02-24941. Notice of Intent To Establish Peer Review Committee for Source Term Modeling

[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 61674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24941]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Intent To Establish Peer Review Committee for Source 
Term Modeling

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: This notice is to announce the NRC intends to establish a new 
advisory committee.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) is planning to charter a new advisory committee. This action is 
being taken in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
after consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General 
Services Administration. The committee, to designated as the Peer 
Review Committee for Source Term Modeling (PRCSTM), will develop 
guidance documents that will assist the NRC in evaluating the impact of 
specific terrorist activities targeted at a range of spent fuel storage 
casks and radioactive material (RAM) transport packages, including 
spent fuel. The committee will be composed of individuals with 
expertise in structural, nuclear, and thermal engineering, fuel 
performance and source term evaluations, consequence analyses, weapons 
and explosives, and transportation of radioactive material. The 
committee will define evaluation criteria, develop the methodology, 
evaluate the scenarios, and write the guidance documents based on 
previous and current studies and experiments, and the expertise of the 
individuals on the panel. The resulting guidance documents will be 
based on the qualitative judgments of the panel.
    For Further Information Please Contact: Elaine Keegan (301) 415-
8517 or Charles Interrante [phone], U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated: September 25, 2002.
Andrew L. Bates,
Federal Advisory Committee , Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-24941 Filed 9-30-02; 8:45 am]
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