[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 80 (Thursday, April 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20889-20890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8032]


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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 179th 
meeting on May 16-17, 2007, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    The schedule for this meeting is as follows:

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

    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 
today's sessions.
    8:35 a.m.-10:15 a.m.: AREVA Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycle Facilities 
(Open)--A representative from AREVA will present an overview of their 
recycle facilities, including new technology developments, operating 
experience, effluents, waste streams, and decommissioning activities.
    10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: ACNW White Paper on Volcanism (Open)--
Discussion of final draft of the White Paper on Igneous Activity at 
Yucca Mountain. Paper to be sent to the Commission in June.
    11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.: ACNW Meeting with NRC Commissioner Jeffrey S. 
Merrifield (Open)--Commissioner Merrifield will address the Committee 
on current topics and issues of common interest.
    1 p.m.-4 p.m.: Yucca Mountain Preclosure Repository Design: NRC 
Staff Review Readiness and Views on the Issues (Open)--NRC staff 
representatives from the Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and 
Safeguards will brief the Committee on their readiness to review a 
geologic repository operations area design submitted by the U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE) as part of any 10 CFR part 63 License 
Application. Included in this briefing will be some discussion of the 
staff's integrated preclosure safety assessment review capability as 
well as any outstanding preclosure design issues. There may be a 15 
minute break at some point during this activity.
    4 p.m.-6 p.m.: NCRP Study on Radiation Exposure of U.S. Population 
(Open)--A representative of the National Council on Radiation 
Protection and Measurements (NCRP) will brief the Committee about the 
status of studies being conducted to develop a new NCRP report on 
``Ionizing Radiation Exposure of the United States Population.'' This 
report is being prepared as an update to the 1987 NCRP Report No. 93.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

    10 a.m.-10:05 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman (Open)--
The ACNW Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of 
today's sessions.
    10:05 a.m.-11 a.m.: Proposed Revision to Standard Review Plan 
Chapter 11.5 for New Reactor Licensing (Open)--NRC Staff representative 
from the Office of New Reactors will brief the Committee on the 
proposed revision to NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review 
of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' Chapter 11.5, 
``Process and Effluent Radiological Monitoring Instrumentation and 
Sampling Systems.''
    11 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Briefing on Interim Staff Guidance (ISG)-04, 
``Preclosure Safety Analysis--Human Reliability Analysis'' (Open)--NRC 
staff from the Division of High-Level Waste Repository Safety (HLWRS) 
will brief the Committee on ISG-04, ``Preclosure Safety Analysis--Human 
Reliability Analysis'' for the staff's review of human reliability 
evaluations that will be included in the preclosure safety analysis 
(PCSA) for the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository site.
    1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Briefing on Long-Term Research Activities (Open)--
NRC staff representatives from the Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research (RES) will brief the Committee on NRC's long-term research 
activities which support possible emergence of either new regulatory 
initiatives, or new technologies that could be applied in nuclear 
facilities in coming years.

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    2 p.m.-3 p.m.: ACNW White Paper on Volcanism (Open)--Continued 
discussion of final draft of the White Paper on Igneous Activity at 
Yucca Mountain. Paper to be sent to the Commission in June.
    3:15 p.m.-4 p.m.: Discussion of ACNW Letter Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss potential and proposed ACNW letter reports.
    4 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 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 20, 2007.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-8032 Filed 4-25-07; 8:45 am]
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