[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 201 (Thursday, October 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 64146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26444]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Peer Review Committee for Source Term Modeling

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the Peer Review Committee for Source 
Term Modeling.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 
1972 (Pub. L., 94-463, Stat. 770-776) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) announces the Establishment of the Peer Review Committee for 
Source Term Modeling. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined 
that establishment of the Committee is necessary and is in the public 
interest. The Committee will develop guidance documents on source terms 
that will assist the NRC in evaluating the impact of specific terrorist 
activities targeted at a range of spent fuel storage casks and 
radioactive material (RAM) transport packages, including spent fuel. 
This action is being taken in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act after consultation with the Committee Management 
Secretariat, General Services Administration (GSA).

Background:

    The committee will serve as an ``expert panel'' and will be 
composed of individuals with expertise in structural, nuclear, and 
thermal engineering, fuel performance and source term evaluations, 
consequence analyses, weapons and explosives, and transportation of 
radioactive material. The committee will refine the objectives, define 
evaluation criteria, develop the methodology, evaluate the scenarios, 
and write the guidance documents. The work will be based on previous 
and current studies and experiments, and the expertise of the 
individuals on the panel. The resulting guidance documents will be 
based on the qualitative judgments of the panel. A Smaller Expert Task 
Group will consist of individuals who will have complementary expertise 
to that of the committee. The Task Group will gather available data 
needed for the threat evaluations, revise and refine the range of 
payloads, packages and attack scenarios, provide an initial analysis of 
the sabotage scenarios and develop preliminary estimates for source 
terms for the more severe threats. The results of the Task Group will 
serve as a starting point for the work of the full committee.
    The establishment of the Committee was effective on October 10, 
2002 with the filing of its charter with the standing committees of 
Congress having legislative jurisdiction over the NRC, the Library of 
Congress, and GSA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew L. Bates, Office of the 
Secretary, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555: 
Telephone 301-415-1963.

    Dated: October 11, 2002.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-26444 Filed 10-16-02; 8:45 am]
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