[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36518-36519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12841]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste and Materials; Meeting Notice
The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste and Materials (ACNW&M) will
hold its 181st meeting on July 17-19, 2007, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW&M Chairman
(Open)--The Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of
today's sessions.
8:35 a.m.--10 a.m.: Semiannual Briefing by the Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) (Open)--The NMSS Office Director
and Division Directors will brief the Committee on recent and future
activities of interest within their respective programs.
2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR) Monitoring
Activities at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Savannah River
(SR) Sites (Open)--NRC staff representative from the Division of Waste
Management and Environmental Protection (DWMEP), Office of Federal and
State Materials and Environmental Management (FSME), will brief the
Committee on WIR monitoring activities at the U.S. Department of
Energy's INL and SR sites.
3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: DOE Reexamination of Past U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) Infiltration Studies (Open)--NRC staff representative
from NMSS will brief the Committee about the status of infiltration
studies and modeling at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The discussion will
include NMSS plans for review of DOE's infiltration studies.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW&M Chairman
(Open)--The Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of
today's sessions.
8:35 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: Annual Briefing by the Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research (RES) (Open)--RES Office Director and Branch Chiefs
will brief the Committee on recent and future activities of interest
within their respective programs.
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Briefing on
the Use of Burnup Credit for Spent Fuel Storage & Transportation Casks
(Open)--NEI representatives will brief the Committee on their views for
the use of burnup credit in support of licensing transportation and
storage cask designs. Representatives from the Electric Power Research
Institute may participate in the NEI presentation.
10:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Transportation, Aging, and Disposal (TAD)
Canister System Performance Specification, Revision 0, Recently Issued
by DOE (Open)--ACNW&M Member Weiner will brief the Committee on the
June 2007 release of the Final TAD Performance Specifications.
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Vendor's Views on the TAD Performance
Specification (Open)--A representative from Transnuclear, a commercial
vendor, will brief the Committee on their views on the recently issued
TAD Performance Specification, possible challenges the vendor may be
facing, and suggestions for expediting NRC approval of a TAD license
application.
1:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: ACNW&M White Paper on Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycle
Facilities (Open)--The Committee will hold a roundtable discussion with
NRC staff and external stakeholders, including industry
representatives, on their draft White Paper entitled: ``Background,
Status, and Issues Related to the Regulation of Advanced Spent Nuclear
Fuel Recycle Facilities.''
Thursday, July 19, 2007
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW&M Chairman
(Open)--The Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of
today's sessions.
8:35 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: Regulatory Guides Scheduled for Revision by
the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) (Open)--ACNW&M Chairman
Ryan will brief the Committee on his review of the proposed list of
Regulatory Guides to be revised by RES.
9:30 a.m.--12 p.m.: Discussion of ACNW&M Letter Reports (Open)--The
Committee will discuss potential and proposed ACNW&M letter reports.
1 p.m.-5 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss
matters related to the conduct of ACNW&M 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.
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Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW&M meetings
were published in the Federal Register on October 12, 2006 (71 FR
60196). In accordance with those procedures, oral or written views 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 Dr.
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
the meeting may be limited to selected portions of the meeting as
determined by the ACNW&M Chairman. Information regarding the time to be
set aside for taking pictures may be obtained by contacting the ACNW&M
office prior to the meeting. In view of the possibility that the
schedule for ACNW&M meetings may be adjusted by the Chairman as
necessary to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, persons planning to
attend should notify Dr. Dias as to their particular needs.
Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, as well as the Chairman's
ruling on requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and
the time allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting Dr. Dias.
ACNW&M meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are
available through the NRC Public Document Room at [email protected], or by
calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available
Records System (PARS) 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&M meetings. Those wishing to use this service for
observing ACNW&M meetings should contact Mr. Theron Brown, ACRS/ACNW&M
Audio Visual 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: June 27,2007.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-12841 Filed 7-2-07; 8:45 am]
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