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No. 03-031 March 18, 2003

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE

TO MEET MARCH 25 - 27 IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will

hold a meeting from March 25 to 27 in Rockville, Md., to discuss items related to the proposed

repository for high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nev.

The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in Room T-2B3 of the agency’s Two

White Flint North Building, at 11545 Rockville Pike. It will begin at 10 a.m. on March 25, and at 8:30

a.m. on March 26 and 27.

A complete agenda is attached.

For additional information or schedule changes, please contact Howard Larson at 301-415-6805.
ACNW AGENDA

TUESDAY

10:00 - 10:10 A.M.: Introductory Comments, Statement of Objectives and Overview

10:10 - 11:10 A.M.: Keynote Presentation:

Presentation and discussion on “Realism in Simulating Long-Term Waste

Package Corrosion and Source Term.”

11:10 - 11:35 A.M.: Introduction to the Department of Energy’s Total System Performance

Assessment (TSPA) Model

Presentation by and discussion with a DOE representative regarding the

TSPA.

11:35 A.M. - Noon: Introduction to NRC’s Total-System Performance Assessment (TPA)

Presentations by and discussions with representatives of the NRC’s Office

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)/Division of Waste

Management (DWM) regarding the TPA.

NOON - 1:00 P.M. ***LUNCH***

1:00 - 2:45 P.M.: Overview of TSPA and TPA: Assumptions and Differences in Approach

Overview presentations by and discussions with representatives of the

DWM and DOE on the TSPA and TPA, focusing on:

Infiltration/tunnel dripping; Source Term; Near Field; Unsaturated Zone;

Saturated Zone; and Biosphere and dose.

2:45 - 3:00 P.M. ***BREAK***

3:00 - 5:00 P.M.: Source Term Module

Presentations by and discussions with representatives from DWM and

DOE regarding the source term module.

5:00 - 5:30 P.M.: Public Comments

WEDNESDAY

8:30 - 8:35 A.M.: Opening Statement

8:35 - 10:35 A.M.: Simplified Models of Key Contributors to Dose Traced through Various Modules
Presentations by and discussions with representatives of the DWM and

DOE regarding key contributors as traced through various TSPA/TPA

modules, including: Infiltration/tunnel dripping; 

Source Term; Near Field; Unsaturated Zone; Saturated Zone; and

Biosphere and dose.

10:30 - 10:50 A.M. ***BREAK***

10:50 A.M. - 12:45 P.M.: Presentations by representatives of the State of Nevada,

Counties, Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, and Electric Power Research Institute

Presentations by and discussions with representatives of the State of

Nevada, Counties, the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, and the Electric Power

Research Institute.

12:45 - 1:00 P.M. ***BREAK***

1:00 - 2:00 P.M.: Working Group Roundtable Panel Discussion

2:00 - 3:15 P.M. ***LUNCH***

3:15 - 4:15 P.M.: Committee Summary Discussion

4:15 - 4:30 P.M. ***BREAK***

4:30 - 5:20 P.M. Public Comments

5:20 - 5:30 P.M.: Closing Comments by Working Group Chairman

5:30 - 6:15 P.M.: Preparation of ACNW Report

Discussion of principal points to be included in a proposed ACNW report

on the TSPA/TPA Working Group.

THURSDAY

8:30 - 8:35 A.M.: Opening Statement by the ACNW Chairman

8:35 - 9:10 A.M.: NRC/EPA Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Related to Decommissioning

and Decontainmination of Contaminated Sites

Presentations by and discussions with NRC staff representatives

regarding the October 2002 MOU between the NRC and the

Environmental Protection Agency.

9:10 - 9:45 A.M.: Discussion of Self-Assessment Survey Preliminary Results
9:45 - 10:00 A.M. ***BREAK***

10:00 A. M. - Noon: ACNW Action Plan

Discussion of an update to the ACNW 2002-2003 Action Plan.

Noon - 1:00 P.M. ***LUNCH***

1:00 - 2:45 P.M.: ACNW Action Plan (Continued)

2:45 - 3:00 P.M. Miscellaneous

Discussion of matters related to Committee activities and matters and specific

issues that were not completed during previous meetings, as time and

availability of information permit.

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