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2009 Current FY Report: Review of Federal Advisory Committee 11/24/2009 9:24:01 AM Page 1 of 7 Committee Menu I. Department or Agency

2. Fiscal Year 2009 Nuclear Regulatory Commission

3. Committee or SubCommittee 3b. GSA Committee No.

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards 207

4. Is this New During Fiscal Year?

5. Current Charter

6. Expected Renewal Date

7. Expected Term Date No 12/11/2008 12/11/2010 8a. Was Terminated During FY?

8b. Specific Termination Authority Sc.Actual Termination Date No

9. Agency Recommendation for Next FY Continue I Oa. Legislation Req to Terminate0 No I Ob.Legislation Pending?

11. Establi shment Authority

12. Speci fi c Establishment Authority Statutory (Congress Created)

13. Effective Date

14. Committee Type Continuing 14c. Presidential?

42 U.S.C. Sect. 2039 & 2232 1/1/1957

15. Description of Committee Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board 16a. Total Number of Reports 65 16b. Report T itles and Dates Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 6.8, "Identification Plaque for Irretrievable Well-Logging Sources" Draft Final Revision to Regulatory Guides 1.114 and 3.11 Proposed Interim Staff Guidances (ISG) COL/ESP-ISG-004 and DC/COL-ISG-07.

Report on the Safety Aspects of the License Renewal Application for the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 Status of Resolution of Generic Safety Issue 191, "Assessment of Debris Accumulation on PWR Sump Performance."

ACRS Assessment of the Quality of NRC Research Projects - FY 2008 Interim Letter 5: Chapters 19 and 22 of the NRC Stafrs Safety Evaluation Report with Open Items Related to the Certification of the ESBWR Design Interim Letter 6: Chapters 7 and 14 of the NRC Stafrs Safety Evaluation Report with Open Items Related to the Certification of the ESBWR Design Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1204 Draft Final Revision to Regulatory Guides 1.125 and 3.25 Proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL-ISG-08 Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 3.38, "General Fire Protection Guide for Fuel Reprocessing Plants" No 10/8/2008 10/8/2008 10/8/2008 10/16/2008 10/22/2008 10/22/2008 10/29/2008 10/29/2008 11/11/2008 11/14/2008 11/14/2008 11/14/2008 White Paper on "Historical Perspectives and Insights on Reactor Consequence Analyses" 11/14/2008 Supple~ent 1 to_ NUREG-1875, "Safety Evaluation Report Related to License Renewal of Oyster Creek 1111412008 Generation Station" Proposed Rule Regarding Enhancements to Emergency Preparedness Regulations Tech.nical Basis and Rulemaking Strategy for the Revision of 10 CFR 50.46(b) Loss-of-Coolant Accident Embrittlement Criteria for Fuel Cladding Materials Final Review of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Early Site Permit Application and Limited Work Authorization Request and Associated Safety Evaluation Report Draft Regulatory Guides 1.189 (DG-1214), 1.28 (DG-1215), and (DG-5028)

SECY080197, Review of Options to Rev Rad. Protection Regs and Guidance with Respect to 2007 Recommendations of Int'! Comm. on Radiological Protection Draft Final Regulatory Guide DG-5021, "Managing the Safety/Security Interface."

ACRS Review of Steam Generator Action Plant Items Dft Fnl NUREG1855 Guid onTreatmt Uncerts Ass. w/PRAs in Risk-Infmd Decisionmkng & Dft App A Exp Implmtn of Proc for Treatmt of PRA Uncert in Risklnfmd Reg App Proposed Revision to Regulatory Guide 1.141 (DG-1213) https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp 12/10/2008 12/18/2008 12/22/2008 2/11/2009 2/18/2009 2/18/2009 2/18/2009 2/23/2009 3/12/2009 11 /24/2009

