[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 35457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14959]


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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 143rd 
meeting on June 24-25, 2003, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The schedule for this meeting is as follows:

Tuesday, June 24, 2003

    10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will 
open the meeting with brief opening remarks, outline the topics to be 
discussed, and indicate items of interest.
    10:40 a.m.-12 Noon: DOE Strategy for Resolving Key Technical Issue 
(KTI) Agreements (Open)--The Committee will be briefed by DOE 
representatives on their approach to grouping and resolving all KTI 
Agreements for the Yucca Mountain Project, including status and path 
forward.
    1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Use of Risk Information as Basis for DOE/NRC 
Agreement Closure (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and 
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC Office of Nuclear 
Materials Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) and DOE representatives on the 
use of risk information as the basis for closure of technical 
agreements for the Yucca Mountain Project.
    2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: NRC Staff Report on the Risk Significance 
Ranking of the 293 KTI Agreements (Open)--The Committee will hear an 
update by the NRC/NMSS staff on how the 293 KTI agreements were ranked 
into high, medium, and low risk significance.
    4:15 p.m.-6 p.m.: Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss proposed ACNW reports on matters considered during this 
meeting, as well as the proposed ACNW report on Status of KTI Agreement 
Resolution for the Proposed Yucca Mountain High Level Waste Repository 
(Tentative).

Wednesday, June 25, 2003

    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.-10:30 a.m.: Spent Fuel Characterization Project (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 
on a project involving spent fuel loaded in 1985 in a dry cask and 
opened and inspected in 1999.
    10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Update on Waste Management Related Research 
(Open)--The Committee will receive an update from NRC/RES staff on the 
status of the radionuclide transport research as well as other waste-
related research activities.
    1 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Plans for Performance Confirmation Working Group 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss the final agenda, and plans for the 
Performance Confirmation Working Group scheduled for the next (144th) 
meeting.
    1:30 p.m.-2 p.m.: 2003-04 ACNW Research Report (Open)--An outline 
and potential plan for the next ACNW Research Report will be discussed.
    2 p.m.-2:15 p.m.: Election of Officers (Open)--The members will 
nominate and elect members to the positions of Chairman and Vice 
Chairman for the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004.
    2:30 p.m.-5:45 p.m.: Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will continue to discuss proposed ACNW reports.
    5:45 p.m.-6 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. 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. ET, 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 agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
available through the NRC Public Document Room at [email protected], or by 
calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available 
Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS) which 
is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/ (ACRS & 
ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas).
    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. 
ET, 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 video 
teleconferencing link. The availability of video teleconferencing 
services is not guaranteed.

    Dated: June 9, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-14959 Filed 6-12-03; 8:45 am]
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