99-14048. Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Notice of Meeting  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 29921-29922]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-14048]
    
    
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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 110th 
    meeting on June 28-30, 1999, at the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory 
    Analyses, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, Building 
    189, San Antonio, Texas.
        The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
        The schedule for this meeting is as follows:
        Monday, June 28, 1999--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business.
        Tuesday, June 29, 1999--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business.
        Wednesday, June 30, 1999--8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
    
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        The following topics will be discussed:
        A. ACNW Planning and Procedures--The Committee will hear a briefing 
    from its staff on issues to be covered during this meeting. The 
    Committee will also consider topics proposed for future consideration 
    by the full Committee and Working Groups. The Committee will discuss 
    ACNW-related activities of individual members.
        B. Review Activities Underway at the Center for Nuclear Waste 
    Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA)--The Committee will review activities 
    underway at the CNWRA. Discussions will include an overview of the 
    Center, including its historical evolution. Each of the 10 high-level 
    waste key technical issues (KTIs) will be reviewed with special 
    emphasis placed on four KTIs: Igneous Activity, Evolution of the Near-
    Field, Repository Design and Thermal Mechanical Effects, and Container 
    Life and Source Term.
        C. Laboratory Tours--The Committee will visit a number of 
    experiments underway at the Center involving: hydrology and thermal-
    hydrology, geochemistry and radionuclide transport, structural geology 
    modeling, and materials performed.
        D. Yucca Mountain Environmental Impact Statement--The Committee 
    will review the staff's plans for reviewing the Department of Energy's 
    Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Yucca Mountain project.
        E. Total-System Performance Assessment (TPA) Code 3.2 Sensitivity 
    Study--The Committee will review the results of the system level 
    sensitivity and uncertainty analyses to determine the parameters that 
    have the most influence on repository performance.
        F. Defense In-Depth--The NRC staff and the CNWRA will discuss the 
    current concept of defense in-depth as it applies to a high-level waste 
    repository.
        G. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Yucca Mountain Site 
    Specific Standards (tentative)--The Committee may offer comments to the 
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission on EPA's Yucca Mountain site specific 
    standard 40 CFR part 191 should the proposed standard be made publicly 
    available. The timing for release of the standard remains uncertain.
        H. Preparation of ACNW Reports--The Committee will discuss planned 
    reports on the following topics: a White Paper on Repository Design 
    Issues at Yucca Mountain and other topics discussed during this and 
    previous meetings as the need arises.
        I. 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 29, 1998 (63 FR 
    51967). 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 Associate Director for Technical Support, 
    ACNW, Dr. Richard P. Savio, 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 Associate Director for Technical Support, ACNW, 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 Dr. 
    Savio 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 therefor can be obtained by contacting Dr. Richard P. Savio, 
    Associate Director for Technical Support, ACNW (Telephone 301/415-
    7363), between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EDT.
        ACNW meeting notices, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
    now available for downloading or reviewing on the internet at http://
    www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.
    
        Dated: May 27, 1999.
    Andrew L. Bates,
    Advisory Committee Management Officer.
    [FR Doc. 99-14048 Filed 6-2-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
06/03/1999
Department:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
99-14048
Pages:
29921-29922 (2 pages)
PDF File:
99-14048.pdf