Proposed Revisions to Regulatory Guide 1.205 (DG-1218) and Standard Review Plan Section 9.5.1.2 Draft Final Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide 10.4 Draft Final Rule 10 CFR 50.61a, Alternate Fracture Toughness Requirements for Protection Against Pressurized Thermal Shock Events 3/12/2009 3/12/2009 3/13/2009 Crediting Containment Overpressure in Meeting Net Positive Suction Head Reqd to Demonstrate that 311812009 the Safety Systems Can Mitigate Accidents as Designed Draft Final Regulatory Guide 5.73, "Fatigue Management of Power Plant Personnel" Draft Final Regulatory Guide 5.71, "Cyber Security Programs for Nuclear Facilities" Draft Final Rev 2 to Reg Guide 1.200, An Approach for Determining the Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results for Risk-Informed Activities 3/19/2009 3/19/2009 4/9/2009 Proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.65 (DG-1211), Materials and Inspections for Reactor Vessel 41912009 Closure Studs Draft Final Regulatory Guides Report on the Safety Aspects of the License Renewal Application for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 Draft Final RG 1.211, Qualification of Safety-Related Cables and Field Splices for Nuclear Power Plants Digital l&C Interim Staff Guidances 5, Highly-Integrated Control Room-Human Factors Issues, and 6, Licensing Process Draft Final Regulatory Guide 1.214 (DG-1212), Response Procedures for Potential or Actual Aircraft Attacks Proposed Resolution of Generic Safety Issue - 163, Multiple Steam Generator Tube Leakage Draft Final Regulatory Guides 1.47, 1.69, and 3.52 Proposed Revisions to Regulatory Guides 1.34, 1.43, 1.44, 1.50, 1.84, 1.147, and 1.193 Proposed Revisions to Regulatory Guides 1.174, 1.177, 1.40, 1.68.2, 1.159, DG-3037, and 1.183 Report on the Safety Aspects of the License Renewal Application for the National Institute of Standards and Technology Reactor Drft Fnl Rev 2 to Reg Guides 1.21, Measuring, Evaluating & Reptg Rad Matt in Liquid & Gaseous Effluents & Sol Wste & 4.1 Radiological Environmtl Monitrg for NPP Safety Evaluation for the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Topical Report MUAP-07006-P, Revision 2, Defense-In-Depth and Diversity, Related to US-APWR Design Supplement 1 to NUREG-1907, "Safety Evaluation Report Related to License Renewal of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Proposed Revisions to Regulatory Guides 1.11, 2.5, 3.39, 5.10, 5.15, and DG-8039 4/9/2009 4/17/2009 4/21/2009 4/21/2009 5/18/2009 5/20/2009 5/20/2009 5/20/2009 6/9/2009 6/16/2009 6/17/2009 6/25/2009 7/15/2009 7/21/2009 Proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 4.2 Supplement 1 (DG-4015), "Preparation of Environmental 712112009 Reports for Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Applications" Letter from Citizen Power and Beyond Nuclear Concerning the License Renewal for the Beaver Valley 712112009 Power Station Withdrawal of Regulatory Guides 7.2, 1.16, 6.3, and 1.135 7/22/2009 Draft Template NEI-08-08, "Generic FSAR Template Guidance for Life Cycle Minimization of Contamination," and Draft DC/COL - Interim Staff Guidance-06 Draft Final Regulatory Guide 1.215, "Guidance for IT AAC Closure Under 10 CFR Part 52" Draft Final Rev. 3 to Reg. Guide 1.100, Seismic Qualification of Elect & Active Mechanical Equipmnt

& Functional Qualification of Active Equipmnt for NPPs Applicability of Trace Thermal-Hydraulic System Analysis Code to Evaluate the ESBWR Design and Related Matters Questions Raised by a Member of the Public During an ACRS Subcommittee Meeting on Watts Bar Unit 2 Report on the Safety Aspects of the License Renewal Application for the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 ACRS Assessment of the Quality of Selected NRC Research Projects - FY 2009 Proposed Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 6. 7 7/22/2009 7/24/2009 7/27/2009 7/29/2009 9/16/2009 9/16/2009 9/16/2009 9/21/2009 Proposed Revision to NUREG-1520, Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for 912112009 a Fuel Cycle Facility Proposed Revisions to Regulatory Guides 4.16, 8.18, 8.24, 5.9, and 1.115 9/21/2009 https :/ /www. fido. gov /facadatabase/rptannualreport. asp Page 2 of 7 11/24/2009

Request by the ACRS for a Future Briefing by NRR on Current Containment Liner Issues and Actions 912112009 Being Taken by the Staff to Address Them Letter from Citizen Power and Beyond Nuclear Concerning the License Renewal for the Beaver Valley 912212009 Power Station Open Items in the Draft Safety Evaluation Report Related to License Renewal Applications Report on the Safety Aspects of the License Renewal Applications for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 Plant Specific Operating Experience for License Renewal Applications Withdrawal of Regulatory Guides 4.5, 4.6, 7.1, 7.5, 1.83, and 1.165 Report on the Safety Aspects of the License Renewal Application for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 9/23/2009 9/23/2009 9/28/2009 9/28/2009 9/28/2009 17a Open:

48 17b. Closed:

1 17c. Partially Closed:

15 17d. Total Meetings 64 Meeting Purposes and Dates Planning and Procedures Subcommittee Materials, Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels Subcommittee 556th Full Committee Economic and Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR)

