[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5235-5236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1497]


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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 186th meeting on February 12-14, 2008, at 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008, Room T-2B3

    10 a.m.-10:05 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW&M Chairman (Open)--
The Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's 
sessions.
    10:05 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Semiannual Briefing by the Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) (Open)--NMSS Office Director and 
Division Directors will brief the Committee on recent and future 
activities of interest within their respective programs.
    11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Discussion of ACNW&M Letter Reports (Open)--
Discussion of proposed and potential ACNW&M letter reports.
    1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Draft Guidance on Preventing Legacy Sites 
(Open)--A representative from the Office of Federal and State Materials 
and Environmental Management Programs (FSME) will brief the Committee 
on the draft guidance prepared as part of the Decommissioning Planning 
and Rulemaking.
    2:45 p.m.-4 p.m.: Corrosion of Waste Package and Spent Fuel 
Dissolution in a Repository Environment (Open)--NRC staff 
representatives from the Division of High-Level Waste and Repository 
Safety (DHLWRS), Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, will 
brief the Committee on waste package corrosion and spent fuel 
dissolution under potential repository conditions.
    4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Discussion of ACNW&M Letter Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss potential and proposed ACNW&M letter reports.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008, Room T-2B3

    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.: ACNW&M Meeting with NRC Commissioner Peter B. 
Lyons (Open)--Commissioner Lyons will address the Committee on current 
topics and issues of common interest.
    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.: ACNW&M Working Group Meeting on Managing Low 
Activity Radioactive Waste (LAW) (Open)--The purpose of this Working 
Group Meeting is to understand how low-activity radioactive waste (LAW) 
is being managed in the United States, and to determine if there are 
ways to improve its management.
    1 p.m.-1:15 p.m.: Greetings and Introductions (Open)--Introductory 
remarks by Dr. Michael Ryan.
    1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Session I: What is LAW (Open)--Dr. Michael 
Ryan will provide an overview of the expected goals for the Working 
Group Meeting, the planned technical sessions, and introduce the 
invited speakers. Two presentations will follow Dr. Ryan's overview.
    2:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Session II: Risk-Based Approaches to the 
Regulation of LAW (Open)--This session includes four presentations.

Thursday, February 14, 2008, Room T-2B3

    8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.: ACNW&M Working Group Meeting on Managing Low 
Activity Radioactive Waste (LAW) (Open)--Continued from the previous 
day.
    8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.: Session III: Alternative Disposal Methods for 
LAW (Open)--Several case studies will be discussed during this session.

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    1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Session IV: Working Group Meeting Impressions and 
Recommendations (Open)
    3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: International Commission on Radiological 
Protection (ICRP) Draft Report on Environmental Protection: The Concept 
and Use of Reference Animals and Plants (Open)--Representatives of the 
NRC staff will discuss with the Committee preliminary views regarding 
the new ICRP's Draft Report on Environmental Protection.
    4:15 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.
    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.
    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.
    During the days of the meeting, phone number 301-415-7360 should be 
used in order to access anyone in the ACNW&M Office.
    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).

    Dated: Jaunary 23, 2008.
Andrew L. Bates,
 Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-1497 Filed 1-28-08; 8:45 am]
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