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 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

 Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200

 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: opa@nrc.gov 

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No. 02-105 September 5, 2002

NRC LICENSING SUPPORT NETWORK ADVISORY REVIEW PANEL 

TO MEET SEPTEMBER 18-19 IN LAS VEGAS

A Nuclear Regulatory Commission advisory review panel will meet September 18 and 19 in Las

Vegas to discuss an Internet-based system, known as the “Licensing Support Network,” that will

contain information related to a potential hearing on a high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca

Mountain, Nevada. The meeting is open to members of the public for observation, and time will be set

aside at the end of each day’s session for the public to ask questions or make brief comments. 

The meeting of the Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel will be held from 8:30

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on September 18, and from 8:30 a.m. to the close of business on September 19, at the

Alexis Park, 375 East Harmon Avenue. 

The Licensing Support Network is being developed so that all potential participants in the

license application hearing process for a high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain can make their

discovery documents available electronically through the participants’ individual web sites to the

network. 

The NRC chartered the advisory committee in 1989 to provide advice on network design,

operation, maintenance, and compliance monitoring. Panel members are from the NRC; the

Department of Energy; the State of Nevada; the Counties of Nye, Churchill, Clark, Esmeralda, Eureka,

Inyo, Lander, Lincoln, Mineral and White Pine; the National Congress of American Indians; the Nevada

Nuclear Waste Task Force; the Nuclear Energy Institute; the Environmental Protection Agency; and the

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. The Chairman of the panel is Andrew L. Bates of the NRC’s

Office of the Secretary of the Commission. 

For further information contact Dr. Bates at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the

Secretary, Mail Stop O-16 C1, Washington, DC 20555-0001; by telephone at 301-415-1963 or by

e-mail at ALB@NRC.GOV; or Jack G. Whetstine, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, Mail

Stop T-3 F23l, Washington, DC 20555-0001; by telephone at 301-415-7391; or by e-mail at

JGW@NRC.GOV. 
Interested persons may make oral presentations to the panel or file written statements. Oral

presentation requests should be made as far in advance of the meeting as possible to one of the contacts

listed so appropriate arrangements can be made. 

A copy of the preliminary meeting agenda is attached. 

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Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel Meeting 

Wednesday, September 18 

8:30 - 8:45 am LSNARP Chairman’s Opening Remarks - Andrew Bates, NRC 

8:45 - 9:30 am LSN Administrator Progress Report on Status of LSN; Panel Discussion;

Questions and Answers - Dan Graser, NRC

9:30 - 10:00 am LSN Project Manager Report on Status of Integration Efforts and Results of

System Security Risk Assessment Performed by NSA - Matt Schmit, NRC

10:00 - 10:15 am Break

10:15 - 10:45 am Experience of Local Government in Setting Up Web site to make documents

available To LSN (Lincoln and White Pine Counties) - Jason Pitts, Lincoln

County 

10:45 - 11:15 am Plans for Making DOE Documents Available - Harry Leake, DOE 

11:15 - 12:00 pm Identification of Participant Training Needs; Expectations for Use of the LSN;

Training Strategies and Approaches; Points of Contact for Coordination of

Training Efforts; Discussion - Dan Graser, NRC 

12:00 - 1:15 pm Lunch

1:15 - 1:45 pm Summary of Draft Regulatory Guide DG-3022, Proposed Revision 1 of

Regulatory Guide 3.69, Topical Guidelines for the Licensing Support Network -

Jeff Ciocco, NRC 

1:45 - 2:15 pm Review of Relevancy; Discussion (Introduced by Clark County) - Panel

2:15 - 2:45 pm Role of a Rural County in the Licensing; Distinction between Party with

Standing, Interested Governmental Party, etc. (Introduced by White Pine County)

- Panel 

2:45 - 3:15 pm Explain the Importance of Participation in the Licensing Support Network as a

Prerequisite for being a Participant in the Licensing Process (Introduced by White

Pine County) - Panel 

3:15 - 3:30 pm Break 

3:30 - 3:50 pm Overview of NRC Information Systems Supporting Subpart J Requirements - Jim

Schaeffer, NRC 

3:50 - 4:20 pm Summary of June 25-26 NRC/DOE Technical Exchange on Electronic

Submissions - Jeff Ciocco, NRC 

4:20 - Open Discussion and Public Comments on Wednesday Topics - Panel/Public 

Adjourn
Thursday, September 19, 2001

9:00 - 9:45 am Overview of NRC Plans for the Digital Courtroom Environment - Pat Smith,

NRC 

10:00 - 10:30 am Demonstration of Production Version 2.0 of the LSN - Matt Schmit, NRC

10:30 - 10:45 am Break

10:45 - 11:15 am Equipment and Software Products Useful for Small Collection Automation -

Joseph Turner, NRC 

10:45 - 11:15 am Public Access via NRC & DOE Reading Rooms and Nevada Libraries

11:15 -12:00 pm Public Access via NRC and DOE Reading Rooms and Nevada Libraries - Margie

Janney, NRC and DOE Representative 

12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 - 1:20 pm System Upgrade Prior to License Application - Matt Schmit, NRC 

1:20 - 1:35 pm Impact of Homeland Security Reviews on Document Access via the LSN - Dan

Graser, NRC 

1:35 - 2:30 pm Open Discussion and Public Comments on Thursday Topics - Panel/Public

Adjourn