Subcommittee U.S. Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR)

Subcommittee U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (US-ABWR)

Subcommittee Planning and Procedures Subcommittee Plant License Renewal (Vogtle Electric Generating Plant)

Subcommittee 557th Full Committee Materials, Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels Subcommittee Planning and Procedures Subcommittee Early Site Permits (Vogtle Electric Generating Plant)

Subcommittee Economic and Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR)

Subcommittee 558th Full Committee 10/1/2008 10/1/2008 10/1/2008 10/1/2008 10/2/2008 10/4/2008 10/21/2008 10/22/2008 10/23/2008 10/24/2008 11/4/2008 11/5/2008 11/5/2008 11/5/2008 11/5/2008 11/5/2008 11/6/2008 11/8/2008 12/2/2008 12/2/2008 12/3/2008 12/3/2008 12/3/2008 12/3/2008 12/3/2008 12/3/2008 12/4/2008 12/6/2008 Future Plant Designs Subcommittee 1/14/2009 1/15/2009 Plant License Re?ewal (Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 21412009 21412009 I & 2) Subcommittee Planning and Procedures Subcommittee 2/4/2009 2/4/2009 Plant License Renewal (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Subcommittee 559th Full Committee U.S. Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR)

Subcommittee Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems Subcommittee Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena Subcommittee Materials, Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels Subcommittee Reliability and Probabilistic rusk Assessment Subcommittee Plant License Renewal (Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, Units 2 and 3) Subcommittee Materials, Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels Subcommittee Planning and Procedures Subcommittee 560th Full Committee Reliability and Probabilistic rusk Assessment 2/4/2009 2/4/2009 2/5/2009 2/7/2009 2/18/2009 2/20/2009 2/26/2009 2/27/2009 2/27/2009 2/27/2009 3/3/2009 3/3/2009 3/3/2009 3/3/2009 3/4/2009 3/4/2009 3/4/2009 3/4/2009 3/4/2009 3/4/2009 3/5/2009 2/7/2009 https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp Page 3 of 7 11 /24/2009

Subcommittee Plant Operations and Fire Protection Subcommittee (Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2)

Plant License Renewal (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 & 2) Subcommittee Planning and Procedures Subcommittee 3/27/2009 3/27/2009 3/31/2009 3/31/2009 4/1/2009 4/1/2009 4/1/2009 4/1/2009 Plant License Renewal (Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, 41112009 41112009 Unit 1) Subcommittee 561st Full Committee 4/2/2009 4/4/2009 Safety Research Program Subcommittee 4/16/2009 4/17/2009 Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials Subcommittee 5/5/2009 5/5/2009 Regulatory Policies and Practices Subcommittee Safeguards and Security Subcommittee Planning and Procedures Subcommittee 562nd Full Committee U.S. Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR)

Subcommittee Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment Subcommittee Planning and Procedures Subcommittee 563rd Full Committee 5/6/2009 5/6/2009 5/6/2009 5/6/2009 5/6/2009 5/6/2009 5/7/2009 5/9/2009 5/21/2009 5/22/2009 6/1/2009 6/2/2009 6/2/2009 6/2/2009 6/3/2009 6/5/2009 Economic _and Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) 611712009 611812009 Subcommittee Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials Subcommittee 7/6/2009 7/6/2009 Planning and Procedures Subcommittee Materials, Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels Subcommittee Plant License Renewal (Praire Island Nuclear Generating Station) Subcommittee Future Plant Designs Subcommittee 564th Full Committee 7/7/2009 7/7/2009 7/7/2009 7/7/2009 7/7/2009 7/7/2009 7/7/2009 7/7/2009 7/8/2009 7/10/2009 Economic _and Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) 712112009 712212009 Subcommittee APlO00 Subcommittee 7/23/2009 7/24/2009 Plant Operations and Fire Protection Subcommittee Plant Operations and Fire Protection Subcommittee Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment Subcommittee Plant Operations and Fire Protection Subcommittee Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems Subcommittee North Anna Combined Operating License Application Subcommittee U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR)

Subcommittee 565th Full Committee Materials, Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels Subcommittee Materials, Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels Subcommittee Materials, Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels Subcommittee I 8a(1) Personnel Pmts to Non-Federal Members I 8a(2) Personnel Pmts to Federal Members I 8a(3) Personnel Pmts to Federal Staff l8a(4) Personnel Pmts to Non-member Consultants l8b( I) Travel and Per Diem to Non-Federal Members 7/28/2009 7/28/2009 7/30/2009 7/30/2009 8/18/2009 8/18/2009 8/18/2009 8/18/2009 8/19/2009 8/21/2009 8/21/2009 8/21/2009 9/9/2009 9/9/2009 9/10/2009 9/12/2009 9/23/2009 9/23/2009 9/24/2009 9/24/2009 9/25/2009 9/25/2009 Current Fiscal Year

