[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 145 (Thursday, July 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 46187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19007]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Experts' Meeting on Burnup Credit in Spent Fuel Shipping Casks

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a meeting to 
develop a Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) for 
allowing burnup credit in spent fuel shipping casks. PIRTs have been 
used at NRC since 1988, and they provide a structured way to obtain a 
technical understanding that is needed to address certain issues. About 
fifteen of the world's best technical experts are participating in this 
activity, and the experts represent a balance between industry, 
universities, foreign researchers, and regulatory organizations. The 
PIRT activity is addressing technical issues related to burnup credit 
in the criticality safety analyses of PWR spent fuel in transport 
casks.

DATES: August 22-24, 2000, 8:30 am-5:30 pm.

ADDRESSES: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Room (T2B3) 
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
MD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. David Ebert, SMSAB, Division of 
Systems Analysis and Regulatory Effectiveness, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-
6501.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting agenda will be posted on the NRC 
Web site at www.nrc.gov/RES/meetings.html by August 14, 2000. The 
meeting is open to the public. Attendees will need to obtain a visitor 
badge at the TWFN building lobby, but an escort is not required.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21 day of July, 2000.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Farouk Eltawila,
Acting Director, Division of Systems Analysis and Regulatory 
Effectiveness, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 00-19007 Filed 7-26-00; 8:45 am]
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