[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 192 (Thursday, October 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56802-56804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19618]


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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 183rd meeting on October 16-18, 2007, Room T-2B3, 11545 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

Tuesday, October 16, 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.

ACNW&M Working Group Meeting on Preclosure Seismic Analysis Evaluation 
at the Proposed Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Repository

Purpose
    The purpose of this Working Group Meeting is to understand the 
regulatory

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framework, and associated acceptance criteria, to be used by the 
staff in their analysis of pre-closure seismic hazards at the 
proposed Yucca Mountain repository site. This information will be 
compared with the processes used to determine seismic safety at 
other types of NRC-licensed nuclear facilities (e.g., nuclear power 
plants, independent spent fuel storage installations, and fuel 
fabrication facilities).

    8:35 a.m.-8:45 a.m.: Greetings and Introductions (Open)--Dr. 
William Hinze, the cognizant ACNW&M Member for this meeting topic will 
provide an overview of the expected goals for the Working Group 
Meeting, the planned technical sessions, and introduce the invited 
panelists and speakers.
    8:45 a.m.-9 a.m.: Overview of the Development of NRC's Seismic 
Regulations (Open)--The Committee will hear an overview by an ACNW&M 
staff member on the development of NRC's Seismic Regulations.
    9 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: Current Seismic Design Requirements for Nuclear 
Power Plants (Open)--The Committee will be briefed by a representative 
of the NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation on the current seismic 
design requirements for nuclear power plants.
    9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.: Pre-Closure Seismic Design Requirements for 
the Yucca Mountain HLW Repository (Open)--The Committee will be briefed 
by a representative of the NRC Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards (NMSS) on the pre-closure seismic design requirements for 
the Yucca Mountain HLW repository.
    9:45 a.m.-10 a.m.: Interim Staff Guidance, ``Review Methodology for 
Seismically Initiated Event Sequences''--DHLWRS-ISG-01 (Open)--The 
Committee will be briefed by a representative of the Office of NMSS on 
the interim staff guidance, ``Review Methodology for Seismically 
Initiated Event Sequences.''
    10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: American Society of Civil Engineers Standard 
ASCE/SEI 43-0-5 (Open)--The speaker is yet to be determined. This topic 
may be removed or modified.
    10:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Current Seismic Design Requirements for MOX 
Facilities (Open)--The Committee will be briefed by a representative of 
the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses on the current seismic 
design requirements for MOX facilities.
    11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Stakeholders and Public Comments (Open)
    1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Roundtable Discussion (Open)--Scheduled 
participants are expected to include representatives from Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board (NWTRB) and NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research.
    2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Closing Remarks (Open)--By Dr. William J. 
Hinze.
    3 p.m.-5 p.m.: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GE-H) Spent Nuclear Fuel 
(SNF) Recycling Processes (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations 
from representatives of GE-H regarding an overview of their advanced 
SNF recycling processes.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

    8 a.m.-8:05 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW&M Chairman (Open)--
The Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's 
sessions.
    8:05 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: NRC's Total-System Performance Assessment 
(TPA) Code for Review of Performance Assessment of the Yucca Mountain 
Site (Open)--NRC staff representatives from the Office of NMSS will 
brief the Committee on the newly released version of the staff's TPA 
code (Version 5.1). This updated tool will support the staff's review 
of an impending license application for the proposed Yucca Mountain 
repository site.
    1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.: Draft Proposed Rule/Guidance on Preventing Legacy 
Sites (Open/Closed)--NRC staff representatives from the Office of 
Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Program (FSME) 
will brief the Committee on NRC's proposed rulemaking and guidance for 
prevention of decommissioning legacy sites.

    Note: A portion of this session may be closed to discuss pre-
decisional documents pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B)

    3 p.m.-4 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with NRC Commissioners 
(Open)--The Committee will discuss and approve the viewgraphs for the 
ACNW&M briefing to the NRC Commissioners, scheduled for Wednesday, 
November 14, 2007.

Thursday, October 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.-9:35 a.m.: Mallinckrodt Site Decommissioning Plan 
(Open)--The Committee will be briefed by representatives of the NRC 
staff from the Office of FSME on decommissioning of the Mallinckrodt 
Chemical, Inc. site, in St. Louis, Missouri.
    9:35 a.m.-10:35 a.m.: Vendor's Views on the Transportation-Aging-
Disposal (TAD) Performance Specifications (Open)--A representative from 
Holtec International, a commercial vendor, will brief the Committee on 
their views on the TAD Performance Specifications, possible challenges 
the vendor may be facing, and suggestions for expediting NRC approval 
of a TAD license application.
    10:35 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.-2:30 p.m.: Revision of NUREG-1854, NRC Staff Guidance for 
Activities Related to U.S. Department of Energy Waste Determinations--
Draft Final Report for Interim Use (Open)--NRC staff representatives 
from the Office of FSME will brief the Committee on how the public 
comments on the draft guidance were resolved.
    2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Discussion of Proposed and Potential ACNW&M 
Letter Reports (Open)--The Committee will continue discussion of 
proposed ACNW&M letter reports.
    4:30 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.
    Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW&M meetings 
were published in the Federal Register on September 26, 2007 (72 FR 
54693). 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.
    In accordance with Subsection 10(d) Public Law 92-463, I have 
determined that it may be necessary to close a portion of this meeting 
noted above to

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discuss pre-decisional documents pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).
    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 therefore 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/acnw 
(ACNW&M schedules and 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 Assistant (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: September 28, 2007.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E7-19618 Filed 10-3-07; 8:45 am]
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