[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29921-29922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14048]


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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 110th 
meeting on June 28-30, 1999, at the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory 
Analyses, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, Building 
189, San Antonio, Texas.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The schedule for this meeting is as follows:
    Monday, June 28, 1999--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business.
    Tuesday, June 29, 1999--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business.
    Wednesday, June 30, 1999--8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

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    The following topics will be discussed:
    A. ACNW Planning and Procedures--The Committee will hear a briefing 
from its staff on issues to be covered during this meeting. The 
Committee will also consider topics proposed for future consideration 
by the full Committee and Working Groups. The Committee will discuss 
ACNW-related activities of individual members.
    B. Review Activities Underway at the Center for Nuclear Waste 
Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA)--The Committee will review activities 
underway at the CNWRA. Discussions will include an overview of the 
Center, including its historical evolution. Each of the 10 high-level 
waste key technical issues (KTIs) will be reviewed with special 
emphasis placed on four KTIs: Igneous Activity, Evolution of the Near-
Field, Repository Design and Thermal Mechanical Effects, and Container 
Life and Source Term.
    C. Laboratory Tours--The Committee will visit a number of 
experiments underway at the Center involving: hydrology and thermal-
hydrology, geochemistry and radionuclide transport, structural geology 
modeling, and materials performed.
    D. Yucca Mountain Environmental Impact Statement--The Committee 
will review the staff's plans for reviewing the Department of Energy's 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Yucca Mountain project.
    E. Total-System Performance Assessment (TPA) Code 3.2 Sensitivity 
Study--The Committee will review the results of the system level 
sensitivity and uncertainty analyses to determine the parameters that 
have the most influence on repository performance.
    F. Defense In-Depth--The NRC staff and the CNWRA will discuss the 
current concept of defense in-depth as it applies to a high-level waste 
repository.
    G. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Yucca Mountain Site 
Specific Standards (tentative)--The Committee may offer comments to the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission on EPA's Yucca Mountain site specific 
standard 40 CFR part 191 should the proposed standard be made publicly 
available. The timing for release of the standard remains uncertain.
    H. Preparation of ACNW Reports--The Committee will discuss planned 
reports on the following topics: a White Paper on Repository Design 
Issues at Yucca Mountain and other topics discussed during this and 
previous meetings as the need arises.
    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 September 29, 1998 (63 FR 
51967). 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 Associate Director for Technical Support, 
ACNW, Dr. Richard P. Savio, 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 Associate Director for Technical Support, ACNW, 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 Dr. 
Savio 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 Dr. Richard P. Savio, 
Associate Director for Technical Support, ACNW (Telephone 301/415-
7363), between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EDT.
    ACNW meeting notices, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
now available for downloading or reviewing on the internet at http://
www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.

    Dated: May 27, 1999.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-14048 Filed 6-2-99; 8:45 am]
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