[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11879-11880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5869]


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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 140th 
meeting on March 25-27, 2003, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The schedule for this meeting is as follows:

Tuesday, March 25, 2003, Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD

Working Group on NRC and DOE Performance Assessments: Assumptions and 
Differences (Open)

    10 a.m.-10:10 a.m.: Introductory Comments, Statement of Objectives 
and Overview (Open)--The Chairman will open the meeting and then turn 
it over to the Working Group Chairman who will state the objectives of 
the Workshop and provide an overview of the sessions.
    The theme of the working group will be how to achieve appropriately 
credible and realistic performance assessment models for the proposed 
high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, NV. While the total 
scope of the performance assessments will be discussed, realism of the 
source term work will be emphasized because it will be a key driver in 
the performance of the proposed repository.
    10:10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.: Keynote Presentation: Realism in Simulating 
Long-Term Waste Package Corrosion and Source Term (Open)--The Committee 
will hear a presentation and view on the development of a realistic 
source term by a distinguished expert.
    11:10 a.m.-11:35 a.m.: Introduction to DOE's Total System 
Performance Assessment (TSPA) Model (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with a representative from DOE 
regarding the DOE's Total System Performance Assessment (TSPA).
    11:35 a.m.-12 noon: Introduction to NRC's Total-System Performance 
Assessment (TPA) (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC's Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)/Division of Waste Management 
(DWM) regarding the Total-System Performance Assessment.
    1 p.m.-2:20 p.m.: Overview of TSPA and TPA: Assumptions and 
Differences in Approach (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC's NMSS/DWM and DOE 
on the overview of TSPA and TPA focusing on:
    [sbull] Infiltration/tunnel dripping
    [sbull] Source Term
    [sbull] Near Field
    [sbull] Unsaturated Zone
    [sbull] Saturated Zone
    [sbull] Biosphere and dose
    3 p.m.-5 p.m.: Source Term Module (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives from NRC's 
NMSS/DWM and DOE regarding the source term module.

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    5 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Public Comments (Open)--The Committee will make 
time available for comments from the public.

Wednesday, March 26, 2003, Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland

Working Group on NRC and DOE Performance Assessments: Assumptions and 
Differences (Open) (Continued)

    8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will 
make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's sessions.
    8:35 a.m.-10:35 a.m.: Simplified Models of Key Contributors to Dose 
Traced through Various Modules (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC's 
NMSS/DWM and DOE regarding the key contributors as traced through 
various modules in TSPA and TPA, including:
    [sbull] Infiltration/tunnel dripping
    [sbull] Source Term
    [sbull] Near Field
    [sbull] Unsaturated Zone
    [sbull] Saturated Zone
    [sbull] Biosphere and dose
    10:50 a.m.-12:45 p.m.: Presentations by representatives of the 
State of Nevada, Counties, Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, and Electric Power 
Research Institute (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the State of Nevada, Counties, 
LasVegas Paiute Tribe, and Electric Power Research Institute regarding 
the working group on NRC and DOE performance assessments for the 
proposed high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, NV--assumptions 
and differences.
    2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Working Group Roundtable Panel Discussion on 
TSPA and TPA: Assumptions and Differences (Open)--The Committee will 
have a roundtable panel discussion on the topics reviewed during the 
Working Group on NRC and DOE performance assessments for the proposed 
HLW repository at Yucca Mountain, NV--assumptions and differences.
    3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: Committee Summary Discussion (Open)--The 
Committee will summarize the day's discussion.
    4:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.: Public Comments (Open)--The Committee will 
summarize the major themes developed during the Working Group.
    5:20 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Closing Comments by Working Group Chairman 
(Open)--The Working Group Chairman will conclude the formal sessions 
with some brief remarks.
    5:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m.: Preparation of ACNW Report (Open)--The 
Committee will discussed the principal points in a proposed ACNW report 
on TSPA/TPA Working Group.

Thursday, March 27, 2003, Conference Room 2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland

    8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Statement by the ACNW Chairman 
(Open)--The ACNW Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the 
conduct of today's sessions.
    8:35 a.m.-9:10 a.m.: NRC/EPA Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 
Related to Decommissioning and Decontainmination of Contaminated Sites 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding this recent (October 
2002) MOU between the NRC and the Environmental Protection Agency.
    9:10 a.m.-9:45 a.m.: Discussion of Self-Assessment Survey 
Preliminary Results (Open)--The Committee will discuss the preliminary 
results of the self-assessment survey of the ACNW's recent activities.
    10 a. m.-12 noon: ACNW Action Plan (Open)--The Committee members 
will discuss an update to the ACNW 2002-2003 Action Plan.
    1 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: ACNW Action Plan (Open)--The Committee will 
continue discussions related to an update of ACNW 2002-2003 Action 
Plan.
    2:45 p.m.-3 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss 
matters related to the conduct of Committee activities and 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 October 11, 2002 (67 FR 
63459). 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 Mr. Howard J. Larson, ACNW (Telephone 301/415-
6805), between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. e.t., 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 ACNW office, 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. 
Howard J. Larson 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 therefore can be obtained by contacting Mr. Howard J. Larson.
    ACNW meeting notices, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
now available for downloading or viewing on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.
    Videoteleconferencing service is available for observing open 
sessions of ACNW meetings. Those wishing to use this service for 
observing ACNW meetings should contact Mr. Theron Brown, ACNW 
Audiovisual Technician (301/415-8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. 
e.t., at least 10 days before the meeting to ensure the availability of 
this service. Individuals or organizations requesting this service will 
be responsible for telephone line charges and for providing the 
equipment and facilities that they use to establish the 
videoteleconferencing link. The availability of videoteleconferencing 
services is not guaranteed.

    Dated: March 6, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-5869 Filed 3-11-03; 8:45 am]
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