110TH ACNW Full Committee Meeting, June 25th, 1999

 
Revised: June 25, 1999
 
SCHEDULE AND OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION
 110TH ACNW MEETING
 SAN ANTONIO, TX
 JUNE 28-30, 1999 



Monday, June 28, 1999, CNWRA, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road,  San Antonio, Texas - Building 189



1)   8:30-10:00 a.m.    Program Overview - Progress Toward KTI Resolution (Sagar)

                        (Garrick/Larson)

                        -Program Milestones

                        -Status of Issue Resolution, Yucca Mountain Review Plan, and

                         TPA 2 Auxiliary Codes



     10:00-10:15 a.m.   ***Break***



2)   10:15-11:00 a.m.   Risk Informing the Planning and Prioritizing Process

                        (Reamer) (Garrick/Larson)

                        -Approach to planning, reprioritizing KTIs, and allocating

                         resources

                        -An example of using this approach (repository design)(Reamer)



3)   11:00-12:00 Noon   Developing the NRC/CNWRA Review Capability (Patrick)

                        (Garrick/Larson)

                        -Current and planned staff, and use of outside experts

                        -Laboratory, field and analytical facilities



     12:00-1:30 p.m.    ***Lunch***



4)    1:30-3:45 p.m.    Evaluating and Explaining Contributions to Risk (Eisenberg)

                        (Garrick/Campbell)

                        -Sensitivity studies (Codell)

                        -Parameter tree processor (Wittmeyer)

                        -Importance analysis (Eisenberg)



      3:45-4:00 p.m.    ***Break***



5)    4:00-5:00 p.m.    Investigating the Risk Contribution of Igneous Activity

                        (Trapp/Brittian Hill)(Hornberger/Deering)

                        -Risk insights from performance assessment

                        -Technical basis and uncertainties in probability

                        -Recent interactions with DOE, progress, and path forward



6)    5:00-6:00 p.m.    Committee Activities/Future Agenda (Garrick/Larson)

                        -Finalize Agenda for 111th ACNW Meeting, July 19-21, 1999

                        -Review topics for out months

                        -Review EDO response to recent ACNW letters (if any)

                        -Recent and planned attendance at outside meetings

                         .American Rock Mechanics Association (Fairhurst/Deering)

                         .Communications Training (Deering)

                        -Discussion of possible reports

                         .White paper on Repository Design (Fairhurst)

                         .White paper on Near-Field Chemistry Considerations - Status

                          (Wymer)



      6:00 p.m.         ***Adjourn*** 





Tuesday, June 29, 1999, CNWRA, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road,  San Antonio, Texas - Building 189



7)    8:30-9:30 a.m.    Repository Design and Thermal-Mechanical Effects

                        (Nataraja/Hsiung) (Fairhurst/Larson)

                        -Pre-closure design and integrated safety assessment

                        -Inputs to post-closure performance (thermal-mechanical and

                         seismic effects)

                        -Risk insights from performance assessments

                        -Response to DOE design changes, progress, and path forward



8)    9:30-10:30 a.m.   Thermal Effects on Flow (Pohle/Green) (Hornberger/Deering)

                        -Thermal-hydrological effects on performance

                        -Risk insights from performance assessments

                        -Response to DOE design changes, progress, and path forward



     10:30-10:45 a.m.   ***Break***



9)   10:45-11:45 a.m.   Evolution of the Near-Field Environment (Leslie/Murphy)

                        (Wymer/Campbell)

                        -Thermal-hydro-chemical effects on performance

                        -Summary of current technical basis

                        -Risk insights from performance assessment

                        -Response to DOE design changes, progress, and path forward



     11:45-1:00 p.m.    ***Lunch***



10)   1:00-3:00 p.m.    Laboratory Visits and Discussions (Various) (All)

                        -Hydrology and thermal-hydrology

                        -Geochemistry and radionuclide transport

                        -Structural geological modeling

                        -Materials performance (metals and glass waste form)



      3:00-3:15 p.m.    ***Break***



11)   3:15-4:30 p.m.    Container Life and Source Term (Ahn/Cragnolino)

                        (Wymer/Campbell)

                        -Risk insights from performance assessment

                        -Summary of current technical basis

                        -Corrosion of candidate alloys

                        -Waste forms studies

                        -Response to DOE design changes, flexibility in the

                         confirmatory testing program, progress, and path forward



      4:30-5:00 p.m.    Open Discussion



      5:00 p.m.         ***Adjourn*** 





Wednesday, June 30, 1999, CNWRA, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road,  San Antonio, Texas - Building 189



12)   8:30-10:00 a.m.   DEIS Review Guidance (including transportation) (Lee)

                        (Fairhurst/Larson)



     10:00-10:15 a.m.   ***Break***



13)  10:15-11:30 a.m.   Defense in Depth (the Multiple Barriers Approach)

                        (McConnell) (Hornberger/Deering)



     11:30-12:00 Noon   Discussion



     12:00 Noon         ***Adjourn***







Notes: 



1) All sessions are open.



2) Sessions on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday a.m. will be video-conferenced with the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Headquarters building (Two White Flint North) and DOE

location in Las Vegas, NV. (Contact: S. Wastler, NMSS).



3) After lunch, during the afternoon, Members will hold separate informal technical meetings with

the Center Staff on selected topics.  Currently, the following topics have been arranged:



     -Post-processor status, including scenario analysis methods (Garrick/Campbell)

     -Repository design topics (Fairhurst/Larson)

     -Natural system topics (Hornberger/Deering)

     -Chemistry models used in analyses (Wymer/Campbell)

     -Others TBD