ML24059A222

2013 Annual Report - Review of Federal Advisory Committee

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2013 Current FiscalYear Report: Review of Federal Advisory Committee 11/25/2013 3:27:21 PM I. Department or Agency

2. Fiscal Year 2013 Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards 207

4. ls this New During Fiscal Year?

5. Current Charter

6. Expected Renewal Date

7. Expected Tenn Date No 12/5/2012 12/5/2014 Sa. Was Terminated During FiscalYear?

Sb. Specific Tennination Authority Sc.Actual Tennination Date No

9. Agency Recommendation for Next FiscalYear Continue I Oa. Legislation Req to Tenninate?

I Ob. Legislation Pending?

No Not Applicable I 1. Establishment Authority

12. Specific Establishment Authority Statutory (Congress Created)

13. Effective Date

14. Committee Type Continuing 14c. Presidential?

42 U.S.C. Sect. 2039 & 2232 1/1/1957 No

15. Description of Committee 16a. Total Number of Reports 26 16b. Report Titles and Dates Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board SECY-12-0064, Recommendations for Policy and Technical Direction to Revise Radiation Protection Regulations and Guidance Draft Safety Eval of WCAP-16793-NP, Rev 2 "Evaluation of Long-Term Cooling Considering Particulate, Fibrous & Chemical Debris in the Recirculating Fluid Long Term Core Cooling for the South Texas Project Advance Boiling Water Reactor Response to August 15, 2012 EDO Ltr Regarding ACRS Recommendations in Ltr dated 7/17/2012 on the Draft Interim Staff Guidance Docs in Support of Tier 1 Orders ACRS Rev Stafrs Draft (SECY-XX) Paper on Consideration of Add'l Requirments for Containment Venting Systems for BWRs w/ Mark I & Mark II Containment Designs SECY-12-0110, Consideration of Economic Consequences Within the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Framework Draft Final Regulatory Guide 4.22, "Decommissioning Planning During Operations" Draft Design Specific Review Standard for mPower iPWR Chapter 7 Instrumentation and Control Systems Response to the October 26, 2012, EDO Letter Regarding Tech Info Needs Affecting Potential Regulation of Extended Storage & Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel 10/16/2012 10/18/2012 11/7/2012 11/7/2012 11/8/2012 11/13/2012 12/17/2012 12/18/2012 12/19/2012 Response to the EDO October 26, 2012, Ltr Regarding Ch 9 of the Safety Evaluation Report with Open 1212012012 Items for the US APWR Design Certification Application Draft NUREG-1855, Revision 1, "Guidance on the Treatment of Uncertainties Associated with PRAs in Risk-Informed Decisionmaking" Draft NUREG-2125, "Spent Fuel Transportation Risk Assessment" Report of the Safety Aspects of the License Renewal Application for Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 Construction Reactor Oversight Process (cROP) Program, and the cROP Pilot Program Results Draft Design Specific Review for mPower iPWR Chapter 7 Instrumentation and Control Systems RG 1.163 "Performance-Based Containment Leak-Test Program," Revision 1 Ch 4, 13, 15, 16, 17, & 19 of the Safety Eval Rpt w/ Open Items for the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 3 & 4, US-APWR Ref Combined License Application Chapters 4, 15, 17, and 19 of the Safety Eval Rpt with Open Items for Certification of the US APWR http://www.facadatabase.gov/rpt/rptannualreport_sms.asp?cid=l94&uid=100 1/2/2013 2/14/2013 2/14/2013 2/26/2013 3/19/2013 3/19/2013 4/26/2013 4/29/2013 Page 1 of 6 11/25/2013

Design & Safety Evals of Supporting Topical Reports WCAP-17116-P, "Westinghouse BWR ECCS Evaluation Model: Supplement 5-Application to ABWR" 5/2/2013 Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) Key Licensing Issues Proposed Rulemaking on Station Blackout Mitigation Strategies Draft Final Revisions of Regulator Guides 1.168 through I.I 73, Software Processes for Digital Computers in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants Spent Fuel Pool Study Revisions to Low-Level Radioactive Wast Disposal Requirements (IO CFR Part 61)

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Extended Power Uprate License Amendment Request Draft Commission Paper, "Recommendations for Risk-Informing the Reactor Oversight Process for New Reactors" 5/15/2013 6/17/2013 6/18/2013 7/18/2013 7/22/2013 9/16/2013 9/19/2013 17a Open:

55 17b. Closed:

