NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, ON MAY 15-17

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) has scheduled a meeting in Rockville, Maryland, on May 15-17.

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, beginning at 8:30 a.m. each day. The complete agenda is attached.

Those who wish to make oral or written statements, or seek additional information on the meeting or changes to the agenda should contact Howard Larson, at 301-415-6805. ACNW meeting notices, transcripts and letters are available on the internet, at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/advisory.html.

ACNW Agenda

Tuesday, May 15, 2001

8:30 - 10:15 A.M.: Opening Statement/Planning and Procedures (Open) - The Chairman will open the meeting with brief remarks. The Committee will then review items under consideration at this meeting and consider topics proposed for future ACNW meetings.

10:30 - 11:30 A.M. and 1:30 - 2:30 P.M.: Key Technical Issues (KTIs) - Vertical Slice Report (Open) - The Committee members will present a progress report on their assigned KTIs.

2:30 - 3:30 P.M.: Break and Preparation of Draft ACNW Reports (Open) - Cognizant ACNW members will prepare draft reports, as needed, for consideration by the full Committee.

3:30 - 5:30 P.M.: Discussion of Proposed ACNW Reports (Open) - The Committee will discuss proposed ACNW reports on Entombment, Proposed Revisions to 10 CFR Part 71, High Level Waste Chemistry and the Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) on the March 22, 2001, ACNW Commission briefing.

Wednesday, May 16, 2001

8:30 - 8:40 A.M.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman (Open) - The ACNW Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of the meeting.

8:40 - 10:15 A.M.: Overview of Sequoyah Fuels (Open) - The Committee will receive an information briefing from the NRC staff on the current status of activities at the Sequoyah Fuels Corporation Facility.

10:30 - 12:00 Noon.: Yucca Mountain Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) (tentative) (Open) - The Committee will receive an update from a DOE representative on the DEIS for the proposed high level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

1:00 - 2:00 P.M.: Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Yucca Mountain (tentative) (Open) - The Committee will receive an information briefing from the NRC staff on their plans to review the DOE DEIS for the proposed HLW repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

2:00 - 3:00 P.M.: Break and Preparation of Draft ACNW Reports (Open) - Cognizant ACNW members will prepare draft reports, as needed, for consideration by the full Committee.

3:00 - 5:00 P.M.: Discussion of Proposed ACNW Reports (Open) - The Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACNW reports.

Thursday, May 17, 2001

8:30 - 8:35 A.M.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman (Open) - The ACNW Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of the meeting.

8:35 - 10:00 A.M.: Meeting Reports (Open) - The Committee will hear reports from the members and staff on meetings attended since the 125^th ACNW Meeting, including the National Research Council Meeting on their report on long-term institutional control, the 9^th International HLW Conference and the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Spring Meeting.

10:15 - 12:00 Noon: Discussion of Proposed ACNW Reports (Open) - The Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACNW reports.

1:00 - 1:30 P.M.: Miscellaneous (Open) - The Committee will discuss matters related to the conduct of 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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