ML20056E601
| ML20056E601 | |
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| Issue date: | 11/13/1992 |
| From: | Fraley R NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE (ACNW) |
| To: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| NACNUCLE, NUDOCS 9308240316 | |
| Download: ML20056E601 (6) | |
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November 13, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR:
James M. Taylor Executive Director for Operations
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SUBJECT:
47TH ACNW MEETING FOLLOW-UP ITEMS Based on discussions regarding methods for improving implementation and follow-up of ACNW recommendations, a summary of " Actions, Agreements, Assignments, and Requests" made during each ACNW meeting is sent to your office following each meeting.
Attached is a summary of the " Actions, Agreements, Assignments, and Requests" made at the 47th ACNW meeting, October 21, 1992, that deal with requests made of the NRC staff or matters that are pertinent to NRC staff activities.
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Bernero, NMSS T.
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1 ACTIONS, AGREEMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS, AND REQUESTS 47TH ACNW MEETING OCTOBER 21, 1992 l
During its 47th meeting, October 21, 1992, held at the St. Tropez l
Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, the Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste discussed several matters.
HIGHLIGHTS OF KEY ISSUES CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE 1.
Work in Proaress at the HLW Repository The Committee was briefed by Mr. Carl Gertz, DOE Project Manager, and staff of the Yucca Mountain Project Office, on the proposed Yucca Mountain High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) repository site characterization work accomplished in FY 1992 and the strategy for future activities (FY 1993 goals).
Mr.
Mark Tynan noted that the geophysics integration initiative is in the planning stage,
- however, the Yucca Mountain Project Office will provide related interin reports e
to the Committee as they become available.
Mr. Tynan also noted that no groundwater mapping will take place until 1994.
l This briefing was for information only.
No action was taken by the Committee during this meeting.
Action will be taken by the Committee as appropriate information is developed regarding the site characterization.
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Little Skull Mountain Earthauake The Committee was briefed by Dr. James Brune, University of Nevada, Reno, on the magnitude 5.6 earthquake that occurred on i
June 29, 1992, in the southeast corner of the Nevada Test Site 20 kilometers from the proposed Yucca Mountain High-Level.
Waste site. The Little Skull Mountain Earthquake was believed to be triggered by the Landers Earthquake, some 240 kilometers
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away, located on the San Andreas Fault in California.
Dr.
Brune stated that the effects on the repository would have been minimal.
Additional analyses are underway.
This briefing was for information only.
No action was taken by the Committee.
Members of the Committee have an interest in receiving additional information regarding this matter as it is made available.
3.
Working Group Report on Natural Resources The Committee heard a report from Dr. Hinze, Chairman of the Working Group on the Potential for the Presence of Natural Resources at a Proposed High-Level Waste Repository Site, on l
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i the meeting held October 20, 1992.
The Working Group dis-cussed methodologies for the assessment of the potential for the presence of significant natural resources at the proposed high-level waste repository site at Yucca Mountain. The focus i
of this meeting was on the potential presence of hydrocarbons and precious metals. The relationship between future explora-j tion for such resources and the potential for human intrusion i
was emphasized.
j Dr. Hinze recommended that the Committee consider scheduling working group meetings on water resources and geothermal resources at the proposed high-level waste repository site.
i The Committee agreed to consider this suggestion.
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action was taken by the Committee.
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Comments on the Proposed HLW Repositorv The Committee heard from State Senator Thomas Hickey, Chairman of the State of Nevada's Legislative Commission's Committee on High-Level Radioactive Waste, Mr.
Carl Johnson, State of Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office, Mr. Calvin Meyers, Moapa Band of Paiutes, and representatives of Clark and Nye Coun-ties, as well as a concerned local citizen, on the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository.
This briefing was for information only.
No action was taken by the Committee.
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Systems Analysis Approach The Committee continued its discussions of a supplemental request from Chairman Selin on a systems analysis approach to i
reviewing the overall high-level waste program. The Committee reviewed a draf t report, dated October 18, 1992, and agreed to continue further discussions during the 48th ACNW Committee meeting, at which time, the Committee hopes to issue a final l
report.
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Site Visits After the Full Committee Meetina On Thursday, October 22, 1992, the Committee visited and toured the DOE Remote Sensing Laboratory, located at Nellis Air Force Base in north Las Vegas.
The Committee also visited the Yucca Mountain Project Office and was briefed on the DOE Geographic Nodal Information Study and Evaluation System (GENISES) database.