$952,683

$0

$3,969,345

$125,763

$376,429 https ://www. fido. gov /facadatabase/rptannualreport. asp Next Fiscal Year

$971,737

$0

$4,048,732

$125,763

$414,072 Page 4 of 7 11/24/2009

l 8b(2) Travel and Per Diem to Federal Members l 8b(3) Travel and Per Diem to Federal Staff l 8b( 4) Travel and Per Diem to Non-Member Consultants l 8c.Other(rents,user charges,graphics,printing,mail etc.)

18d Total

19. Federal Staff Support Years 20a. How does the Committee accomplish its purpose"

$0

$99,836

$36,419

$682,944

$6,243,419 37.0

$0

$109,820

$40,061

$751,238

$6,461,423 34.0 The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) reports to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and provides the Commission with independent reviews of, and advice on, the safety of proposed or existing NRC-licensed reactor facilities and the adequacy of applicable safety standards. The ACRS was established as a statutory committee by a 1957 amendment to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. With the enactment of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, the licensing functions of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) were transferred intact from the AEC to the NRC. The ACRS has continued in the same advisory role to the NRC with its responsibilities changing with the needs of the Commission. Some ACRS tasks are mandated by statute or regulation, some are in response to direction by the Commission, or requests from the NRC staff, or other stakeholders, and some are self initiated in response to ACRS concerns on important regulatory and safety-related matters. The ACRS, upon request from the Department of Energy (DOE), provides advice on the safety of U.S.

naval reactor designs. Upon request, the ACRS also provides technical advice to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The ACRS and its Subcommittees meet regularly in public, Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)-regulated meetings, to review matters within the scope of its responsibilities. ACRS meeting agendas, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are available for downloading or viewing on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/#acrs. The ACRS and its Subcommittees held 64 meetings during FY 2009, including 10 Full Committee meetings that were attended by all ACRS members. The ACRS members are chosen for their technical expertise relevant to the safety issues important to the Commission. Consultants are used on occasion to augment the expertise of the ACRS members. The Committee has a full-time staff that provides technical support and administrative services in compliance with FACA requirements. ACRS Subcommittees normally consist of three to six ACRS members with the expertise needed to review in detail the regulatory and safety issues and to formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the Full Committee. Stakeholders' participation in ACRS meetings is encouraged and routinely occurs. The Committee's advice, in the form of written reports, is only produced by the Full Committee, and reports on significant regulatory matters are discussed with the Commission in public meetings. The ACRS conducts an ongoing review of its priorities and schedules to ensure that regulatory matters within its scope of responsibilities are being properly addressed and within its resources, and timely advice is provided to the Commission. Input from the Commission, the NRC staff, and affected stakeholders is used in this process. A Memorandum of Understanding with the NRC Executive Director for Operations (EDO) provides a framework for NRC staff interaction with the ACRS. The ACRS conducts self-assessments to improve its effectiveness and efficiency. The focus of the ACRS work during FY 2009 includes review of: license renewal applications, design certification application for the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor, digital instrumentation and control matters, quality assessment of selected NRC research projects, pressurized water reactor sump performance issues, safeguards and security matters, thermal-hydraulic codes, and the NRC safety research program.

20b. How does the Committee balance its membership?

The Commission appoints ACRS members with the scientific and engineering expertise needed to address the safety issues of importance to the Commission. Members are sought who can provide an independent perspective on nuclear safety issues, outstanding scientific and technical ability, balanced and mature judgment, and a willingness to devote the time required to the demanding work involved. Members are appointed for 4-year terms and, absent unusual circumstances, do not serve more than three terms. Members are reappointed at the end of a 4-year term only if there is a compelling continuing need for their expertise. Vacancies in the ACRS membership are filled from the pool of applicants which exists after solicitations of interest are published in the Federal Register, trade and professional society publications, and in the press. Recommendations to the Commission as to the selection of qualified candidates from this pool are made by the ACRS Member Candidate Screening Panel.

The ACRS provides input to this Panel. During FY 2009, the membership was comprised of individuals with diverse employment backgrounds and included those with expertise in the areas of nuclear power plant operations; probabilistic risk assessment; analysis of severe reactor accident phenomena; design of nuclear power plant structures, systems, and components; chemical engineering; digital instrumentation and control; materials and metallurgy; health physics; and thermal-hydraulics and computational fluid dynamics. The diversity of viewpoints represented by current members is based on special fields of interest, employment experience, and technical expertise. These member attributes provide the Committee with the balance of highly qualified technical expertise and diverse safety perspectives necessary to carry out the Committee's statutory responsibilities effectively.

