94-25854. LLW Performance Assessment Workshop  

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    NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
     
    
    LLW Performance Assessment Workshop
    
    AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    
    ACTION: Notice of Workshop.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff plans to conduct 
    a Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLW) Performance Assessment Workshop to 
    provide opportunity to comment on and discuss NRC's Draft Branch 
    Technical Position (BTP) on Performance Assessment for LLW Disposal 
    Facilities and Development of NRC's Test Case Simulations. The workshop 
    is jointly sponsored by NRC's Division of Waste Management and Office 
    of State Programs in cooperation with the Host State Technical 
    Coordinating Committee and the E-5 Committee of the Conference of 
    Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. Participants include State 
    regulators, State authorities and developers, the Environmental 
    Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. Members of the 
    public attending will have opportunity to offer comments and 
    participate in discussions.
    
    DATES: The workshop will take place from 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 
    16, 1994, and conclude at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, 1994.
    
    LOCATION: The workshop will be held at NRC's Auditorium, Two White 
    Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, MD 20852. Parking is limited. The 
    White Flint Metro stop is within one block.
    
    CONTACT: For further information, contact Dr. Stephen N. Salomon, 
    Office of State Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
    Washington, D.C. 20555, Telephone (301) 504-2368; FAX (301) 504-3502; 
    or INTERNET: SNSNRC.GOV.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC staff published in January 1994 a 
    draft BTP on Performance Assessment for LLW Disposal Facilities and 
    copies were distributed for review by Agreement States. The BTP was 
    based on the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Chapter 1, 
    Part 61 ``Licensing Requirement for Land Disposal of Radioactive 
    Waste,'' (Part 61) that specifies license requirements and performance 
    objectives for LLW disposal facilities. The guidance objective of the 
    BTP is to provide license applicants, licensees, States and compacts, 
    and the NRC staff with an acceptable strategy and methodology for 
    performing the technical analysis required to demonstrate compliance, 
    in the post-closure time frame, with the performance objective in Part 
    61, governing radiological protection of the public health and safety 
    and the environment. Participants in this workshop will discuss 
    regulatory and technical issues in the draft BTP and the development of 
    NRC's test case simulations Also, State regulatory and technical issues 
    will be discussed. To achieve a more successful workshop, participants 
    are encouraged to read the BTP before attending the workshop. Copies 
    can be obtained from Dr. Salomon.
        The proposed agenda identifies the following discussion topics for 
    the morning of November 16: The Purposes and Goals of the LLW PA 
    Workshop, Overview of the BTP, Overview of PA Modeling Technical Issues 
    and Recommended Analytical Approaches, Open Discussion of Iterative PA 
    Process, Overview of PA Modeling Technical Issues and Recommended 
    Analytical Approaches, Open Discussion of Technical Issues, and 
    Environmental Protection Agency draft LLW Standard, 40 CFR 193. In the 
    afternoon, there will be sessions on Overview of Comments on 
    Preliminary draft of BTP and Revisions, Discussions of Regulatory and 
    Technical Issues in LLW PA [Treatment of Engineered Barriers; Role of 
    Site-Scenarios, Conceptual Models, and Data Needs; Uncertainty/
    Sensitivity in Regulatory Decision Making; Timeframe for PA Analysis; 
    and Role of Performance Assessment in Demonstrating Compliance]. The 
    afternoon shows Panel Discussions of Regulatory and Technical Issues in 
    LLW PA.
        On November 17 in the morning, sessions include the NLLWMP 
    technical assistance and computer modeling capability, Overview of NRC 
    Staff LLWPA Modeling Efforts [Description of Test Case and Integrated 
    Systems Model, Hardware/Software Requirements for LLWPA, Documenting 
    Results, Test Case Results and Discussions of Important Conclusions, 
    and Lessons Learned from Test case], PA Methodology Status Update, 
    Panel discussion with State regulators and develops [Infiltration, 
    Engineered Barriers, Source Term, Ground Water Transport and 
    Dosimetry], and DOE approach to LLW PA Modeling.
        The afternoon includes Breakout sessions on Key Technical Issues in 
    Implementing the BTP [Infiltration, Source Term, Offsite transport and 
    dose, and Aspects of computer modeling], and Reports of Breakout chairs 
    on issues and approaches discussed. The Workshop will end with a Wrap 
    Up, Conclusions and Summary session.
        The workshop is a public meeting and members of the public 
    attending will have opportunity to offer comments and participate in 
    discussions. A transcript of the workshop will be available for 
    inspection and copying for a fee, at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 
    L Street, N.W. (Lower Level), Washington, D.C. 20555.
    
        Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 12th day of October, 1994.
    
        For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    Richard L. Bangart,
    Director, Office of State Programs.
    [FR Doc. 94-25854 Filed 10-18-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
10/19/1994
Department:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Action:
Notice of Workshop.
Document Number:
94-25854
Dates:
The workshop will take place from 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 16, 1994, and conclude at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, 1994.
Pages:
0-0 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: October 19, 1994