[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28181-28182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13105]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Notice of Meeting

    The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will hold its 75th 
meeting on June 21 and 22, 1995, in Room T-2B3, at 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    The meeting will be open to public attendance, with the exception 
of portions that may be closed to discuss information the release of 
which would represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
    The agenda for this meeting shall be as follows:

Wednesday, June 21, 1995-8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. and
Thursday, June 22, 1995-8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.

    During this meeting the Committee plans to consider the following:
    A. Final PRA Policy Statement--The Committee will discuss the NRC 
staff's proposed Probabilistic Risk Assessment Policy Statement and 
Implementation Plan with representatives of the NRC staff.
    B. Technical Site Suitability Process--Representatives from the 
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will discuss the major elements of the 
technical site suitability process being applied at the proposed high-
level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
    C. Seismic Hazard Analyses--The Committee will review the NRC staff 
and Center for Nuclear Waste [[Page 28182]] Regulatory Analyses' 
strategy for evaluating the DOE's seismic hazard analyses program. This 
review will include discussions of the use of the SEISMO-1 code, 
related key technical uncertainties, and the status of topical reports 
under review.
    D. Meeting with the Director, NRC's Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards--The Director will 
provide information to the Committee on the status of current waste 
management issues, which will include the progress on the integration 
of key technical uncertainties, the status of DOE technical basis 
report reviews, and the results of alcove tests at the proposed Yucca 
Mountain high-level waste repository.
    E. Preparation of ACNW Reports--The Committee will discuss proposed 
reports including regulatory issues on low-level-radioactive waste 
performance assessment, and Seismic Hazard Analyses for the proposed 
high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Additional 
topics will be considered as time permits.
    F. Use of Expert Judgment--The Committee will hear presentations by 
and hold discussions with the NRC staff on draft technical guidance on 
the use of expert judgment in performance assessment for licensing a 
radioactive waste repository.
    G. Recent Report by the National Academy of Sciences--The Committee 
will hold discussions with members of the Academy and their staff on a 
recent Academy report on the Ward Valley, California low-level-waste 
disposal site.
    H. Committee Activities/Future Agenda--The Committee will consider 
topics proposed for future consideration by the full Committee and 
Working Groups. The Committee will also discuss ACNW-related activities 
of individual members. The Committee will elect officers for the next 
twelve months.
    I. Miscellaneous--The Committee will discuss miscellaneous matters 
related to the conduct of Committee activities and organizational 
activities and complete discussion of matters and specific issues that 
were not completed during previous meetings, as time and availability 
of information permit.
    Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW meetings 
were published in the Federal Register on October 7, 1994 (59 FR 
51219). In accordance with these procedures, oral or written statements 
may be presented by members of the public, electronic recordings will 
be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are open to 
the public, and questions may be asked only by members of the 
Committee, its consultants, and staff. Persons desiring to make oral 
statements should notify the ACNW Executive Director, Dr. John T. 
Larkins, as far in advance as practicable so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made to allow the necessary time during the meeting 
for such statements. Use of still, motion picture, and television 
cameras during this meeting may be limited to selected portions of the 
meeting as determined by the ACNW Chairman. Information regarding the 
time to be set aside for this purpose may be obtained by contacting the 
ACNW Executive Director prior to the meeting. In view of the 
possibility that the schedule for ACNW meetings may be adjusted by the 
Chairman as necessary to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, persons 
planning to attend should check with the ACNW Executive Director if 
such rescheduling would result in major inconvenience.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been cancelled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time 
allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting the ACNW Executive 
Director, Dr. John T. Larkins (telephone 301/415-7360), between 7:30 
a.m. and 4:15 p.m. EDT.

    Dated: May 23, 1995.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-13105 Filed 5-26-95; 8:45 am]
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