106th ACNW Full Committee Meeting, February 19, 1999

February 19, 1999
 
SCHEDULE AND OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION
 106TH ACNW MEETING
 FEBRUARY 23-25, 1999 



Tuesday, February 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)

                         1.1) Opening Statement (BJG/RKM)

                         1.2) Items of Interest (BJG/RKM)



2)   8:40 - 10:10 A.M.  Department of Energy's (DOE) License Application Design

                         Selection (LADS) Presentation (Open) GMH/ACC)

                         A presentation on the LADS process - Ric Craun, DOE

                         . Description of Process

                         . Culling down the number of options

                         . Considerations for Engineered and Natural Barriers



     10:10 - 10:25 A.M. ***BREAK***



3)   10:25 - 11:30 A.M. Meeting with John Greeves, NRC's Director, Division of Waste

                         Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

                         (Open) BJG/RKM)

                         A current events discussion with the Director to discuss

                         development at Yucca Mountain, rules and guidance under

                         development, resources, and other issues of mutual interest.

                         Including: Technical Assistance being conducted in the area of

                         high-level waste.



     11:30 - 12:30 P.M. ***LUNCH***



4)   12:30 - 2:00 P.M.  Waste Related Research Activities of the NRC (Open) (GMH/HJL)

                         The Committee will review nuclear waste related research and

                         technical assistance underway in the agency in preparation for a

                         report to the Commission



5)   2:00 - 3:00 P.M.   Prepare for next meeting with the Commission (Open)

                         Discuss topics and presentations for the next meeting with the

                         Commission on March 17, 1999 from 9:00 - 11:30 A.M. the topic

                         for discussion will be - Viability Assessment for a Repository at

                         Yucca Mountain



     3:00 - 3:15 P.M.   ***BREAK***



6)   3:15 - 6:00 P.M.   Preparation of ACNW Reports (Open)

                         Discuss a possible report on the following topics:

                         6.1) ACNW Self Assessment

                         6.2) NRC's Waste Related Research and Technical Assistance

                              Program

                         6.3) Viability Assessment

                         6.4) White Paper on Repository Design Issues



     6:00 P.M.          ***RECESS***



Wednesday, February 24, 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 - 12:00 NOON  DOE Presentation on the Viability Assessment of a Repository at

                         Yucca Mountain (Open) (GMH/ACC)

10:30-10:45 A.M.BREAK    8.1) Future course of Yucca Mountain project - Lake Barrett,

                              Acting Director, OCRWM

                         8.2) License Application Plan overview - Carol Hanlon, YMPO

                         8.3) Waste Package Corrosion - David Stahl

                         8.4) Seepage in Drifts - Ernie Harden

                         8.5) UZ Flow and Transport - Ernie Harden



     12:00 - 1:00 P.M.  ***LUNCH***



9)   1:00 - 4:00 P.M.   NRC Staff Presentation on the Viability Assessment of a

                         Repository at Yucca Mountain (Open) (GMH/ACC)

                         9.1) Programatic Issues

                         9.2) Technical Issues with VA



10)  4:00 - 5:30 P.M.   Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Presentation of 1999 High-Level

                         Waste Initiatives (Open) (BJG/RKM)

                         Discussions with the following:

                         Marvin Fertel, Senior Vice President

                         Steven Kraft, Director, Spent Nuclear Fuel Program

                         Ralph Andersen, Senior Project Manager

                         Rodney McCullum, Senior Project Manager



     5:30 P.M.          ***RECESS***



Thursday, February 25,1999, Two White Flint North, Room 2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike,  Rockville, Maryland



11)  8:30 - 8:35 A.M.   Opening Remarks by ACNW Chairman (Open) (BJG/RKM)



12)  8:35 - 10:30 A.M.  Committee Activities/Future Agenda (Open) (BJG/RKM)

                         12.1) Finalize Agenda for 107th ACNW Meeting, March 23-

                               25,1999

                         12.2) Review topics for out months

                         12.3) Review EDO response to recent Committee letters

                         12.4) Recent and planned attendance of outside meetings



13)  10:30 - 12:00 Noon Continue preparation of ACNW Reports as noted in item 6 (Open)



     12:00 - 1:00 P.M.  ***LUNCH***



14)  1:00 - 3:00 P.M.   Continue to prepare for next meeting with the Commissioners as

                            noted in item 5 (Open)



    3:00 P.M.           ***ADJOURN***



NOTE:

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 copies of the presentation materials to be provided to the ACNW - 35.