[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70796-70797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20536]


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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 175th 
meeting on December 12-14, 2006, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    The schedule for this meeting is as follows:

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

    10 a.m.-10:05 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman (Open)--
The ACNW Chairman, Dr. Michael Ryan, will make opening remarks 
regarding the conduct of today's sessions.
    10:05 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Semi-Annual Briefings by the Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) (Open)--The Committee 
will be briefed by the NMSS Office and Division Directors on recent and 
future activities of interest within their respective programs.
    1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: RACER: Tools and a Process to Guide Decisions 
about Risk Reduction for Contaminants in the Environment (Open)--Dr. 
John Till from the Risk Assessment Corporation will brief the Committee 
on a methodology (RACER) used for guiding decisions on remediating 
contaminated sites.
    2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and Electric 
Power Research Institute (EPRI) Views on NRC Interim Staff Guidance 
(ISG) DHLWRS-ISG-01 on Seismic Event Sequences (Open)--Representatives 
from NEI and EPRI will brief the Committee on their organizations' 
respective views on the ``Review Methodology for Seismically Initiated 
Event Sequences.'' This ISG is intended to supplement the existing 
Yucca Mountain Review Plan to be used to review any U.S. Department of 
Energy License Application for the proposed geologic repository.
    4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Discussion of Draft ACNW Letter Reports 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss proposed ACNW letters.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

    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.-9:30 a.m.: Proposed Revision to Standard Review Plan 
Chapter 11.2, ``Liquid Waste Management System'' (Open)--A 
representative from the NRC Staff will brief the Committee on the 
proposed revisions to NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review 
of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' Chapter 11.2, 
``LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM,'' in support of new power reactor 
licensing.
    9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Public Comments on NRC 2006 Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste (LLW) Strategic Planning Initiative (Open)--An NRC 
staff representative will brief the Committee on the public comments 
received in response to the staff's ongoing LLW strategic assessment 
described in the Federal Register in July 2006 (71 FR 38675).
    10:45 a.m.-12 p.m: Conceptual Licensing Process for Global Nuclear 
Energy Partnership (GNEP) Facilities (Open)--NMSS representatives will 
brief the Committee on their conceptual approach to licensing future 
GNEP facilities.
    1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Generic Safety Issue 196: Boral Degradation 
(Open)--An ACNW staff member will provide the Committee with background 
information related to the use of Boral for both storage and 
transportation of spent nuclear fuel as well as conditions under which 
this material has shown degradation issues. Representatives from the 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) will brief the Committee 
with their reasons for removing Boral degradation from the Generic 
Safety Issue list.
    3:45 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Discussion of Draft ACNW Letter Reports 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss proposed ACNW letters.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

    9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: ACNW December 2006 Briefing to the Commission 
(Open)--ACNW members will brief the Commission on their recent and 
planned activities. The last Commission briefing was held on January 
11, 2006.
    3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: Discussion of Draft ACNW Letter Reports (Open)--
The Committee will discuss potential and proposed ACNW letter reports.
    5 p.m.-5:30 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 12, 2006 (71 FR 
60196). 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. 
Antonio F. Dias (Telephone 301-415-6805), 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

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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. 
Dias 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. Dias.
    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: November 30, 2006.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-20536 Filed 12-5-06; 8:45 am]
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