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2012 Current FY Report: Review of Federal Advisory Committee 11 /14/2012 2: 16:08 PM Page 1 of 6 Committee Menu I Department or Agency

2. Fiscal Year 2012 Nuclear Regulatory Commission

3. Committee or SubCommittee Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards 3b. GSA Committee No.

207

4. Is this New During Fiscal Year?

5. Current Charter

6. Expected Renewal Date

7. Expected Term Date No 12/10/2010 12/10/2012 8a. Was Terminated During FY?

8b. Specific Termination Authority Sc.Actual Termination Date No CJ. Agency Recommendation for Next FY Continue I Oa.Legislation Req to Terminate?

1 Ob.Legislation Pending?

No 11. Establishment Authority

12. Specific Establishment Authority Statutory (Congress Created)

I 3. Effective Date

14. Committee Type Continuing 14c. Presidential?

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

15. Description of Committee 16a. Total Number of Reports 40 16b. Report Titles and Dates Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board Initial ACRS Review of 1) The NRC Near Term Task Force Report on Fukushima and 2) Staffs Recommended Actions to be Taken Without Delay Draft Final Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.82, "Water Sources for Long-Term Recirculation Cooling Following a Loss-of-Coolant Accident," Revision 4 No 10/13/2011 10/17/2011 Enhancing the Fuel Cycle Oversight Process 10/17/2011 ACRS Review of Starrs Prioritization of Recommended Actions to be Taken in Response to Fukushima 111812011 Lessons Learned (SECY-I 1-0137)

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2, Extended Power Uprate Application 11/10/2011 Draft Fin Rev 6 of Standard Rev Plan Br Tech Position 7-19,Guidance for Eval of Div & Defense-in-Depth in Digital Computer-Based lnstru & Ctrl System Report on the Safety Aspects of the Progress Energy Florida, Inc. Combined License Application for Levy Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Proposed Requirements for ITAAC Maintenance and Draft Final Regulatory Guide 1.215, "Guidance for ITAAC Closure Under JO CFR Part 62" 11/14/2011 12/7/2011 I 2/8/2011 Res to 10/28/1, EDO Letter ACRS Recommendations Topical Rpt NEDC-33173P, Supplement 2, Parts 1211212011 I, 2, &3, "Analysis of Gamma Scan Data & Removal ofSLMCPR Margin" Revised Branch Technical Position on Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Proposed Draft Rule for JO CFR 50.46c, "Emergency Core Cooling System Performance During Loss-of-Coolant Accidents" Draft JO CFR 50.54(f) Letter on Implementation of the Near-Term Task Force Recommendations from the Fukushima Daiichi Event Draft Final Revision I to Regulatory Guide 1.93, "Availability of Electric Power Sources" Response to 2/27/12 Letter Regarding Final Disposition of Fukushima-Related ACRS Recommendations in Letters dated October 13, 2011 and November 8,2011 ACRS Review of Proposed Orders in Response to Fukushima Lessons Learned (SECY-12-0025)

Chapters 6, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16, & 18 Safety Evaluation Report with Open Items Associated with U.S.

Evolutionary Power Reactor Design Certification Application Fin SER Associated with the Florida Power and Light Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 3 and 4, License Amendment Request for an Extended Power Uprate Extremely Low Probability of Rupture Project I 2/13/2011 1/26/2012 2/15/2012 2/16/2012 3/13/2012 3/14/2012 3/15/2012 3/20/2012 4/23/2012 Report on the Safety Aspects of the License Renewal Application for the Columbia Generating Station 4/24/2012 Response to the January 24, 2012, EDO Letter Regarding the Progress Energy Florida Combined h ttps :/ /www. fido. gov /facadata base/rptann ualreport. asp 4/25/2012 11/14/2012

License Application for Levy Nuclear Plant, Units I and 2 Chapters 6, 7, 15, & 18 of the SER with Open Items Associated with the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3, Combined License Application Spent Fuel Pool Scoping Study Draft Commission Paper, "Risk-Informed Regulatory Framework for New Reactors" Review and Evaluation of the NRC Safety Research Program, NUREG-1635, Volume IO 4/25/2012 4/25/2012 4/26/2012 4/30/2012 State-of-the-Art Reactor Consequence Analysis (SOARCA) Project 5/15/2012 Draft Final NUREG-1921, (EPRI Report 1023001), "EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Human Reliability Analysis 511712012 Guidelines Chapters 3, 9, 14, and 19 of the Safety Evaluation Report with Open Items Associated with the U.S.

