses a fixed panel design with a 

sample of new doctoral graduates added 

to the panel in each biennial survey 

cycle. For the 2025 SDR, a statistical 

sample of approximately 116,000 

individuals with U.S. earned doctorates 

in science, engineering, or health will be 

contacted. The sample consists of all 

eligible cases from the previous cycle 

(106,000) after removing cases that have 

never responded or have chronically not 

responded. The 2025 sample will also 

include 10,000 new doctoral graduates 

who received their U.S. doctorate 

between July 2021 and June 2023. 

Across the full sample, NCSES estimates 

approximately 88% of individuals will 

reside in the U.S. and the remaining 

12% will reside abroad. 

Estimate of Burden: NCSES expects 

the overall 2025 SDR response rate to be 

approximately 70 percent. The amount 

of time to complete the questionnaire 

may vary depending on an individual’s 

circumstances; however, based on 2023 

SDR completion times, NCSES estimates 

an average completion time of 

approximately 21 minutes. NCSES 

estimates that the average annual 

burden for the 2025 survey cycle over 

the course of the three-year OMB 

clearance period will be no more than 

9,474 hours [(116,000 respondents × 

70% response × 21 minutes)/60 

minutes/3 years]. 

Comments: Comments are invited on 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of NCSES, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

NCSES’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, use, and 

clarity of the information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: December 2, 2024. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards: Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the charter 

of the Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) was 

established by section 29 of the Atomic 

Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as amended. 

Its purpose is to provide advice to the 

Commission with regard to the hazards 

of proposed or existing reactor facilities, 

to review each application for a 

construction permit or operating license 

for certain facilities specified in the 

AEA, and such other duties as the 

Commission may request. The Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission has determined 

that renewal of the charter for the ACRS 

until December 2, 2026, is in the public 

interest in connection with the statutory 

responsibilities assigned to the ACRS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Russell E. Chazell, Office of the 

Secretary, NRC, Washington, DC 20555; 

telephone: (301) 415–7469 or at 

Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AEA, 

as amended by Public Law 100–456, 

also specifies that the Defense Nuclear 

Safety Board may obtain the advice and 

recommendations of the ACRS. 

Membership on the Committee 

includes individuals experienced in 

reactor operations and management; 

probabilistic risk assessment; analysis of 

reactor accident phenomena; design of 

nuclear power plant structures, systems 

and components; materials science; and 

mechanical, civil, and electrical 

engineering. 

This action is being taken in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day 

of December, 2024. 

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Russell E. Chazell, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer, Office of the Secretary. 

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