7 I 7c. Partially Closed:

15 17d. Total Meetings 77 Meeting Purposes and Dates ABWR Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment Fukushima Planning and Procedures 598th Full Committee USAPWR Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment Fukushima Planning and Procedures 599th Full Committee Digitial I&C Regulatory Policies and Practices Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials Reliability and Probabilsitic Risk Assessment Fukushima Fukushima Regulatory Policies and Practices Planning and Procedures 600th Full Committee USAPWR Reliablity and Probabilistic Risk Assessment Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels USEPR Future Plant Designs AP 1000 Planning and Procedures Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels Plant Operations and Fire Protection 601st Full Committee 10/2/2012 10/2/2012 10/2/2012 10/2/2012 10/3/2012 10/3/2012 10/3/2012 10/3/2012 10/4/2012 10/6/2012 10/18/2012 10/19/2012 10/19/2012 10/19/2012 10/31/2012 10/31/2012 10/31/2012 10/31/2012 11/1/2012 11/3/2012 11/16/2012 11/16/2012 12/3/2012 12/3/2012 12/4/2012 12/4/2012 12/4/2012 12/4/2012 12/4/2012 12/4/2012 12/5/2012 12/5/2012 12/5/2012 12/5/2012 12/5/2012 12/5/2012 12/6/2012 12/8/2012 1/15/2013 1/15/2013 1/16/2013 1/16/2012 1/16/2013 1/16/2013 1/17/2013 1/17/2013 l/17/20131/17/2013 1/18/2013 1/18/2013 2/5/2013 2/5/2013 2/6/2013 2/6/2013 2/6/2013 2/6/2013 2/7/2013 2/9/2013 Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena and Materials, Metallugy 212012013 212012013 and Reactor Fuels Joint Subcommitee USAPWR Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena and Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels

• Planning and Procedures 2/21/2013 2/22/2013 3/5/2013 3/5/2013 3/6/2013 3/6/2013 http://www.facadatabase.gov/rpt/rptannualreport _ sms.asp?cid= 194&uid= 100 Page 2 of 6 11/25/2013

602nd Full Committee Future Plant Designs Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials Fukushima Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment Planning and Procedures 603rd Full Committee Regulatory Policies and Practices ABWR Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment USAPWR USEPR Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels Planning and Procedures 604th Full Committee Digital l&C Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels Fukushima Plant Operations and Fire Protection Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels Digital l&C Planning and Procedures 605th Full Committee Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Planning and Procedures 606th Full Committee ABWR Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment Level 3 Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment Plant Operations and Fire Protection Power Uprates Planning and Procedures Fukushima Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment 607th Full Committee Regulatory Policies and Practices USAPWR Fukushima Digital I&C Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels I 8a( I) Personnel Pmts to Non-Federal Members 18a(2) Personnel Pmts to Federal Members I 8a(3) Personnel Pmts to Federal Staff 3/7/2013 3/9/2013 4/9/2013 4/9/2013 4/9/2013 4/9/2013 4/10/2013 4/10/2013 4/10/2013 4/10/2013 4/10/2013 4/10/2013 4/11/2013 4/13/2013 4/23/2013 4/23/2013 4/24/2013 4/24/2013 4/24/2013 4/24/2013 4/25/2013 4/26/2013 5/7/2013 5/8/2013 5/8/2013 5/8/2013 5/8/2013 5/8/2013 5/9/2013 5/11/2013 5/21/2013 5/21/2013 5/22/2013 5/22/2013 5/22/2013 5/22/2013 5/23/2013 5/23/2013 6/4/2013 6/4/2013 6/4/2013 6/4/2013 6/4/2013 6/4/2013 6/4/2013 6/4/2013 6/5/2013 6/7/2013 6/17/2013 6/17/2013 6/18/2013 6/18/2013 6/19/2013 6/19/2013 7/9/2013 7/9/2013 7/9/2013 7/10/2013 7/9/2013 7/9/2013 7/9/2013 7/9/2013 7/22/2013 7/22/2013 7/22/2013 7/22/2013 7/24/2013 7/24/2013 7/25/2013 7/26/2013 9/4/2013 9/4/2013 9/4/2013 9/4/2013 9/4/2013 9/4/2013 9/5/2013 9/7/2013 9/16/2013 9/16/2013 9/17/2013 9/18/2013 9/18/2013 9/18/2013 9/19/2013 9/19/2013 9/19/2013 9/19/2013 Current Fiscal Year

$908,240

$0

$3,470,751 http://www.facadatabase.gov/rpt/rptannualreport _sms.asp?cid= 194&uid= 100 Next Fiscal Year

$999,064

$0

$3,817,826 Page 3 of 6 11/25/2013

I 8a(4) Personnel Pmts to Non-member Consultants I 8b( 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

! 8b(4) Travel and Per Diem to Non-Member Consultants 18c.Other(rents,user charges,graphics,printing,mail etc.)