20c. How frequent and relevant are the Committee meetings" The ACRS and its Subcommittees held 64 meetings during FY 2009, of which 10 were Full Committee meetings.

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The number of meetings held in a reporting period is directly related to the number of nuclear safety matters to be reviewed as required by statute; the number of rules and regulatory guidance referred to the Committee for review and comment; the number of special reviews requested by the Commission, EDO, or other Federal Government organizations; and other safety issues of particular concern to the Committee and its stakeholders.

The Full Committee normally meets 10 times a year for 3 days to consider important safety-related nuclear issues, license applications, generic issues, significant regulatory matters, rules, and regulatory guidance. The ACRS Subcommittees, which are normally comprised of three to six members with the relevant expertise, meet as necessary with stakeholders to conduct in-depth reviews of particular matters for later consideration by the full membership during Full Committee meetings. Although not required by the revised FACA, Subcommittee meetings are conducted under the same FACA procedures as the Full Committee meetings to facilitate public participation and to provide a forum for stakeholders to express their views on regulatory matters being considered by the ACRS. Reviews are conducted during each Full Committee meeting to assess the relevance of proposed review topics, resource needs, and the priority of each activity. These assessments have the benefit of input from the Commission, EDO, and other stakeholders. All ACRS meetings for this reporting period addressed either matters for which ACRS review was required by statute or regulation, specific requests from either the Commission or the EDO, or other important regulatory and safety-related matters self-initiated in response to ACRS concerns.

20d. Why can't the advice or information this committee provides be obtained elsewhere" The ACRS is an independent body of recognized experts in the field of nuclear reactor safety whose Congressional mandate is to provide the Commission with independent advice. Particular duties of the ACRS (e.g., review of operating reactor license renewal applications, extended power uprate amendments, new reactor designs, and rules and regulatory guidance) are dictated by statute or regulation. In addition, functional arrangements exist wherein, upon request, the ACRS provides advice to the Department of Energy and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The Commission has its own expert staff on whom it relies in the day-to-day regulation of nuclear power facilities. The ACRS provides the Commission and the NRC staff with an independent, critical review of high level regulatory issues under consideration by the NRC and independent technical insights as to important matters needing Commission attention. The ACRS members are part-time special government employees with other full-time interests and activities in related fields, and provide a breadth of experience, an independent perspective on issues, and technical knowledge that is not duplicated by the NRC's full-time government employees. A standing Committee such as the ACRS remains current with respect to nuclear safety issues of importance to the NRC, including those related to reactor operating experience, regulatory reform, and NRC's needs for safety research, and provides an independent, collegial judgment regarding these issues that other part-time consultants could not provide. The ACRS meetings provide an important forum for stakeholders to express freely their concerns on safety issues and the regulatory process. A number of important safety initiatives have had their origins in ACRS deliberations. Through the ACRS, the public and the Congress are ensured of an independent technical review and evaluation of the safety of NRC-licensed facilities, proposed reactor designs, significant regulatory and safety issues, and of providing an opportunity for stakeholder input.

20e. Why is it necessary to close and/or partially close committee meetings?

During FY 2009, the Committee held 8 meetings which were partially closed. Meetings were partially closed to discuss security information and proprietary information that involves stakeholders and/or contractors.

2 I. Remarks None Designated Federal Offi cial: Michele S Kelton DFO Committee Members Start End Occupation Abdel-Khalik,

Dr. Said I.

Apostolakis,

Dr. George E.

9/7/2006 9/6/2010 Southern Nuclear Distinguished Professor, George W.

Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 6/4/1995 6/3/2011 Korea Electric Power Corporation Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Professor of Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Member Designation Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Armijo, Dr.

Joseph S.

3/9/2006 3/8/2010 Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Special University of Nevada, Reno Government Banerjee, Dr.

Sanjoy Bley, Dr.

Dennis C.

7/26/2006 7/25/2010 Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Technologies, The Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York 8/30/2007 8/29/201 l President of Buttonwood Consulting,Inc.

https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

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Bonaca, Dr.

Mario V.

1/6/1999 1/5/2011 Retired Director, Nuclear Engineering Department, Northeast Utilities Brown Jr., Mr. 4/28/2008 4/27/2012 Senior Advisor for Electrical Systems, BMT Syntek Charles H.

Technologies, Inc.

Corradini, Dr.

Michael L.

