96-13513. Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27108-27109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13513]



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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 84th 
meeting on June 25-27, 1996, Room T-2B3, at 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was previously published 
in the Federal Register on Wednesday, December 6, 1995 (60 FR 62485).
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The agenda for this meeting shall be as follows:

Tuesday, June 25, 1996--8:30 A.M. until 6:00 P.M.
Wednesday, June 26, 1996--8:30 A.M. until 6:00 P.M.
Thursday, June 27, 1996--8:30 A.M. until 4:00 P.M.

    During this meeting, the Committee plans to consider the following:
    A. Total System Performance Assessment 1995--The Committee will 
review comments from the NRC staff on the Department of Energy's Total 
System Performance Assessment 1995. Participation by the staffs of both 
DOE and NRC is anticipated.
    B. Meeting with the Director, NRC's Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards--The Director will 
discuss items of current interest related to the Division of Waste 
Management programs which may include: progress at the Yucca Mountain 
site, the status of EPA's Yucca Mountain standards and NRC's high-level 
waste regulations, and the status of NRC draft technical guidance on 
expert elicitation.
    C. Preparation of ACNW Reports--The Committee will discuss proposed 
reports, including: timeframes for regulatory concern, the use of 
expert elicitation, elements of an adequate low-level waste program, 
Committee priorities and task action plans, and biological effects from 
low-levels of ionizing radiation. The Committee may also prepare 
reports on topics discussed during this meeting.
    D. Meeting with the NRC Commissioners--The Committee will discuss 
items of mutual interest with the Commissioners. Potential topics 
include: Issues and NRC activities associated with the National 
Research Council's Report, ``Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain 
Standards,'' ACNW comments on High-Level Waste Prelicensing Program 
Strategy and Key Technical Issues, ACNW Priority Issues, health effects 
of low-levels of ionizing radiation, timespan for compliance of the 
proposed high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and the 
use of expert judgment in nuclear waste licensing.
    E. Discussions with Dr. Dade Moeller, Moeller and Associates, 
Inc.--The Committee will discuss several topics of interest to the ACNW 
with Dr. Moeller including: the open market trading rule which would 
allow the operator of a facility that is releasing contaminants into 
the environment the option of reducing its own discharges or those of 
other sources in the same geographical area, the use of the linear-no-
threshold model of response to doses of ionizing radiation, and 
defining a critical group to predict the anticipated effects of a waste 
repository.
    F. DOE's Program Plan--The Committee will meet with representatives 
of the Department of Energy and the NRC staff to review DOE's current 
program for developing a high-level waste repository.
    G. Specification of Critical Group and Reference Biosphere--The 
Committee will review options under consideration for specifying the 
critical group and reference biosphere to be used in a performance 
assessment of a nuclear waste disposal facility.
    H. Time of Compliance in Low-Level Waste Disposal--The Committee 
will discuss options for setting a regulatory time of compliance for a 
low-level waste disposal facility. Participants may include 
representatives of the NRC staff, the DOE, and individual states.
    I. Committee Activities/Future Agenda--The Committee will consider 
topics proposed for future consideration by the full Committee and 
Working Groups. The Committee will discuss ACNW-related activities of 
individual members.
    J. Miscellaneous--The Committee will discuss miscellaneous matters 
related to the conduct of Committee activities and organizational 
activities and complete discussion of 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 September 27, 1995 (60 FR 
49924). 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, and questions may be asked only by members of the 
Committee, its consultants, and staff. Persons desiring to make oral 
statements should notify the Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch, Mr. Richard 
K. Major, as far in advance as practicable so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made to allow the necessary time during the meeting 
for such statements. Use of still, motion picture, and television 
cameras during this meeting may be limited to selected portions of the 
meeting as determined by the ACNW Chairman. Information regarding the 
time to be set aside for this purpose may be obtained by contacting the 
Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch 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 check with Mr. Major if such

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rescheduling would result in major inconvenience.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been cancelled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time 
allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting Mr. Richard K. Major, 
Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch (telephone [phone]), between 8:00 A.M. 
and 5:00 P.M. EDT.
    ACNW meeting notices, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
now available on FedWorld from the ``NRC MAIN MENU.'' Direct Dial 
Access number to FedWorld is [phone]; the local direct dial 
number is 703-321-3339.

    Dated: May 23, 1996.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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