[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 35457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14959]
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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 143rd
meeting on June 24-25, 2003, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
The schedule for this meeting is as follows:
Tuesday, June 24, 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: DOE Strategy for Resolving Key Technical Issue
(KTI) Agreements (Open)--The Committee will be briefed by DOE
representatives on their approach to grouping and resolving all KTI
Agreements for the Yucca Mountain Project, including status and path
forward.
1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Use of Risk Information as Basis for DOE/NRC
Agreement Closure (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and
hold discussions with representatives of the NRC Office of Nuclear
Materials Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) and DOE representatives on the
use of risk information as the basis for closure of technical
agreements for the Yucca Mountain Project.
2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: NRC Staff Report on the Risk Significance
Ranking of the 293 KTI Agreements (Open)--The Committee will hear an
update by the NRC/NMSS staff on how the 293 KTI agreements were ranked
into high, medium, and low risk significance.
4:15 p.m.-6 p.m.: Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)--The Committee will
discuss proposed ACNW reports on matters considered during this
meeting, as well as the proposed ACNW report on Status of KTI Agreement
Resolution for the Proposed Yucca Mountain High Level Waste Repository
(Tentative).
Wednesday, June 25, 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.-10:30 a.m.: Spent Fuel Characterization Project (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES)
on a project involving spent fuel loaded in 1985 in a dry cask and
opened and inspected in 1999.
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Update on Waste Management Related Research
(Open)--The Committee will receive an update from NRC/RES staff on the
status of the radionuclide transport research as well as other waste-
related research activities.
1 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Plans for Performance Confirmation Working Group
(Open)--The Committee will discuss the final agenda, and plans for the
Performance Confirmation Working Group scheduled for the next (144th)
meeting.
1:30 p.m.-2 p.m.: 2003-04 ACNW Research Report (Open)--An outline
and potential plan for the next ACNW Research Report will be discussed.
2 p.m.-2:15 p.m.: Election of Officers (Open)--The members will
nominate and elect members to the positions of Chairman and Vice
Chairman for the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004.
2:30 p.m.-5:45 p.m.: Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)--The Committee
will continue to discuss proposed ACNW reports.
5:45 p.m.-6 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, ACNW (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: June 9, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-14959 Filed 6-12-03; 8:45 am]
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