SECY-21-0109, Public Meeting to Discuss the Proposed Rulemaking on Increased Enrichment of Conventional and Accident Tolerant Fuel Designs for Light-Water Reactors

Public Meeting to Discuss the Proposed Rulemaking on Increased Enrichment of Conventional and Accident Tolerant Fuel Designs for Light-Water Reactors

ML22153A169
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Issue date:	06/02/2022
From:	Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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References
PMNS20220575, SRM-SECY-21-0109
Download: ML22153A169 (4)

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Public Meeting to Discuss the Proposed Rulemaking on Increased Enrichment of Conventional and Accident Tolerant Fuel Designs for Light-Water Reactors Date(s) and Time(s): June 22, 2022, 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM ET Location: Hybrid, HQ-OWFN-06B02 Category: This is a Comment-Gathering Meeting. The purpose of this meeting is for NRC staff to meet directly with individuals to receive comments from participants on specific NRC decisions and actions to ensure that NRC staff understands their views and concerns.

Purpose:

To engage with the public regarding potential regulatory issues to consider during the development of the rulemaking detailed in SECY-21-0109, Rulemaking Plan on Use of Increased Enrichment of Conventional and Accident Tolerant Fuel Designs for Light-Water Reactors, (ADAMS Accession No. ML21232A237) and Staff Requirements Memorandum SECY-21-0109 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22075A103).

This meeting provides an opportunity for the NRC staff to hear insights from the public regarding the scope of regulations and guidance documents that should be evaluated in the rulemaking effort to address industrys interest in use of light-water reactor fuel containing uranium enriched to greater than 5.0 weight percent uranium-235.

Contact:

Stacy Joseph Jackie Harvey 301-425-3256 301-415-7534 Stacy.Joseph@nrc.gov Jacquelyn.harvey@nrc.gov

Participants:

NRC External NRC-Wide Public Bridge Number Conference ID Pass Code Teleconference:

(301) 576-2978 NA 950113744#

URL Meeting Number Password Webinar:

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22ba201bd5-c8f0-4ceb-9df3-bcacf7512b84%22%7d Comments: The staff welcomes discussion on the following questions during the meeting: Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations and associated guidance documents that should be evaluated in this rulemaking process; Regulations that will likely require a licensee to request an exemption if they chose to pursue fuel enriched above 5.0 weight percent U-235.

If you would like to make a presentation during this meeting specific to which regulations and guidance documents that should be evaluated in this rulemaking, please call or email the meeting contact prior to Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 1:00 PM ET. Finalized presentations should be submitted prior to Friday, June 17, 2022, 4:00 PM ET and will be added to ADAMS to be made available to the public prior to the meeting.

The NRC provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in a meeting or need a meeting notice or the transcript or other information from a meeting in another format (e.g. braille, large print), please contact Anne Silk, NRC Reasonable Accommodations Coordinator, at Anne.Silk@nrc.gov or call directly at 301-287-0745.

Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Ten (10) days advance notice is requested to try to ensure availability; however, every effort will be made to address a request for reasonable accommodations with less notice.

PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA

Public Meeting to Discuss the Proposed Rulemaking on Increased Enrichment of Conventional and Accident Tolerant Fuel Designs for Light-Water Reactors June 22, 2022, 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM ET Hybrid, HQ-OWFN-06B02

ADAMS Accession Number: ML22153A169 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Link to meeting details: https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg?do=details&Code=20220575 Commission's Policy Statement on "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings" 86 FR 14964, March 19, 2021 ADAMS No. ML21050A046 https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/policy/index.html