108th ACNW Full Committee Meeting, March 19, 1999
March 19, 1999
SCHEDULE AND OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION
108TH ACNW MEETING
MARCH 23-25, 1999
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1999, TWO WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROOM 2B3, 11545 ROCKVILLE PIKE, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
1) 8:30 - 8:40 A.M. Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman (Open) (BJG/RKM)
1.1) Opening Statement
1.2) Items of Interest
1.3) Introduce Commissioner Dicus
2) 8:40 - 6:00 P.M. Low-Levels of Ionizing Radiation (Open) (RGW/HJL/MLT)
2.1) Opening Remarks by Commissioner Greta Joy Dicus
9:10 - 10:10 A.M. 2.2) NCRP Presentation: Dr. Arthur Upton, Chairman
NCRP Scientific Committee 1-6 Draft Report: Evaluation
of the Linear Nonthreshold Dose-Response Model
10:10 - 10:55 A.M. 2.3) DOE Presentation: Marvin Frazier
10:55 - 11:10 A.M. ***BREAK***
11:10 - 11:55 A.M. 2.4) National Cancer Institute: Charles Land, Radiation
Epidemiology Branch
11:55 - 12:55 P.M. ***LUNCH***
12:55 - 1:40 P.M. 2.5) National Academy of Sciences(NAS)/Biological Effects of
Ionizing Radiation: Evan Douple, Director
NAS Board on Radiation Effects Research
1:40 - 2:25 P.M. 2.6) University of Massachusetts: Dr. Edward J. Calabrese
Development of a Data Base on the Effects of Low
Doses of Ionizing Radiation and Its Application for
Assessing Radiation Hormesis as a Biological Hypothesis
2:25 - 2:55 P.M. 2.7) International Commission on Radiological Protection:
Charles Meinhold, Vice Chairman
3:25 - 3:40 P.M. 2.8) Health Physics Society (HPS): Keith Dinger, President
HPS Policy on Expenditure of Funds for Ionizing
Radiation Health Effects Studies
3:40 - 3:55 P.M. ***BREAK***
3:55 - 6:00 P.M. 2.9) Panel Discussion to include:
Alex Flint and Pete Lyons of Senator Domenici's staff
Art Upton, Marvin Frazier, Evan Douple, Charles Meinhold,
Keith Dinger, Jerry Puskin, Ralph Andersen, and Charles Land
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1999, TWO WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROOM 2B3, 11545 ROCKVILLE PIKE, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
3) 8:30 - 8:35 A.M. Opening Remarks by ACNW Chairman (Open) (BJG/RKM)
4) 8:35 - 12:00 NOON Low-Levels of Ionizing Radiation (Open) (RGW/HJL/MLT)
4.1) Continue panel discussion on this topic, as necessary
10:30 A.M. BREAK 4.2) Elements for an ACNW Report
12:00 - 1:00 P.M. ***LUNCH***
5) 1:00 - 3:00 P.M. Clearance Rule (Open) (RGW/HJL)
Frank Cardile, IMNS
Review progress on the development of a Clearance Rule for
materials and equipment having residual radioactive
contamination. This potential rulemaking is intended to focus on
levels above background for unrestricted use.
3:00 - 3:15 P.M. ***BREAK***
6) 3:15 - 5:30 P.M. Decommissioning Standard Review Plan (Open) (RGW/HJL)
Nick Orlando, NRC staff
The Committee will review progress in the development of this
document. The SRP will describe the NRC staff's review protocol
for reviewing requests to terminate a facility license.
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1999, TWO WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROOM, 2B3, 11545 ROCKVILLE PIKE, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
7) 8:30 - 8:35 A.M. Opening Remarks by ACNW Chairman (Open) (BJG/RKM)
8) 8:35 - 9:35 A.M. Committee Activities/Future Agenda (Open) (BJG/RKM)
8.1) Finalize Agenda for 109th ACNW Meeting, May 11-13,
1999
8.2) Review topics for Out Months
8.3) Review EDO response to recent Committee letters
8.4) Recent and Planned attendance at outside meetings
9) 11:00 - 4:00 P.M. Preparation of ACNW Reports (Open)
Discuss a possible report on the following topics:
9.1) DOE's Viability Assessment
9.2) ACNW Self Assessment
12:00-1:00 LUNCH) 9.3) ACNW Report on NRC's Waste Related Research
9.4) White Paper on Repository Design
9.5) Low-Levels of Ionizing Radiation
4:00 P.M. ADJOURN
- Presentation time should not exceed 50 percent of
the total time allocated for a specific item. The
remaining 50 percent of the time is reserved for
discussion.
- Number of slides/copies of the presentation materials
to be provided to the ACNW - 40
- ACNW schedules are subject to change. Presentations are
frequently canceled or rescheduled to another day.
If such a change would result in significant inconvenience
or hardship, be sure to verify the schedule with Mr. Richard
Major at (301) 415-7366 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
several days prior to the meeting.
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