Evolutionary Power Reactor Design Certification Application 5/18/2012 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit I, Extended Power Uprate License Amendment Request 6/18/2012 Proposed Revision I to Regulatory Guide 1.192, "Operation and Maintenance Code Case Acceptability, 611812012 ASME OM Code" NRC Staffs Draft Plans and Status Summaries for Tier 3 Japan Lessons Learned Recommendations 6/19/2012 Final Safety Evaluation Report Associated with the Florida Power and Light St. Lucie, Unit I, License 612012012 Amendment Request for an Extended Power Uprate Draft Interim Staff Guidance Documents in Support of Tier I Orders Draft Final NUREG-1934 (EPRI 1023259), "Nuclear Power Plant Fire Modeling Analysis Guidelines (NPP FIRE MAG)"

SECY-12-0081, "Risk-Informed Regulatory Framework for New Reactors" 7/17/2012 7/17/2012 7/17/2012 Final Safety Evaluation Report Associated with the Florida Power and Light St. Lucie, Unit 2, License 712312012 Amendment Request for an Extended Power Rate Technical Information Needs Affecting Potential Regulation of Extended Storage and Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel 9/11/2012 Chapters 5, 8, IO, 11 and 12 of the SER with Open Items for the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, 911812012 Units 3 and 4, US-APWR Reference Combine License Application Interim Staff Guidance 8, Revision 3, "Burn up Credit in the Criticality Safety Analyses of PWR Spent Fuel in Transportation and Storage Casks" Chapter 9 of the Safety Evaluation Report with Open Items for the US-APWR Design Certification Application 9/18/2012 9/18/2012 Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1290 (Proposed Revision of Regulatory Guide 1.59), "Design-Basis Floods 912512012 for Nuclear Power Plants" 17a Open:

71 17b. Closed 4

Meeting Purposes and Dates Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials ABWR Planning and Procedures Power Uprates Plant Operations and Fire Protection 587th Full Committee APIO00 Plant License Renewal US APWR ESBWR Future Plant Designs Planning and Procedures 588th Full Committee EPR Planning and Procedures (w/Commissioners)

Planning and Procedures APWR Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena https ://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp 17c. Partially Closed:

10/4/2011 10/4/2011 10/4/20 II 10/4/20 II I 0/5/20 I I 10/5/2011 10/5/201 I 10/5/2011 10/5/201 I 10/5/2011 10/6/20 II I 0/8/2011 10/18/2011 10/19/2011 10/19/2011 10/19/2011 10/20/201 I 10/20/201 I 10/21/201 I 10/21/201 I 11 /2/20 II 11 /2/20 II 11/2/201 I 11/2/2011 11/3/2011 11/5/2011 11/14/201 I 11 /15/2011 11/29/2011 11/29/201 I 11/29/2011 11/29/2011 11/30/2011 11/30/2011 11/30/2011 11/30/201 I 3

