95-20752. Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43617-43618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20752]



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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 77th 
meeting on September 20 and 21, 1995, in Room T-2B3, at 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The agenda for this meeting shall be as follows:

Wednesday, September 20, 1995--8:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 21, 1995--8:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

    During this meeting the Committee plans to consider the following:
    A. 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. Examples of issues include preliminary evaluation 
reports on Department of Energy studies.
    B. Meeting with NRC's General Counsel--A representative of the 
Office of the General Counsel will discuss items of interest with the 
Committee. Items might include: The use of expert elicitation in a 
licensing hearing, the nature of federal rules of evidence, and the 
nature of organizational conflicts of interest.
    C. Meeting with the Director, NRC's Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research--The Director will discuss items of interest with the 
Committee. Items might include: an overview of high- and 

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low-level waste disposal research and a discussion of the role of the 
Nuclear Safety Research Review Committee.
    D. The Vertical Slice Approach--Representatives of NRC's Division 
of Waste Management will brief the Committee on plans for selected in-
depth review (vertical slices) of DOE's site characterization program.
    E. Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards--The ACNW will be 
briefed by a member of the National Research Council's Committee on the 
Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards. The topic will be the 
recently issued report on Yucca Mountain.
    F. Hydrology Research Program--The ACNW will review the NRC staff 
hydrology research program, including the Apache Leap Test Site 
investigations.
    G. Natural Analog Workshop--The NRC staff will report on a workshop 
held last year. Attempts to integrate natural analog studies and 
performance assessment will be highlighted.
    H. Preparation of ACNW Report--The Committee will discuss proposed 
reports, including comments on NRC's Site Decommissioning Management 
Plan streamlining activities. Additional topics will be considered as 
time permits.
    I. Committee Activities/Future Agenda--The Committee will consider 
topics proposed for future consideration by the full Committee and 
Working Groups. The Committee will also 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 October 7, 1994 (59 FR 
51219). 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 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 therefore 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 
not 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: August 16, 1995.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-20752 Filed 8-21-95; 8:45 am]
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