[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 71517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33019]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards and Advisory Committee 
on Nuclear Waste; Joint Subcommittee Meeting; Notice of Meeting

    The ACRS and ACNW Joint Subcommittee will hold a meeting on January 
13-14, 2000, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    The meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows:

Thursday, January 13, 2000--8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Friday, January 14, 2000--8:30 a.m. until 12 Noon

    The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards and Advisory Committee 
on Nuclear Waste Joint Subcommittee will discuss the defense-in-depth 
philosophy in the regulatory process, including its role in the 
licensing of a high-level waste repository, its role in revising the 
regulatory structure for nuclear reactors, and how the two applications 
should be related to each other. The discussion will also include the 
role of defense in depth in the regulation of nuclear materials 
applications, and other related matters. The purpose of this meeting is 
to gather information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and formulate 
proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the 
full Committees.
    Oral statements may be presented by members of the public with the 
concurrence of the Subcommittee; written statements will be accepted 
and made available to the Subcommittee. 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 
Subcommittee, its consultants, and staff. Persons desiring to make oral 
statements should notify the cognizant ACRS/ACNW staff members named 
below five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made.
    During the initial portion of the meeting, the Subcommittee, along 
with any consultants who may be present, may exchange preliminary views 
regarding matters to be considered during the balance of the meeting.
    The Subcommittee will then hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff, its consultants, and 
other interested persons regarding these matters.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, the Subcommittee's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time 
allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting the cognizant senior 
fellow, John N. Sorensen (telephone 301/415-7372) between 8 a.m. and 
5:45 p.m. (EST) or by e-mail [email protected] or staff engineer, Michael T. 
Markley (telephone: 301-415-6885). Persons planning to attend this 
meeting are urged to contact the above-named individuals one to two 
working days prior to the meeting to be advised of any potential 
changes in the proposed agenda, etc., that may have occurred.

    Dated: December 15, 1999.
Howard J. Larson,
Acting Associate Director for Technical Support, ACRS/ACNW.
[FR Doc. 99-33019 Filed 12-20-99; 8:45 am]
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