18d Total

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

$175,305

$150,000

$378,356

$397,273

$0

$0

$33,253

$20,000

$32,742

$32,742

$140,575

$100,000

$5,139,222

$5,516,905 27.0 28.0 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 77 meetings during FY 2013, including 10 Full Committee meetings that were attended by all ACRS members of which there were 7 closed and 15 partially closed meetings. 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 2013 includes review of: license renewal applications; power uprate applications; design certification applications for the US Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR) and the Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR); amendments to the certified designs for the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), digital instrumentation and control matters, pressurized water reactor sump performance issues, fuel cycle oversight processes; license applications for New Reactors; Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Fire Protection, and events at the Fukushima Dai-ichi site.

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 ~,ork involved. Members do not have fixed terms.

However, absent unusual circumstances, they do not serve more than three, four year terms. Members are reappointed in excess of this period 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 2013, 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; http://www.facadatabase.gov/rpt/rptannualreport _ sms.asp?cid= 194&uid= 100 Page 4 of 6 11/25/2013

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 77 meetings during FY 2013, of which 10 were Full Committee meetings.

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 infonnation 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?

According to 5 U.S.C. 552b (c), ACRS meetings can only be closed for the following reasons:

• Protect information classified as national security information

• Discuss information relating solely to internal personnel rules and/or practices

• Protect unclassified safeguards information

• Protect proprietary information

• Protect information provided in confidence by a foreign source

• Prevent invasion of personal privacy

• Prevent disclosure of information the premature disclosure of which would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed Agency action

21. Remarks None Designated Federal Officer: Jamila Perry DFO Committee Members Start End Occupation Member Designation Armijo, Dr.

Joseph S.

3/9/2010 3/8/2014 Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Special University of Nevada, Reno, NV Government http://www.facadatabase.gov/rpt/rptannualreport _ sms.asp?cid= 194&uid= 100 Page 5 of 6 11/25/2013

Ballinger, Dr.

Ronald Banerjee, Dr.

Sanjoy Bley, Dr.

Dennis C.

5/24/2013 5/23/2017 Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 7/26/2010 7/25/2014 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, NY 8/30/2011 8/29/2015 President of Buttonwood Consulting,Inc., Oakton, VA Brown Jr., Mr. 4/28/2012 4/27/2016 Senior Advisor for Electrical Systems, BMT Syntek Charles H.

Technologies, Inc., Arlington, VA Corradini, Dr. 9/7/2010 9/6/2014 Professor and Chairman of Department of Engineering Michael L.

Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Powers, Dr.

Dana A.

Ray,Mr.

Harold B Rempe, Ms.

Joy Riccardella,

Dr. Peter Ryan, Dr.

Michael T 6/6/2010 6/5/2014 Senior Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories, Alburquerque, NM 6/23/2012 6/22/2016 Retired Chief Executive Vice President, Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, CA 10/7/2010 10/6/2014 Directorate Fellow, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID 5/24/2013 5/23/2017 Founding Member, Structural Integrity Associates, San Jose, CA 7/6/2012 7/5/2016 Principal, Michael T. Ryan and Associates, LLC, Lexington, SC Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Schultz, Dr.

Steven 1/9/2012 1/8/2016 Consultant, International Atomic Energy Agency; Retired Special Engineering Manager, Nuclear Design Duke Energy Government Corporation, Charlotte, NC Employee (SGE)

Shack, Dr.

William J.

Sieber, Mr.

John D.

8/1/2009 7/1/2013 Retired Associate Director, Energy Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 7/12/2011 12/8/2012 Retired Senior Vice-President, Nuclear Power Division, Duquesne Light Company, Pittsburgh, PA Skillman, Mr. 8/21/2011 8/20/2015 President and Principal, Skillman Technical Resources, Gordon Hershey, PA Stetkar, Mr.

John W.

9/5/2011 9/4/2015 Principal, Stetkar & Associates, Lake Forest, CA Total Count of Committee Members 16 http://www. facadatabase. gov /rpt/rptannualreport _ sms. asp? cid= 194&uid= 100 Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

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2013 Current FiscalYear Report: Review of Federal Advisory Committee 11/7/2013 10:45:40 AM 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 FiscalYear?

No

9. Agency Recommendation for Next FiscalYear Continue 3/14/2012 3/14/2014 8b. Specific Termination Authority 42 u.s.c. 2201 I0a.Legislation Req to Terminate?

