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.