17d. Total Meetings 78 Page 2 of 6 11/14/2012

ESBWR 589th Full Committee Reliability and PRA Power Uprates Materials, Metallurgy & Reactor Fuels Plant Operations and Fire Protection Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials Planning and Procedures 590th Full Committee Regulatory Policies and Practices Planning and Procedures 591st Full Committee EPR Power Uprates Reliability and PRA Regulatory Policies and Practices Materials, Metallurgy & Reactor Fuels Reliability and PRA Planning and Procedures 592nd Full Committee Reliablity and PRA US APWR Planning and Procedures Planning and Procedures (ACRS Retreat) 593rd Full Committee Regulatory Policies and Practices Power Uprates Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials Reliability and PRA Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena Planning and Procedures 594th Full Committee 11/30/2011 11/30/2011 12/1/2011 12/3/2011 12/14/2011 12/14/2011 12/14/2011 12/14/2011 12/15/2011 12/15/2011 12/15/2011 12/15/2011 1/18/2012 1/18/2012 1/18/2012 1/18/2012 1/19/2012 1/20/2012 2/8/2012 2/8/2012 2/8/2012 2/8/2012 2/9/2012 2/11/2012 2/21/2012 2/23/2012 2/24/2012 2/24/2012 3/6/2012 3/6/2012 3/6/2012 3/6/2012 3/6/2012 3/6/2012 3/7/2012 3/7/2012 3/7/2012 3/7/2012 3/8/2012 3/10/2012 3/21/2012 3/21 /2012 3/22/2012 3/23/2012 4/11/2012 4/11/20 I 2 4/11/2012 4/11/2012 4/12/2012 4/13/2012 4/25/2012 4/25/2012 4/26/2012 4/26/2012 4/27/2012 4/27/2012 5/8/2012 5/8/2012 5/8/2012 5/9/2012 5/9/2012 5/9/2012 5/10/2012 5/12/2012 Fukushima (Lessons Learned Task Force) 5/22/2012 5/22/2012 Fukushima (Disposition of NTTF Tier 3 Recommendations) 5/22/2012 5/23/2012 Power Uprates Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials Planning and Procedures 595th Full Committee Reliability and PRA Fukushima Power Uprates US APWR Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials Plant License Renewal Planning and Procedures Regulatory Policies and Practices 596th Full Commitee 596th Full Commitee Reliability and PRA Fukushima (Seismic Hazards)

Fukushima (NTTF Recommendation 1) 5/24/2012 5/24/2012 6/5/2012 6/5/2012 6/5/2012 6/5/2012 6/6/2012 6/8/2012 6/19/2012 6/19/2012 6/20/2012 6/20/2012 6/22/2012 6/22/2012 7/9/2012 7/10/2012 7/10/2012 7/10/2012 7/10/2012 7/10/2012 7/10/2012 7/10/2012 7/10/2012 7 /10/2012 7/11/2012 7/13/2012 7/11/2012 7/13/2012 7/26/2012 7/27/2012 8/15/2012 8/15/2012 8/15/2012 8/15/2012 https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp Page 3 of 6 11/14/2012

Plant License Renewal Fukushima Planning and Procedures 597th Full Commitee Regulatory Policies and Practices Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials (Spent Fuel Transportation Risk Assessment)

Plant License Renewal US APWR 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 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 10 Federal Staff I 8b(4) Travel and Per Diem to Non-Member Consultants I 8c.Other(rents,user charges,graphics,printing,mai I etc.)

18d Total

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

8/16/2012 8/16/2012 9/5/2012 9/5/2012 9/5/2012 9/5/2012 9/5/2012 9/5/2012 9/6/2012 9/8/2012 9/18/2012 9/18/2012 9/18/2012 9/18/2012 9/19/2012 9/19/2012 9/20/2012 9/20/2012 Current Fiscal Year

$964,077

$0

$3,357,486

$184,135

$429,003

$0

$27,875

$33,318

$266,691

$5,262,585 37.0 Next Fiscal Year

$970,000

$0

$3,675,440

$184,135

$450,453

$0

$29,269

$33,318

$251,000

$5,593,615 37.0 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 78 meetings during FY 2012, including 11 Full Committee meetings that were attended by all ACRS members of which 3 were 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 2012 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.

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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 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 2012, 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 78 meetings during FY 2012, of which 11 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 IO 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. W hy can't the advice or in formation 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 https://Vvww.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp Page 5 of 6 11/14/2012

information the premature disclosure of which would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed Agency action 21. Remarks None Designated Federal Official: Jamila Perry DFO Committee Members Start End Occupation Abdel-Khalik, 9/7/2010 5/31/2012 Southern Nuclear Distinguished Professor, George W.

Dr. Said I.

Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Armijo, Dr.

Joseph S.

