[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18785-18786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5385]


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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 169th 
meeting on April 18-20, 2006, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    The schedule for this meeting is as follows:

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

    10 a.m.-10:15 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The ACNW Chairman 
will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of the meeting.
    10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Overview of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry 
(Open)--A faculty member of Purdue University (PRIME Lab) will brief 
the Committee on the methodology of accelerator mass spectrometry, 
including the statistical analysis of analytical results.
    11:15 a.m.-12 Noon: Update on U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
Chlorine-36 Studies at Yucca Mountain (Open)--DOE representatives will 
update the Committee on the status of Chlorine-36 validation studies at 
Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
    2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Briefing from National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 
on Its 2006 Report on the Transportation of High-Level Nuclear Waste 
(Open)--NAS representatives will brief the Committee on their recent 
report titled ``Going the Distance? The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear 
Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States.'' A copy of 
this report is available on the NAS Web site at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11538.html.
    4:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: Proposed Rulemaking on Naturally Occurring or 
Accelerator-Produced Radioactive Materials (Open)--A representative 
from NRC's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) will 
brief the Committee on the staff's proposed rulemaking to implement 
Section 651(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include certain 
discrete sources of naturally occurring or accelerator-produced 
radioactive materials (NARM) in NRC's regulations for byproduct 
material.
    5:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.: Discussion of Draft Letters and Reports 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss proposed ACNW letters.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

    8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman (Open)--
The ACNW Chairman will make opening

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remarks regarding the conduct of the meeting.
    8:35 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: Update on DOE Activities at the Yucca Mountain 
Site (Open)--DOE representatives will brief the Committee on recent 
activities related to the development of a proposed geologic repository 
at Yucca Mountain.
    9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Update on Nye County Independent Early 
Warning Drilling Program (Open)--Representatives from Nye County and 
DOE will provide the Committee with an update of technical developments 
related to this independent ground water monitoring program.
    1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Modeling Igneous Activity: Dynamic Controls on 
Summit and Flank Eruptions of Basalt (Open)--A faculty member of 
Cambridge University (an NMSS contractor) will brief the Committee on 
research regarding a theoretical model for the eruption of basalt 
through multiple vents originating from a common source. The discussion 
will address partitioning of flow between summit and flank vents. This 
work potentially applies to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository.
    2 p.m.-3 p.m.: Modeling Igneous Activity: Magma Interactions with a 
Geologic Repository (Open)--An ACNW consultant from the Johns Hopkins 
University will present an analysis of the realistic effects of magma 
solidification during potential interactions with repository drifts and 
waste packages. This work potentially applies to the proposed Yucca 
Mountain repository.
    3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: DOE Performance Confirmation Program Plan: NRC 
Staff Perspective and Update (Open)--NMSS representatives will brief 
the Committee on the staff's preliminary views regarding the most 
recent update of DOE's Performance Confirmation Program Plan.
    4:15 p.m.-5 p.m.: Physical Capacity of Yucca Mountain for the 
Emplacement of High-Level Waste (Open)--A representative from the 
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) will present a preliminary 
analysis of the physical capacity of Yucca Mountain for the disposal of 
additional commercial spent nuclear fuel.
    5 p.m.-6 p.m.: Discussion of Draft Letters and Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACNW letters.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

    8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman (Open)--
The ACNW Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of 
the meeting.
    8:35 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: NRC Radiation Research Program (Open)--
Representatives of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research will brief 
the Committee on recent NRC-sponsored activities in the area of health 
physics research.
    10:45 a.m.-4 p.m.: Discussion of Draft Letters and Reports (Open)--
The Committee will discuss proposed ACNW letters.
    4 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss 
matters related to the conduct of ACNW activities and specific issues 
that were not completed during previous meetings, as time and 
availability of information permit. Discussions may include future 
Committee Meetings.
    Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW meetings 
were published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2005 (70 FR 
59081). 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. 
Michael R. Snodderly (Telephone 301-415-6927), between 8:15 a.m. and 5 
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. Snodderly 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. Snodderly.
    ACNW meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
available through the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) at [email protected], or 
by calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available 
Records System 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. 
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: April 6, 2006.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-5385 Filed 4-11-06; 8:45 am]
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