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
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