[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16831-16832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8914]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Meeting

    The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will hold its 100th 
meeting on April 21-22 (Room T-2B3) and April 23 (Room T-2B1), 1998, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The schedule for this meeting is as follows:

Tuesday, April 21, 1998--8:30 A.M. until 6 P.M.
Wednesday, April 22, 1998--8:30 A.M. until 6 P.M.
Thursday, April 23, 1998--8:30 A.M. until 4 P.M.

    A. Viability Assessment (VA) Guidance--The NRC staff will discuss 
guidance being prepared for its review of the Department of Energy's 
(DOE's) Yucca Mountain Viability Assessment.
    B. NEI Comments on VA--Representatives from the Nuclear Energy 
Institute (NEI) will comment on the DOE's viability assessment for the 
proposed high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
    C. Meeting with the NRC Executive Director for Operations--Mr. 
Callan will discuss a number of issues of mutual interest with the 
Committee.

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    D. Total System Sensitivity Analysis for Yucca Mountain--The NRC 
staff will present results from their Total System Sensitivity Analysis 
for Yucca Mountain. The staff will prioritize the relative contribution 
to risk from various sources and study the effects of these various 
contributors in combination.
    E. NRC's Waste Related Research Program--NRC's nuclear-waste-
related research and technical assistance will be reviewed so that the 
Committee can prepare a report to the Commission on nuclear-waste-
related research.
    F. Nuclear Waste Related Rulemaking--The Committee will hear a 
briefing on the transfer of the rulemaking process in nuclear waste 
related areas from NRC's Office of Research to the Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
    G. Decommissioning Guidance--The Committee will review proposed 
guidance for implementing the recent final rule on radiological 
criteria for license termination. Guidance to be reviewed will include 
documents on: surveys, dose modeling, restricted release criteria, and 
ALARA (as low as is reasonably achievable) criteria. Participation by 
the NRC staff and industry is anticipated.
    H. Meeting with NRC's Director, Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards--The Committee will 
meet with the Director to discuss recent developments within the 
division such as developments at the Yucca Mountain project, rules and 
guidance under development, available resources, and other items of 
mutual interest.
    I. Preparation of ACNW Reports--The Committee will discuss planned 
reports, including: nuclear-waste-related research, regulatory guides 
dealing with decommissioning, comments on DOE's Viability Assessment, 
and other topics discussed during this and previous meetings as the 
need arises.
    J. Committee Activities/Future Agenda--The Committee will consider 
topics proposed for future consideration by the full Committee and 
Working Groups. The Committee will discuss ACNW-related activities of 
individual members.
    K. 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 September 2, 1997 (62 FR 
46382). 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 Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch, Mr. Richard 
K. Major, as far in advance as practicable so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made to schedule the necessary time during the 
meeting for such statements. Use of still, motion picture, and 
television cameras during this meeting will be limited to selected 
portions of the meeting as determined by the ACNW Chairman. Information 
regarding the time to be set aside for taking pictures may be obtained 
by contacting the Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch, 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 notify Mr. Major as to their 
particular needs.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been canceled 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 Mr. Richard K. Major, 
Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch (telephone 301/415-7366), between 8 a.m. 
and 5 p.m. EST.
    ACNW meeting notices, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
available on the internet at http://www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.

    Dated: March 31, 1998.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-8914 Filed 4-3-98; 8:45 am]
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