[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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