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[200]°F while imposing MODE 4 

requirements in addition to the 

secondary containment requirements 

required to be met. No new operational 

conditions beyond those currently 

allowed by LCO 3.10.1 are introduced. 

The changes do not involve a physical 

alteration of the plant (i.e., no new or 

different type of equipment will be 

installed) or a change in the methods 

governing normal plant operation. In 

addition, the changes do not impose any 

new or different requirements or 

eliminate any existing requirements. 

The changes do not alter assumptions 

made in the safety analysis. The 

proposed changes are consistent with 

the safety analysis assumptions and 

current plant operating practice. 

Therefore, the proposed change does not 

create the possibility of a new or 

different kind of accident from any 

accident previously evaluated. 

Criterion 3: The proposed change does 

not involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. 

Technical Specifications currently 

allow for operation at greater than 

[200]°F while imposing MODE 4 

requirements in addition to the 

secondary containment requirements 

required to be met. Extending the 

activities that can apply this allowance 

will not adversely impact any margin of 

safety. Allowing completion of 

inspections and testing and supporting 

completion of scram time testing 

initiated in conjunction with an 

inservice leak or hydrostatic test prior to 

power operation results in enhanced 

safe operations by eliminating 

unnecessary maneuvers to control 

reactor temperature and pressure. 

Therefore, the proposed change does not 

involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. 

Based on the above, the NRC 

concludes that the proposed change 

presents no significant hazards 

consideration under the standards set 

forth in 10 CFR 50.92(c), and, 

accordingly, a finding of no significant 

hazards consideration is justified. 

Principal Contributor: Aron Lewin. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 15th day 

of August 2006. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Timothy Kobetz, 

Branch Chief, Technical Specifications 

Branch, Division of Inspections and Regional 

Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E6–13715 Filed 8–18–06; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL 

REVIEW BOARD 

Notice of a Meeting; Yucca Mountain, 

NV 

Workshop: September 25–26, 2006—

Las Vegas, Nevada; The U.S. Nuclear 

Waste Technical Review board will host 

a workshop on the potential for 

localized corrosion of Alloy-22, the 

material that has been proposed for 

waste packages in which spent nuclear 

fuel and high-level radioactive waste 

will be disposed of inside the proposed 

Yucca Mountain repository. 

Pursuant to its authority under 

section 5051 of Public Law 100–203, 

Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act 

of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear Waste 

Technical Review Board will host a 

workshop on localized corrosion in Las 

Vegas, Nevada. The focus of the 

workshop will be the potential for 

localized corrosion of Alloy-22 under 

aqueous conditions that might exist in 

a proposed Yucca Mountain repository. 

Alloy-22 is a material that has been 

proposed for waste packages in which 

spent nuclear fuel and high-level 

radioactive waste will be disposed of 

inside the proposed repository. Among 

the workshop topics will be results of 

recent and ongoing testing related to 

evolution of aqueous environments in 

the repository and the potential 

initiation, propagation, cessation, and 

consequences of localized corrosion of 

Alloy-22. The Board was charged in the 

Nuclear Waste Amendments Act of 1987 

with conducting an independent review 

of the technical and scientific validity of 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 

activities related to disposing, 

packaging, and transporting of spent 

nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive 

waste. 

The workshop agenda will be 

available on the Board’s Web site 

http://www.nwtrb.gov) approximately 

one week before the date of the 

workshop. The agenda also may be 

obtained by telephone request at that 

time. The workshop will be open to the 

public, and opportunities for public 

comment will be provided. Transcripts 

of the workshop proceedings and 

overheads from workshop presentations 

will be available on the Board’s Web site 

approximately three weeks after the 

workshop date. 

The workshop will be held at the Las 

Vegas Marriott Suites; 325 Convention 

Center Drive; Las Vegas, Nevada 89109; 

telephone 702–650–2000; fax 702–650–

9466. 

The workshop will begin Monday 

afternoon with introductions of the 

participants; presentations of the ground 

rules; and a discussion of possible waste 

package environments, including data 

obtained from current and ongoing tests, 

interpretation of the data, and modeling 

used to project possible waste package 

environments. 

On Tuesday morning, the workshop 

will reconvene, and discussions will 

focus on testing related to the potential 

for localized corrosion of the Alloy-22 

waste packages. The discussions will 

continue until late afternoon, when the 

workshop will adjourn. 

Time will be set aside during the 

workshop for public comments. Those 

wanting to speak are encouraged to sign 

the ‘‘Public Comment Register’’ at the 

check-in-table. A time limit may have to 

be set on individual remarks, but 

written comments of any length may be 

submitted for the record. 

Transcripts of the workshop will be 

available on the Board’s Web site, by email, on computer disk, and on a 

library-loan basis in paper format from 

Davonya Barnes of the Board’s staff no 

later than October 19, 2006. 

A block of rooms has been reserved 

for workshop attendees and participants 

at the Las Vegas Marriott Suites. When 

making a reservation, please state that 

you will be attending the Nuclear Waste 

Technical Review Board workshop. 

Reservations should be made by 

September 1, 2006, to ensure receiving 

the workshop rate. 

For more information, contact Karyn 

Severson, NWTRB External Affairs; 

2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300; 

Arlington, VA 22201–3367; 703–235–

4473; fax 703–235–4495. 

Dated: August 16, 2006. 

William D. Barnard, 

Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical 

Review Board. 

[FR Doc. 06–7049 Filed 8–18–06; 8:45am] 

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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL 

REVIEW BOARD 

Notice of a Board Meeting; Amargosa 

Valley, NV 

Board meeting: September 27, 2006—

Amargosa Valley, Nevada; The U.S. 

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board 

will meet to discuss U.S. Department of 

Energy efforts to develop and articulate 

a safety case for the proposed Yucca 

Mountain repository. 

Pursuant to its authority under 

section 5051 of Public Law 100–203, 

Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act 

of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear Waste 

Technical Review Board will meet in 

Amargosa Valley, Nevada, on 

Wednesday, September 27, 2006, to 


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