Banerjee, Dr.

Sanjoy Bley, Dr.

Dennis C.

Brown Jr.,

Mr. Charles H.

Corradini, Dr. Michael L.

Powers, Dr.

Dana A.

Ray, Mr.

Harold B Rempe, Ms.

Joy Ryan, Dr.

Michael T Schultz, Dr.

Steven Shack, Dr.

William J.

Sieber, Mr.

John D.

3/9/2010 3/8/2014 Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 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,lnc., Oakton, VA 4/28/2012 4/27/2016 Senior Advisor for Electrical Systems, BMT Syntek Technologies, Inc., Arlington, VA 9/7/2010 9/6/2014 Professor and Chairman of Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 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 7/6/2012 7/5/2016 Principal, Michael T. Ryan and Associates, LLC, Lexington, SC 1/9/2012 1/8/2016 Consultant, International Atomic Energy Agency; Retired Engineering Manager, Nuclear Design Duke Energy Corporation, Charlotte, NC 8/1/2009 7/31/2013 Retired Associate Director, Energy Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 7/12/2011 7/11/2015 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.

9/5/2011 9/4/2015 Principal, Stetkar & Associates, Lake Forest, CA John W.

Total Count of Committee Members 15 https ://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp Member Designation Special Government Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

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2012 Current FY Report: Review of Federal Advisory Committee 11 /6/2012 3:19:28 PM 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 12/3/2010

6. Expected Renewal Date 12/3/2012 8a. Was Terminated During FY?

8b. Specific Termination A uthority No 9 Agency Recommendation for Next FY Continue 11 Establishment Authority

12. Specific Establ ishment Authority 42 u.s.c. 2201

15. Description of Committee 42 u.s.c. 2201 I 0a Legislation Req to Terminate?

No Agency Authority

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

14. Committee Type Continuing

2. Fiscal Year 2012 3b. GSA Committee No.

1104

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

14c. Presidential?

No I6a. Total Number of Reports I 7d. Total Meetings No Reports for this Fiscal Year.

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

I 8a(4) Personnel Pmts to Non-member Consultants J 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 J 8b(4) Travel and Per Diem to Non-Member Consultants 18c Other(rents,user chargcs,graphics,printing,mai l etc)

I8d Total I 9. Federal Staff Support Years 20a. How does the Committee accomplish its purpose?

Current Fiscal Year Next Fi scal Year

$0

$0 0.0 0.0 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-201 I. 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 of2006 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 DO E'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 and FY-2012, 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 decom issioned at the close of FY-2011. Litigation continued before the DC Circuit Court in FY-2012.

20b. How does the Committee balance its membership?

The membership of the LSN ARP 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 https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp 11 /06/2012

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-2012. The need for additional meetings of the LSNARP will be determined based upon the outcome of Court action and Congressional appropiations.

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

The Committee was formed as part ofa 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,t necessary to close and/or partially close committee meetings?

The LSNARP did not hold any closed meetings in FY 2012.

21. Remarks In FY-2012, Congress did not appropisate any funds for DOE or NRC for the Licenseing of the Yucca Mountain Application. At the close of the FY-2012 year, Litigation continued before the DC Circuit Court and the future need for the Committee remained uncertain.

Designated Federal Official Dr. Andrew L Bates DFO Committee Members Bates, 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 9/30/2012 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10/1/2000 9/30/2012 Lander County, Nevada 7/1/1999 9/30/2012 US EPA M ember Designation Regular Government Employee (RGE)