No I I. Establishment Authority Agency Authority

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

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

14. Committee Type Continuing

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

16b. Report Titles and Dates Report on Licensing for Radium-223 Dichloride Rulemaking Report (2013), Draft 1 Rulemaking Report (2013), Draft 2 Rulemaking Report (2013), Final Report on Abnormal Occurrence Criteria for Medical Use Report on Yttrium-90 Microsphere Brachytherapy Medical Events Analysis, Draft 1 Report on Yttrium-90 Microsphere Brachytherapy Medical Events Analysis, Final 17a Open:

Meeting Purposes and Dates ACMUI Teleconference Meeting ACMUI Teleconference Meeting ACMUI Spring 2013 Meeting ACMUI Teleconference Meeting ACMUI Fall 2013 Meeting I 8a( I) Personnel Pmts to Non-Federal Members I 8a(2) Personnel Pmts to Federal Members I 8a(3) Personnel Pmts to Federal Staff 3

I 8a(4) Personnel Pmts to Non-member Consultants I 8b( 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 to Non-Member Consultants I 8c.Other(rents,user charges,graphics,printing,mail etc.)

18d Total

19. Federal Staff Support Years 17b. Closed:

0 17c. Partially Closed:

3/5/2013 3/5/2013 3/12/2013 3/12/2013 4/15/2013 4/16/2013 6/18/2013 6/18/2013 9/9/2013 9/10/2013 Current Fiscal Year

$102,243

$0

$179,277

$0

$28,501

$0

$8,155

$0

$0

$318,176 1.2 2

http://www.facadatabase.gov/rpt/rptannualreport_sms.asp?cid=969&uid=100

2. Fiscal Year 2013 3b. GSA Committee No.

1102

7. Expected Term Date Sc.Actual Tennination Date 1 Ob.Legislation Pending?

Not Applicable 14c. Presidential?

No 11/20/2012 2/27/2013 3/12/2013 4/5/2013 4/15/2013 6/10/2013 6/18/2013 17d. Total Meetings 5 Next Fiscal Year

$108,500

$0

$203,000

$0

$43,500

$0

$9,000

$0

$0

$364,000 1.2 Page 1 of 3 11/07/2013

20a. How does the Committee accomplish its purpose?

The NRC staff believes that licensees, the general public, and medical professionals benefit when recognized 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 of 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 meetings0 Meetings are closed to conduct annual ethics briefings, annual allegations training, annual information security awareness training, 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 Officer: Mr. Christian E Einberg DFO Committee Members Start End Occupation Bailey, Ms. Darice G.

3/26/2012 5/24/2013 State Government Representative Guiberteau, Dr.

Milton J.

Langhorst, Dr. Susan M.

Malmud, Dr. Leon S.

Mattmuller, Mr.

Steven R.

Palestro, Dr.

Christopher J.

Suh, Dr. John H.

1/10/2011 1/10/2015 Diagnostic Radiologist 9/28/2009 9/28/2016 Radiation Safety Officer 5/20/2002 5/20/2013 Health Care Administrator 3/30/2008 3/30/2016 Nuclear Pharmacist 9/22/2011 9/22/2015 Nuclear Medicine Physician 10/18/2010 10/18/2014 Radiation Oncologist Suleiman, Dr. Orban 1/1/2004 1/1/2014 Food and Drug Administration H.

Representative Thomadsen, Dr. Bruce 10/15/2007 10/15/2015 Medical Physicist - Therapy R.

Van Decker, Dr.

William A.

Weil, Ms. Laura M.

10/3/2005 10/3/2013 Nuclear Cardiologist 8/29/2011 8/29/2015 Patients' Rights Advocate Member Designation Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Regular Government Employee (RGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE) http://www.facadatabase.gov/rpt/rptannualreport_ sms.asp?cid=969&uid= l 00 Page 2 of 3 11/07/2013

Welsh, Dr. James S.

2/25/2007 2/25/2015 Radiation Oncologist Special Government Employee (SGE)

Zanzonico, Dr. Pat B. 3/8/2010 3/8/2018 Nuclear Medicine Medical Physicist Special Government Employee (SGE)

Total Count of Committee Members 13 http:/ /www.facadatabase.gov/rpt/rptannualreport_ sms.asp?cid=969&uid= 100 Page 3 of 3 11/07/2013

2013 Current FiscalYear Report: Review of Federal Advisory Committee 10/22/2013 4:23:34 PM I. Department or Agency Nuclear Regulatory Commission

3. Committee or SubCommittee Licensing Support System Advisory Review Panel

4. ls this New During Fiscal Year" No

5. Current Charter

6. Expected Renewal Date 12/3/2012 12/3/2014 8a. Was Terminated During Fiscal Year" No 8b. Specific Termination Authority 42 u.s.c. 2201

