[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58364-58365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25602]


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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 146th 
meeting on October 21-23, 2003, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The schedule for this meeting is as follows:

Tuesday, October 21, 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.: Summer Intern Project (Open)--The ACNW summer 
intern will provide her final report to the Committee on the project 
titled, ``Assessment Model Uncertainty in Performance Assessment.''
    1 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Biosphere Scenarios and Dose Calculation Working 
Group (Open)--The Committee will review the agenda and speakers for the 
Biosphere Working Group scheduled for February 24-26, 2004 in 
Rockville, Maryland.
    1:30 p.m.-2 p.m.: Site Visit--Yucca Mountain, Nevada (Open)--The 
Committee will finalize its November 18, 2003, trip to Yucca Mountain 
and the Amargosa Valley, and its subsequent technical discussions in 
Las Vegas, NV with DOE representatives and stakeholders during the 
147th ACNW Meeting, November 19-20, 3004.

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    2:15 p.m.-6 p.m.: Committee Retreat (Open/Closed)--The Committee 
will continue its discussion (from the 145th meeting) on technical 
topics it intends to examine over the next 12 to 18 months and ACNW 
activities and related matters.

    Note: A portion of this session may be closed pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c) (2) and (6) to discuss organizational and personnel 
matters that relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices 
of the ACNW, and information the release of which would constitute a 
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Wednesday, October 22, 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.-12:15 p.m.: Yucca Mountain Pre-Closure Safety and Drift 
Degradation Issues (Open)--The Committee will hear from representatives 
of the NRC staff on these issues. Presentations will include a 
summation of the status of related agreements, a demonstration of the 
pre-closure safety analysis tool, and the MECH-FAIL computer code used 
to evaluate drift degradation within a geologic repository.
    1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Updated Staff Performance Assessment Code TPA 
5.0 and Peer Review Comments (Open)--The Committee will hear from 
representatives of the NRC staff on the updated TPA Code 5.0 and how 
external peer review comments were incorporated into the code.
    3:45 p.m.-4 p.m.: Waste Management--Related Safety Research Report 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss plans for ACNW review of NRC waste 
management-related safety research.
    4 p.m.-6 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the NRC Commissioners 
(Open)--The next meeting with the NRC Commissioners is scheduled to be 
held at 10 a.m. in the Commissioners' Conference Room, One White Flint 
North on October 23, 2003. The Committee will review its proposed 
presentations.

Thursday, October 23, 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.-9:30 a.m.: Update on Waste Management Topics (Open)--The 
Committee will receive its semi-annual update on waste management 
topics from the Director, Division of Waste Management, NMSS.
    9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.: Discussion of Topics for Meeting with the NRC 
Commissioners (Open)--The Committee will discuss topics scheduled for 
the ACNW Meeting with the NRC Commissioners at 10 a.m.
    10 a.m.-12 Noon: Meeting with the NRC Commissioners (Open)--The 
Committee will meet with the NRC Commissioners in the Commissioners' 
Conference Room, One White Flint North to discuss the following:

    [sbull] Chairman's Report
    [sbull] Status and Pathway to Closure on Key Technical Issues
    [sbull] High-Level Waste Risk Insights
    [sbull] Total System Performance Assessment (TSPA/TPA) Working 
Group
    [sbull] Performance Confirmation Working Group

    1 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Preparation of ACNW Report (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss potential reports on Yucca Mountain Pre-Closure Safety and 
Drift Degradation Issues and Updated Staff Performance Code TPA 5.0 
(tentative).
    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. Persons desiring to make oral statements should notify Mr. 
Howard J. Larson, Special Assistant (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: October 3, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-25602 Filed 10-8-03; 8:45 am]
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