[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58364-58365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25602]
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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 146th
meeting on October 21-23, 2003, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
The schedule for this meeting is as follows:
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will
open the meeting with brief opening remarks, outline the topics to be
discussed, and indicate items of interest.
10:40 a.m.-12 Noon.: Summer Intern Project (Open)--The ACNW summer
intern will provide her final report to the Committee on the project
titled, ``Assessment Model Uncertainty in Performance Assessment.''
1 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Biosphere Scenarios and Dose Calculation Working
Group (Open)--The Committee will review the agenda and speakers for the
Biosphere Working Group scheduled for February 24-26, 2004 in
Rockville, Maryland.
1:30 p.m.-2 p.m.: Site Visit--Yucca Mountain, Nevada (Open)--The
Committee will finalize its November 18, 2003, trip to Yucca Mountain
and the Amargosa Valley, and its subsequent technical discussions in
Las Vegas, NV with DOE representatives and stakeholders during the
147th ACNW Meeting, November 19-20, 3004.
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2:15 p.m.-6 p.m.: Committee Retreat (Open/Closed)--The Committee
will continue its discussion (from the 145th meeting) on technical
topics it intends to examine over the next 12 to 18 months and ACNW
activities and related matters.
Note: A portion of this session may be closed pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552b(c) (2) and (6) to discuss organizational and personnel
matters that relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices
of the ACNW, and information the release of which would constitute a
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will
make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's sessions.
8:35 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Yucca Mountain Pre-Closure Safety and Drift
Degradation Issues (Open)--The Committee will hear from representatives
of the NRC staff on these issues. Presentations will include a
summation of the status of related agreements, a demonstration of the
pre-closure safety analysis tool, and the MECH-FAIL computer code used
to evaluate drift degradation within a geologic repository.
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Updated Staff Performance Assessment Code TPA
5.0 and Peer Review Comments (Open)--The Committee will hear from
representatives of the NRC staff on the updated TPA Code 5.0 and how
external peer review comments were incorporated into the code.
3:45 p.m.-4 p.m.: Waste Management--Related Safety Research Report
(Open)--The Committee will discuss plans for ACNW review of NRC waste
management-related safety research.
4 p.m.-6 p.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the NRC Commissioners
(Open)--The next meeting with the NRC Commissioners is scheduled to be
held at 10 a.m. in the Commissioners' Conference Room, One White Flint
North on October 23, 2003. The Committee will review its proposed
presentations.
Thursday, October 23, 2003
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will
make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's sessions.
8:35 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: Update on Waste Management Topics (Open)--The
Committee will receive its semi-annual update on waste management
topics from the Director, Division of Waste Management, NMSS.
9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.: Discussion of Topics for Meeting with the NRC
Commissioners (Open)--The Committee will discuss topics scheduled for
the ACNW Meeting with the NRC Commissioners at 10 a.m.
10 a.m.-12 Noon: Meeting with the NRC Commissioners (Open)--The
Committee will meet with the NRC Commissioners in the Commissioners'
Conference Room, One White Flint North to discuss the following:
[sbull] Chairman's Report
[sbull] Status and Pathway to Closure on Key Technical Issues
[sbull] High-Level Waste Risk Insights
[sbull] Total System Performance Assessment (TSPA/TPA) Working
Group
[sbull] Performance Confirmation Working Group
1 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Preparation of ACNW Report (Open)--The Committee
will discuss potential reports on Yucca Mountain Pre-Closure Safety and
Drift Degradation Issues and Updated Staff Performance Code TPA 5.0
(tentative).
2:45 p.m.-3 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss
matters related to the conduct of Committee activities and matters and
specific issues that were not completed during previous meetings, as
time and availability of information permit.
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW meetings
were published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2002 (67 FR
63459). 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.
Howard J. Larson, Special Assistant (Telephone 301/415-6805), between
7:30 a.m. and 4 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. Howard J. Larson 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. Howard J. Larson.
ACNW 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).
Videoteleconferencing 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: October 3, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-25602 Filed 10-8-03; 8:45 am]
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