9. Agency Recommendation for Next FiscalYear Continue I 0a.Legislation Req to Terminate?

No I I. Establishment Authority

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

15. Description of Committee Agency Authority

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

14. Committee Type Continuing

2. Fiscal Year 2013 3b. GSA Committee No.

1104

7. Expected Term Date Sc.Actual Termination Date I Ob.Legislation Pending?

Not Applicable 14c. Presidential" No 16a. Total Number of Reports 17d. Total Meetings No Reports for this Fiscal Year.

l 8a( I) Personnel Pmts to Non-Federal Members I 8a(2) Personnel Pmts to Federal Members l 8a(3) Personnel Pmts to Federal Staff No Meetings for this Fiscal Year.

I 8a(4) Personnel Pmts to Non-member Consultants I 8b( I) Travel and Per Diem to Non-Federal Members 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 I 8c.Other(rents,user charges,graphics,printing,mail etc.)

18d Total

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

Current Fiscal Year

$0

$1,000

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0 0.0 Next Fiscal Year

$0

$1,500

$2,500

$0

$0

$3,000

$7,500

$1,500

$15,000

$31,000 0.1 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission 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 were 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 contained electronic copies of all of the material that was used by parties in the NRC's licensing proceeding for a high level radioactive waste repository. The LSN was loaded with more than 3 million documents begining in FY-2004 and continuing through FY-2011. Document addition continued during FY-2011, however, no committee meetings were 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 during this period.

During FY 2010 DOE asked to withdraw the Yucca Mountain License Application pending before the NRC. In FY-2011, 2012, and FY-2013, Congress did not appropisate any funds for DOE or NRC for the Licenseing of the Yucca Mountain Application. NRC shut down the licensing review in FY-2011 and preserved the record of the proceeding. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that presided over the application hearing ordered the parties to submit their LSN document collections to the NRC Secretary for preservation. The LSN system was decomissioned at the close ofFY-2011. Litigation continued before the DC Circuit Court in FY-2012 and in August http://www.facadatabase.gov/rpt/rptannualreport _ sms.asp?cid=970&uid= 100 Page 1 of 2 10/22/2013

2013 the DC Circuit issued a Writ of Mandamus. Further meetings will depend upon decisions by the Commission on a course of action in response to the Court's decision 20b. How does the Committee balance its membership?

The membership of the LSNARP was 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 included the nuclear industry, the potential licensee (DOE) and the licensing agency (NRC). Input by these representatives was essential to the success of the LSN project.

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

The LSNARP did not meet in FY-2013. The need for additional meetings of the LSNARP will be determined based upon the Commission's course of action in response to the DC Circuit Court action.

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

The Committee was formed as part of a negotiated 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 was not available from other existing committees or within the NRC itself. NRC considered 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 committee meetings' The LSNARP did not hold any closed meetings in FY 2013.

21. Remarks Designated Federal Officer: Dr. Andrew L Bates DFO Committee Members Bates, Dr. Andrew L Brandt,Joy Clark, Ray Frishman, Steve Holden, Robert Johnson, Abby Kall, Alan Kraft, Steven Leake, Harry Mathias, Linda McCorkell, George Murphy, Malachy Pitts, Jason Remus, Andrew Simom, Mike Swanson, David Treichel, Judy von Tresenhausen, Engelbrech Total Count of Committee Members Start End Occupation 6/15/2000 9/30/2013 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10/1/2000 9/30/2013 Lander County, Nevada 7/1/1999 9/30/2013 US EPA Member Designation Regular Government Employee (RGE)

Representative Ex Officio 7/1/1999 9/30/2013 State Of Nevada Representative 7/1/1999 9/30/2013 National Congress of American Representative Indians 10/15/2003 9/30/2013 Eureka County, Nevada Representative 7/1/1999 9/30/2013 Churchill County, Nevada Representative 1/1/1998 9/30/2013 Nuclear Energy Institute - Energy Representative Coalition 6/1/2002 9/30/2013 US Departmant of Energy 10/1/2001 9/30/2013 Mineral County, Nevada 10/1/2000 9/30/2013 Esmeralda County, Nevada 12/18/1989 9/30/2013 Nye County, Nevada 10/1/2001 9/30/2013 Lincoln County, Nevada 10/1/2001 9/30/2013 Inyo County, Nevada 10/15/2003 9/30/2013 White Pine County Nevada 10/1/2009 9/30/2013 Nye County, Nevada 1/1/1998 9/30/2013 Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force 7/1/2001 9/30/2013 Clark County, Nevada 18 Regular Government Employee (RGE)

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