Representative Ex Officio 7/1/1999 9/30/2012 State Of Nevada Representative 7/1/1999 9/30/2012 National Congress of American Representative Indians 10/15/2003 9/30/2012 Eureka County, Nevada Representative 7/1/1999 9/30/2012 Churchill County, Nevada Representative 1/1/1998 9/30/2012 Nuclear Energy Institute - Energy Representative Coalition 6/1/2002 9/30/2012 US Departmant of Energy Regular Government Employee (RGE) 10/1/2001 9/30/2012 Mineral County, Nevada 10/1/2000 9/30/2012 Esmeralda County, Nevada 12/18/1989 9/30/2012 Nye County, Nevada 10/1/2001 9/30/2012 Lincoln County, Nevada 10/1/2001 9/30/2012 Inyo County, Nevada 10/15/2003 9/30/2012 White Pine County Nevada 10/1/2009 9/30/2012 Nye County, Nevada 1/1/1998 9/30/2012 Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force 7/1/2001 9/30/2012 Clark County, Nevada 18 Representative Representative Representative Representative Representative Representative Representative Representative Representative h ttps :/ /www. fido. gov /facadatabase/rptann ual report. asp Page 2 of 2 11/06/2012

2012 Current FY Report: Review of Federal Advisory Committee I 1/6/2012 2:59:44 PM Page 1 of 2 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?

No 8a. Was Terminated During FY?

No

9. Agency Recommendation for Next FY Continue 11 Establishment Authority

5. Current Charter

6. Expected Renewal Date 3/14/2012 3/14/2014 8b. Specific Termination Authority 42 u.s.c. 2201 I 0a. Legislation Req to Terminate?

No Agency Authority

12. Specific Establishment Authority I 3. Effective Date

14. Committee Type Continuing 42 u.s.c. 2201 7/1/1958

15. Description of Committee Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board I 6a. Total Number of Reports 3

16b. Report Titl es and Dates Permanent Implant Brachytherapy Final Report Permanent Implant Brachytherapy Revised Final Report Electronic Signatures Report 17a Open:

M eeting Purposes and Dates ACMUI Teleconference ACMUI Teleconference ACMUI Teleconference ACMUI Meeting ACMUI Teleconference ACMUI Meeting I Sa( I ) Personnel Pmts to Non-Federal Members I 8a(2) Personnel Pmts to Federal Members I 8a(3) Personnel Pmts to Federal Staff 4

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 I 9. Federal Staff Support Years 20a. How does the Committee accomplish its purpose?

17b. Closed 0

17c. Partially Closed*

10/18/2011 10/18/2011 12/15/2011 12/15/2011 2/7/2012 2/7/2012 4/16/2012 4/ 17/2012 7/9/2012 7/9/2012 9/20/2012 9/21 /2012 Current Fiscal Year

$102,824

$0

$249,061

$0

$31,506

$0

$4,442

$0

$387,833 1.6 2

2. Fiscal Year 2012 3b. GSA Committee No.

1102

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

14c. Pres idential?

No 10/18/2011 2/7/2012 4/16/2012 17d. Total Meetings 6 Next Fiscal Year

$103,000

$0

$250,000

$0

$32,000

$0

$4,500

$0

$389,500 1.6 The NRC staff believes that licensees, the general public, and medical professionals benefit when recognized ex perts 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 https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp 11/06/2012

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 com position.

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 staffs 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 Commi ttee Members Start End Occupation Member Designation Bailey, Ms. Darice G.

3/26/2012 3/26/2016 State Government Representative Special Government Guiberteau, Dr.

Milton J.

Langhorst, Dr. Susan M.

Malmud, Dr. Leon S.

Mattmuller, Mr.

Steven R.

Palestro, Dr.

Christopher J.

Suh, Dr. Jon H.

1/10/2011 1/10/2015 Diagnostic Radiologist 9/28/2009 9/28/2013 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 10/17/2014 Radiation Oncologist Suleiman, Dr. Orhan 1/1/2004 1/1/2014 Food and Drug Administration H.

Representative Thomadsen, Dr. Bruce 10/15/2007 10/15/20 I 5 Medical Physicist - Therapy R.

Yan Decker, Dr.

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

Weil, Ms. Laura M.

8/29/2011 8/29/2015 Patients' Rights Advocate Welsh, Dr. James S.

2/25/2007 2/25/2015 Radiation Oncologist Zanzonico, Dr. Pat B. 3/8/2010 3/8/2014 Nuclear Medicine Medical Physicist Total Count of Committee Members 13 https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/rptannualreport.asp Employee (SGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

Regular Government Employee (RGE)

Special Government Employee (SGE)

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