[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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