[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14625-14627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5658]
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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 178th
meeting on April 10-12, 2007, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
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The schedule for this meeting is as follows:
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
10:30 a.m.-10:35 p.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman
(Open)--The ACNW Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the
conduct of today's sessions.
10:35 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Status of Overall Geologic Repository
Program at Yucca Mountain: Views of the Director of the U.S. Department
of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
(Open)--Mr. Edward F. (Ward) Sproat will provide the Committee with his
views regarding progress being made by DOE in completing a Licence
Application necessary for an NRC construction authorization for a
geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Staff Briefing on International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) Requirements Document WS-R-4: Design and Operation of
Facilities for Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Open)--The
Committee will hear a briefing by staff from NRC's Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) regarding the final IAEA document
that is intended to provide guidance to policymakers, regulators, and
operators concerned with the development and regulatory control of
geologic disposal facilities for the management of long-lived
radioactive waste.
2:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Interim Staff Guidance (ISG)--3: Preclosure
Safety Analysis--Dose Performance Objectives and Radiation Protection
Program to supplement the Yucca Mountain Review Plan (Open)--The NRC
staff from the Division of High-Level Waste Repository Safety (DHLWRS)
will brief the Committee on ISG-03, Preclosure Safety Analysis--Dose
Performance Objectives and Radiation Protection Program for the staff
review of consequence estimates for the preclosure safety analysis and
the associated radiation protection program.
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Proposed Revision to Standard Review Plan
Chapters 11.3 and 11.4 for New Reactor Licensing (Open)--The NRC staff
from the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 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 11.3, ``Gaseous Waste Management Systems'' and
Chapter 11.4, ``Solid Waste Management Systems,'' in support of new
reactor licensing.
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Discussion of ACNW Letter Reports (Open)--The
Committee will discuss potential and proposed ACNW letter reports.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
9 a.m.-9:05 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman (Open)--The
ACNW Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of
today's sessions.
9:05 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Path Forward on an In-situ Leach (ISL)
Rulemaking--Summary of Meetings with Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and National Mining Association (NMA)--Next Steps (Open)--The NRC
staff from the Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental
Management Programs (FSME) will brief the Committee on their efforts in
developing a path forward for a rulemaking on groundwater protection at
ISL sites.
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Briefing on MARSAME Manual (Open)--The NRC
staff from the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) will brief
the Committee on the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of
Materials and Equipment Manual (MARSAME) Draft Report for Comment.
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Scope and Methodology of the Government
Accountability Office (GAO)'s ongoing review of the Global Nuclear
Energy Partnership (GNEP) effort (Open)--A GAO representative will
brief the Committee on the scope and methodology of their current
review of the GNEP effort.
2:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Discussion of ACNW Letter Reports (Open)--The
Committee will continue discussion of potential and proposed ACNW
letter reports.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
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.-10:30 a.m.: ACNW White Paper on Igneous Activity (Open)--
A followup discussion from ACNW February 2007 working group meeting on
igneous activity, general review of observations, revisions, and
summary conclusions for the White Paper on Igneous Activity at Yucca
Mountain.
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Update on West Valley Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (Open)--The NRC staff from the Office of Federal and
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs (FSME) will
update the Committee on new analysis being considered for inclusion in
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the West Valley Nuclear
Fuel Services Center in New York.
1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Discussion of ACNW Letter Reports (Open)--The
Committee will continue discussion of potential and proposed ACNW
letter reports.
2 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 content of
future letters and scope of 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 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
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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: March 22, 2007.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E7-5658 Filed 3-27-07; 8:45 am]
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