[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33427-33428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13365]
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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 151st
meeting on June 22-24, 2004, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland. The Working Group Session on June 22-23 will also
be videoconferenced with the Department of Energy offices in Summerlin,
Nevada. Contact Carol Hanlon (DOE) for details about the location of
that videoconference facility. She can be reached at (702) 794-1324 or
via e-mail at [email protected].
The schedule for this meeting is as follows:
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
10 a.m.-10:10 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will
open the meeting and turn it over to the Working Group Chairman.
Working Group: Biosphere Transport of Radionuclides at the Proposed
Yucca Mountain High-Level Waste Repository (Open).
10:10 a.m.-11:10 a.m.: Keynote Presentation: ``A New Approach to
Modeling Retardation by Sorption at the Field Scale'' (Open)--The
Committee will hear a presentation by and hold discussions with a
representative of USGS regarding radionuclide transport.
11:10 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Regulatory Overview of Radionuclide
Transport Issues (Open)--The Committee will hear a presentation by and
hold discussions with representative of the NRC's Office of Nuclear
Material and Safety regarding the regulatory overview of radionuclide
transport issues.
1 p.m.-1:45 p.m.: Overview of DOE's Assessment of the Model of
Radionuclide Transport (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by
and hold discussions with representatives of DOE regarding DOE's
assessment of the model of radionuclide transport.
1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: CNWRA Modeling of Site-Scale Saturated Zone
Flow at Yucca Mountain (Open)--The Committee will hear a presentation
by a CNWRA representative regarding the modeling of site scale
saturated zone flow at Yucca Mountain.
3:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: Characteristics of Saturated Zone Transport at
Yucca Mountain (Open)--The Committee will hear a presentation by and
hold discussions with representatives of DOE regarding the
characteristics of saturated zone transport at Yucca Mountain.
4:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: Public Comments (Open)--The Committee will
hear comments from the public.
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Working Group: Geosphere Transport of Radionuclides at the Proposed
Yucca Mountain High-Level Waste Repository--Continued (Open).
9 a.m.-9:05 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Working Group
Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's
sessions.
9:05 a.m.-10:05 a.m.: NRC's Performance Assessment and Risk
Perspective (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with the Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
representative regarding NRC's performance assessment and risk
perspective.
10:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.: Presentations by Representatives of the
State of Nevada, Nye County, and the Electric Power Research Institute.
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by stakeholder
organizations.
2 p.m.-3 p.m.: Working Group Roundtable Panel Discussion (Open).
3 p.m.-4 p.m.: Panel and Committee Summary Discussion (Open).
4 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Public Comments (Open).
4:30 p.m.-4:35 p.m.: Closing Comments by the Working Group Chairman
(Open).
4:35 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: Discussion of ACNW Letter Report (Open)--The
Committee will outline the principal points to be included in a
potential letter report resulting from these Working Group sessions.
Thursday, June 24, 2004
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman (Open)--
The Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's
sessions.
8:35 a.m.-10 a.m.: DOE Response to NRC Independent Evaluation of
DOE Documents Supporting the Yucca Mountain License Application (YMLA)
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of DOE regarding their response to the NRC's April
10, 2004 letter to M. Chu, DOE, regarding that evaluation by NRC of the
documents intended to support the YMLA.
10:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACNW Reports (Open)--The
Committee will discuss potential ACNW reports on matters discussed
during this meeting. It may also discuss possible reports on matters
discussed during prior meetings.
1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the NRC
Commissioners (Open)--The Committee will finalize its viewgraphs for
the proposed July 21, 2004 meeting with the NRC Commissioners.
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 16, 2003 (68 FR
59643). 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. 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
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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).
Video Teleconferencing 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 video teleconferencing
link. The availability of video teleconferencing services is not
guaranteed.
Dated: June 8, 2004.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-13365 Filed 6-14-04; 8:45 am]
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