9/7/2006 9/6/2010 Professor and Chairman of Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Maynard, Mr.

Otto L.

1/30/2006 1/29/2010 Retired Chief Executive Officer, Wolf Creek Generating Special Powers, Dr.

Dana A.

Ray, Mr.

Harold B Ryan, Dr.

Michael T Shack, Dr.

William J.

Sieber, Mr.

John D.

Stetkar, Mr.

John W.

Station Government 6/6/1994 6/5/2010 Senior Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories 6/23/2008 6/22/2012 Retired Executive Vice President, Southern California Edison Company 7/6/2008 7/5/2012 Principal, Michael T. Ryan and Associates, LLC Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE) 8/1/1993 7/31/2013 Retired Associate Director, Energy Technology Division, Special Argonne National Laboratory Government 7/12/1999 7/11/2011 Retired Senior Vice-President, Nuclear Power Division, Duquesne Light Company 9/5/2007 9/4/2011 Principal, Stetkar & Associates Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

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2009 Current FY Report: Review of Federal Advisory Committee 11/4/2009 10:30:52 AM Page I of 3 Committee Menu I. Department or Agency Nuclear Regulatory Commission

3. Committee or SubCommittee Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes

4. Is this New During Fiscal Year?

5. Current Charter

6. Expected Renewal Date No 8a. Was Terminated During FY?

No

9. Agency Recommendation for Next FY Continue

11. Establishment Authority 3/17/2008 3/17/2010 8b. Specific Termination Authority 42 u.s.c. 2201

!0a.Legislation Req to Tertninate?

No Agency Authority

12. Specific Establishment Authority 42 u.s.c. 2201

13. Effective Date 7/1/1958 Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board

14. Commitlee Type Continuing

15. Description of Committee 16a. Total Number of Reports 7

16b. Report Titles and Dates October 27-28, 2008 Meeting Permanent Implant Brachytherapy Rulemaking Subcommittee Report December 18, 2008 Meeting January 22, 2009 Meeting May 7-8, 2009 Meeting Board Certification Pathway Subcommittee Report June 25, 2009 Commission Meeting I ?a Open:

3 Meeting Purposes and Dates October 2008 Meeting December 2008 Teleconference Meeting January 2009 Teleconference Meeting May 2009 Meeting June 2009 Commission Briefing I 8a( I) Personnel Pmts 10 Non-Federal Members I 8a(2) Personnel Pmts to Federal Members I 8a(3) Personnel Pmts to Federal Staff I 8a(4) Personnel Pmts to Non-member Consultants I Sb( I) Travel and Per Diem to Non-Federal Members I 8b(2) Travel and Per Diem to Federal Members I 8b(3) Travel and Per Diem to Federal Staff I 8b(4) Travel and Per Diem 10 Non-Member Consultants I 8c.Other(rents,user charges,graphics,prin1ing,mail etc.)

18d Total

19. Federal Staff Support Years 20a. How does the Committee accomp li sh its purpose0 17b. Closed:

0 17c. Partially Closed:

10/27/2008 10/28/2008 12/18/2008 12/18/2008 1/22/2009 1/22/2009 5/7/2009 5/8/2009 6/25/2009 6/25/2009 Current Fiscal Year

$0

$70,620

$219,463

$0

$35,000

$21,879

$3,000

$0

$349,962 1.5 2

2. Fiscal Year 2009 3b. GSA Commillee No.

1102

7. Expecled Terrn Date Sc.Actual Termination Date I Ob.Legislation Pending?

14c. Presidentia1° No 10/27/2008 11/5/2008 12/18/2008 1/22/2009 5/7/2009 5/8/2009 6/25/2009 17d. Total Meetings 5 Next Fiscal Year

$0

$72,000

$230,000

$0

$38,000

$23,000

$3,200

$0

$366,200 1.5 The NRC staff believes that licensees, the general public, and medical professionals benefit when recognized https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp 11 /04/2009

experts provide advice to the staff. This advice enables staff to develop rules that will maintain public safety, while not inappropriately intruding upon the practice of medicine. The Staff provides a summary of issues to be addressed during meetings, and the ACMUI discusses the issues and gives advice and makes recommendations to the Staff. Furthermore, the ACMUI keeps staff abreast of new developments. This ongoing communication helps ensure that staff is aware of important issues during critical stages rule development. When issues that need special emphasis arise, working groups and subcommittees are formed.

20b. How does the Committee balance its membership" Membership is balanced by placing individuals of diverse specialty on the committee. For instance, there are members who represent both diagnostic and therapeutic applications of medicine. There are members who have a regulatory function within their specialties. There is a member who represents medicine from an administrative standpoint, and there is a patient advocate member, who represents patients' interests. ACMUI members also perform regular self-evaluations, in which they give feedback on the appropriateness of the committee's composition.