The GENISES database is intended to maintain a repository for technical data obtained as a result j
of site characterization data collection activities.
Two members of the Committee were briefed on OCRWM's Information
- Storage, Retrieval, and Access Management System (InfoSTREAMS), and on the results of the survey of the "X"
Tunnel following the Little Skull Mountain Earthquake.
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l October 21, 1992 On Friday, October 23, 1992, two members and several ACNW staff toured the summit of Yucca Mountain, several study trenches, Ghost Dance Fault, prototype LM-300 drill rig, Sample Management Facility and Geoscience Laboratory, and the "X" Tunnel in Little Skull Mountain.
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ACNW Future Activities l
The members recommended that Mr. Donald Jose Esq. and Mr.
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I James Wolf, OGC, be invited to brief the Committee on a court decision on the use of expert judgment.
I The members recommended that Mr. Robert Bernero, NMSS, be e
invited to brief the Committee on the new Energy Policy legislation, H.R.
776.
Appendix A summarizes the proposed items endorsed by the Committe'e for the 4 8th ACNW Meeting November 19-20, 1992, and future Working Group meetings.
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October 21, 1992 APPENDIX A.
FUTURE SCHEDULE 48th ACNW Committee Meeting November 19-20, 1992 (Tentative Schedule)
Sitino of a Low-Level Waste Facility (Open)
The Committee will be briefed by a representative of the Connecticut Department of Health Services on the role and perspectives of a State Department of Health regarding the siting of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.
Staff Technical Position on Fault Avoidance (Open)
The Committee will be briefed by the NRC staff on a draft Staff Technical Position on Fault Avoidance.
i' National Profile of Mixed Wastes (Open)
- The Committee will be briefed by the NRC staff on a national profile of mixed wastes.
Residual Levels of Radionuclides (Open)
- The Committee will be briefed by the NRC staff on the status of enhanced participatory rulemaking related to residual levels of radionuclides acceptable following decontamination of facilities.
Meetina with the Director General of the British Nuclear Forum (Open/ Closed)
- The Committee will meet with the Director General of the British Nuclear Forum to discuss items of mutual interest.
Chairman's Report on the Impact of Lona-Rance Climate Chance in the Area of the Southern Basin and Rance Workina Grouo Meetina. (Open)
The Committee will be briefed on the Working Group meeting on the Impact of Long-Range Climate Change in the Area of the Southern Basin and Range Working, held November 18, 1992, National Enercy Policy Act (Open)
The Committee will be briefed by the Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, on the recently passed National Energy Policy Mt, its potential implications to the NRC, and other items of mutual interest.
Systems Analysis Approach (Open)
- The Committee will complete a response to a supplemental request from Chairman Selin on a systems analysis approach to reviewing the overall high-level waste program.
Committee Activities (Open/ Closed)
The Committee will discuss anticipated and proposed Committee activities, future meeting
- agenda, and organizational matters, as appropriate, including nomination of ACNW officers for 1993.
Also, the members will discuss matters and specific issues that were not completed during previous meetings.
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October 21, 1992 Working Group Meetings i
The Impact of Lona-Rance Climate Chance in the Area of the Southern Basin and Rance, November 18, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (Giorgio Gnugnoli)
The Working Group will discuss the significance of climate change as it may impact the performance of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository over the next 10,000 years.
Specific topics include data identification, acquisition and interpretations, that can be used to predict potential changes to natural conditions at the site.
Quality assurance and use of data in developing and validating computer models for predicting global and regional climate, as well as for characterizing the uncertainty in such predications will also be discussed.
Performance Assessment in Mich-Level Radioactive Waste, December 16, 1992, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (Giorgio Gnugnoli)
I The Working Group will be briefed by DOE representatives on the status of the DOE's Total System Performance Assessment.
- Also, this Working Group will discuss the progress of Phase 2 and i
planning for Phase 3 of the HLW Iterative Performance Assessment.
effort by NRC.
Syneraistic Data Needs for Resolvina Volcanic and Tectonic Concerns at Yucca Mountain, (Date to be determined), 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD (Howard Larson/Lynn Deering)
The Working Group will attempt to determine what data are necessary to resolve and/or move toward closure in the subject areas.
An area of focus will be how data should be integrated, including data related to heat flow, strain, geophysics, and seismic monitoring. The Working Group will attempt to determine how and by whom those data will be analyzed.
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