109th ACNW Full Committee Meeting, April 27, 1999

April 27, 1999
 
 
SCHEDULE AND OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION
 109TH ACNW MEETING
 MAY 11-13, 1999 





Tuesday, May 11, 1999, Two White Flint North, Room 2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike,  Rockville, Maryland



1)   8:30 - 12:30 P.M.   Joint ACRS/ACNW Working Group on Risk-Informed Regulation

                         (Open) (Apostalakis/Kress/Garrick/Hornberger-Sorensen-

                         Campbell)

                         The joint working group will discuss a framework for risk-informed

                         regulation in NRC's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and

                         Safeguards



     12:30 - 1:30 P.M.   ***LUNCH***



2)    1:30 - 3:30 P.M.   ACNW Planning Procedures (Open) (BJG/RKM)

                         2.1) Preview issues for 109th ACNW meeting

                         2.2) Finalize agenda for 110th ACNW meeting, June 28-30,

                              1999 in San Antonio, Tx

                         2.3) Review EDO responses to Committee letters

                         2.4) Recent and planned attendance at outside meetings



      3:30 - 3:45 P.M.   ***BREAK***



3)    3:45 - 5:30 P.M.   Yucca Mountain Review Plan (Open) (GMH/HJL)

                         The NRC staff will describe the strategy for converting the Issue

                         Resolution Status Reports for the proposed high-level repository at

                         Yucca Mountain into a review plan for the repository license

                         application - (Christiana Lui)



      5:30 P.M.          RECESS



Wednesday, May 12, 1999, Two White Flint North, Room 2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike,  Rockville, Maryland



4)    8:30 - 12:30 P.M.  Risk Communication (Open) (BJG/LGD)

                         The ACNW will discuss recent experience and plans for improving

                         risk communication and public outreach with representatives of

                         the:

                         a) The Environmental Protection Agency

                         b) The NRC staff

                         c) The Nuclear Energy Institute



      12:30 - 1:30 P.M.  ***LUNCH***



5)     1:30 - 3:00 P.M.  Meeting with NRC's Executive Director for Operations, (EDO) Dr.

                         William D. Travers, and NRC's Deputy Executive Director for

                         Regulatory Programs, (DEDR) Mr. Frank J. Miraglia, (Open)

                         (BJG/RKM)

                         The Committee will meet with the EDO and DEDR to discuss

                         items of mutual interest.



6)     3:00 - 5:30 P.M.  Preparation of ACNW Reports (Open)

                         Discuss a possible report on the following topics:

                         6.1) Low-Levels of Ionizing Radiation (GMH/HJL-MLT)

                         6.2) White Paper on Repository Design (CF/LGD)

                         6.3) Waste Related Research and Technical Assistance

                              (GMH/HJL)



       5:30 P.M.         RECESS



Thursday, May 13, 1999, Two White Flint North, Room 2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike,  Rockville, Maryland



7)   8:30 - 4:00 P.M.    Continue preparation of ACNW reports noted in item 6 (Open)



     4:00 P.M.           ADJOURN





NOTE:



o  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.



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



o  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.