20c. How frequent and relevant are the Committee meetings?

Committee meetings are generally held semi-annually. The committee will hold more frequent meetings when important issues emerge or when issues need timely resolution.

20d. Why can't the advice or information this committee provides be obtained elsewhere?

NRC continues to strive to achieve its goal of creating risk-informed, performance-based regulations that provide for the health and safety of the public while imposing no unnecessary burden on licensees. Furthermore, the medical profession continues to see regular advances that create unique regulatory challenges. The advice and recommendations from medical professionals who are exposed to these advances is crucial to the NRC stafrs ability to continue to regulate effectively.

20e. Why is it necessary to close and/or partially close committee meetings?

Meetings are closed to conduct annual ethics briefings, conduct reviews of paperwork of a personal and confidential nature, and to discuss administrative matters that are purely internal to Committee business. It would be inappropriate to conduct these types of meetings openly. They must be conducted privately to allow Committee members the freedom to ask and answer personal questions and to protect individuals' privacy.

21. Remarks Designated Federal Official: Mr. Christian E Einberg DFO Committee Members Start End Occupation Eggli, Dr. Douglas F.

3/3/2003 3/3/2010 Nuclear Medicine Physician Fisher, Dr. Darrell R. 5/1/2007 5/1/2011 Patients' Rights Advocate Member Designation Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Gilley, Ms. Debbie B.

5/28/2008 5/28/2012 State Government Representative Special Government Employee (SGE)

Guiberteau, Dr.

Milton 6/1/2008 12/31/2010 Diagnostic Radiologist Langhorst, Dr. Susan 9/28/2009 9/28/2013 Radiation Safety Officer M.

Representative Special Government Employee (SGE)

Lieto, Mr. Ralph P.

5/20/2002 5/20/2009 Medical Physicist-Nuclear Medicine Special Government Employee Malmud, Dr. Leon S.

5/20/2002 5/20/2012 Health Care Administrator Mattmuller, Mr.

3/30/2008 3/30/2012 Nuclear Pharmacist Steven R.

Nag, Dr. Subir 11/8/2000 9/30/2009 Radiation Oncologist Suleiman, Dr. Orhan 1/1/2004 1/1/2014 Food and Drug Administration H.

Representative Thomadsen, Dr.

10/15/2007 10/15/2011 Medical Physicist - Therapy Bruce R.

Van Decker, Dr.

10/3/2005 10/3/2013 Nuclear Cardiologist William A.

Vetter, Dr. Richard J. 11/8/2000 9/30/2009 Radiation Safety Officer Welsh, Dr. James S.

2/25/2007 2/25/2011 Radiation Oncologist https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp (SGE)

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2009 Current FY Report: Review of Federal Advisory Committee 11/4/2009 10:18:09 AM Page 1 of 2 Committee Menu I. Department or Agency Nuclear Regulatory Commission

3. Committee or SubCommittee Licensing Support System Advisory Review Panel

4. Is th is New During Fiscal Year0 No

5. Current Charter

6. Expected Renewal Date 8a. Was Terminated During FY 0 No

9. Agency Recommendation fo r Next FY Continue

11. Establishment Authority

12. Specific Establishment Authority 42 u.s.c. 2201

15. Descripti on of Committee 12/5/2008 12/5/2010 8b. Specific Termination Authority 42 u.s.c. 2201 I0a. Legislation Req to Terminate' No Agency Authority

13. Effecti ve Date 1/19/1975 Non Scientific Program Advisory Board

14. Committee Type Continuing

2. Fiscal Year 2009 3b. GSA Committee No.

1104

7. Expected Term Date Sc.Actual Termination Date I Ob. Legislation Pendi ng' 14c. Presidential?

No 16a. Total Number of Reports 17d. Total Meetings No Reports for this Fiscal Year.

18a( I) Personnel Pmts to Non-Federal Members 18a(2) Personnel Pmts to Federal Members 18a(3) Personnel Pmts to Federal Staff No Meetings for this Fiscal Year.

18a(4) Personnel Pmts to Non-member Consultants 18b( I) Travel and Per Diem to Non-Federal Members 18b(2) Travel and Per Diem to Federal Members 18b(3) Travel and Per Diem to Federal Staff 18b(4) Travel and Per Diem to Non-Member Consultants 18c.Other(rcnts,user charges,graphics,printing,mai l etc.)

