[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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