18d Total

19. Federal Staff Support Years 20a. How does the Committee accomplish its purpose?

Current Fiscal Year N e xt Fiscal Y e ar

$0

$6,000

$1,000

$4,000

$0

$1,000

$0

$7,000

$0

$2,000

$0

$3,000

$1,000

$23,000 0.0 0.0 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has relied on the Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel (LSNARP) for advice and recommendations on the design and operation of the searchable electronic database (Licensing Support Network (LSN)) for documents that are relevant to the licensing of a geologic repository for the storage of high level nuclear waste as defined in 10 CFR 2.1003. The document collection contains electronic copies of all of the material that will be used by parties in the NRC's licensing proceeding for a high level radioactive waste repository. The LSN is in operation, it has been loaded with more than 3 million documents begining in FY-2004 and continuing through FY-2009. Documents addition continued during FY-2009, however, no committee meetings have been held since December 2003. DOE had planned on submitting an application to build a high level waste disposal facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada in December 2004, however delays occured and in the spring of 2006 DOE issued a revised schedule. DOE certified their LSN document collection in late 2007 and submitted a License application to the NRC in June 2008. The delay in DOE's program negated any need for LSN meetings at this time, it is expected that the Comittee will be needed when the LSN needs to moderinize its computer system in FY-2010.

20b. How does the Commi ttee balance its membership' The membership of the LSNARP is balanced by being drawn from among the full spectrum of parties to NRC's licensing proceeding for the burial of high level radioactive waste. Since the burial site under review is in Nevada, the membership includes the State of Nevada, local county governments of both Nevada and California, Indian tribes (represented by the National Congress of American Indians), and an environmental group (the Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force). It also includes the nuclear industry, the potential licensee (DOE) and the licensing agency (NRC). Input by these representatives is essential to the success of the LSN project.

20c. How frequent and relevant are the Committee meeti ngs?

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The full LSNARP did not meet in FY-2009. The LSN Administrator held training sessions for users of the LSN and met with individual representatives of the parties to the HL W proceeding to assist in their setting up local document repositories that could be accessed by the LSN. Members of the Committee were solicited to determine if they believed a meeting was necessary. It is expected that meetings of the full LSNARP will be held when moderinization plans are developed for the computer software and hardware and for guidance on the operation of the Electronic Hearing Docket (EHD) during the Licensing Proceeding.

20d. Why can't the advice or information this commillee provides be obtained elsewhere?

The Committee was formed as part of a negociated rulemaking to oversee the operation of the LSN. The advice provided by the state, county and tribal governmental units, together with other potential users of the LSN and EHD, was unique to this particular computer application. It is not available from other existing committees or within the NRC itself. NRC considers it essential that advice on the design of the software and hardware should come from representatives of the future hands-on users of the LSN.

20e. Why is it necessary to close and/or partially close commillee meetings?

The LSNARP did not hold any closed meetings in FY 2009.

2 1. Remarks NONE Designated Federal Official: Dr. Andrew L Bates DFO Comm ittee Members Bates, Andrew L Bradshaw, Les Brandt, Joy Clark, Ray Frishman, Steve Holden, Robert Start End Occupation 6/15/2000 9/30/2010 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1/15/1993 9/30/2010 Nye County, Nevada 10/1/2000 9/30/2010 Lander County, Nevada 7/1/1999 9/30/2010 US EPA 7/1/1999 9/30/2010 State Of Nevada 7/1/1999 9/30/2010 National Congress of American Indians Member Designation Regular Government Employee (RGE)

Representative Representative Ex Officio Representative Representative Johnson, Abby Kall, Alan Kraft, Steven 10/15/2003 9/30/2010 Eureka County, Nevada Representative Leake, Harry Mathias, Linda McCorkell, George Murphy, Malachy Pitts, Jason Remus, Andrew Simom, Mike Treichel, Judy von Tresenhausen,

Engelbrech Total Count of Commi11ee Members 7/1/1999 9/30/2010 Churchill County, Nevada Representative 1/1/1998 9/30/2010 Nuclear Energy Institute - Energy Representative Coalition 6/1/2002 9/30/2010 US Departmant of Energy 10/1/2001 9/30/2010 Mineral County, Nevada 10/1/2000 9/30/2010 Esmeralda County, Nevada 12/18/1989 9/30/2010 Nye County, Nevada 10/1/2001 9/30/2010 Lincoln County, Nevada 10/1/2001 9/30/2010 Inyo County, Nevada 10/15/2003 9/30/2010 White Pine County Nevada 1/1/1998 9/30/2010 Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force 7/1/2001 9/30/2010 Clark County, Nevada 18 Regular Government Employee (RGE)

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