[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26107]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Twenty-Ninth Nuclear Safety Research Conference

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Twenty-Ninth Nuclear Safety Research Conference (NSRC), 
formerly known as the Water Reactor Safety Meeting, will be held 
October 22-24, 2001, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel at 
Metro Center, 775 12th Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    Please note that while the name of the conference has changed to 
more accurately reflect the broad range of topics that we now cover, 
the objective is still to promote dialogue with stakeholders about 
research that develops and confirms technical bases for regulatory 
decisions and prepares the Agency for the future.
    Ashok C. Thadani, Director of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, will open the conference on Monday, October 22, 2001, and NRC 
Chairman Richard Meserve will be the keynote speaker. Roy Zimmerman, 
Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, will 
follow Chairman Meserve by discussing recent accomplishments in the 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
    An expert panel will provide an overview of safety research 
programs worldwide. Panel members will include Dr. Michel Livolant, 
Institute de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire of France; Dr. William 
Magwood, U.S. Department of Energy; Dr. Theodore Marston, Electric 
Power Research Institute; Dr. Kunihisa Soda, Japan Atomic Energy 
Research Institute; and Dr. Ashok Thadani, NRC.
    NRC Commissioner Greta J. Dicus will be a guest speaker at the 
Monday morning plenary session.
    Technical sessions on advanced reactors and dry cask research will 
be held in the afternoon.
    On Tuesday, October 23, 2001, two expert panel sessions are planned 
in the morning. The first expert panel on waste and decommissioning 
will start at 8 a.m. and will discuss current research initiatives for 
addressing issues in human and environmental health risk assessment. 
Panel members will include NRC Commissioner Edward McGaffigan, Jr; Mr. 
Andrew Wallo, U.S. Department of Energy; Mr. Michael Boyd, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency; Mr. Thomas Cardwell, Texas Department 
of Health; and Mr. Luc Baekelandt, Federal Agency for Nuclear Control 
in Belgium.
    The other expert panel will be on advanced reactors and will 
provide an overview of ongoing programs and a discussion of the safety 
attributes of advanced designs, key issues in licensing and 
development, research needs and priorities, and the outlook for the 
future. Panel members will include NRC Commissioner Jeffrey S. 
Merrifield; Dr. Ron Simard, Nuclear Energy Institute; Dr. Theodore 
Marston, Electric Power Research Institute; Dr. William Magwood, U.S. 
Department of Energy; Dr. Vladimir Asmolov, Kurchatov Institute of 
Russia; Mr. Peter Lyons, U.S. Senate Staff (Senator Peter Domenici); 
and Mr. Edward Lyman, Nuclear Control Institute.
    Technical sessions on fuels research and age-related issues and 
research will be held in the afternoon.
    On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, NRC Commissioner Nils J. Diaz will 
provide brief remarks at 8 a.m. and will be followed by two expert 
panels and two technical sessions are planned. The first panel will 
start at 8:15 a.m. and will explore and seek innovative ways to 
communicate the role, scope, and content of the Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research program. Panelists include Mr. Dwight Cates, 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives; Ms. 
Maureen Conley of Inside N.R.C.; Ms. Angie Howard, NuclearEnergy 
Institute; Professor Andrew Kadak, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology; Mr. David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists; Dr. Timo 
Okkonen, STUK--Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority; Ms. Margaret 
Federline, USNRC; and Ms. Patricia Norry, Deputy Executive Director for 
Management Services, USNRC.
    The second expert panel will be on fuels. It will look at issues to 
be addressed in an NRC safety research program and discuss whether the 
current spectrum of research projects are adequate.
    Technical sessions on fuels and risk-informing regulatory practices 
will be held for the remainder of the day.
    This international conference includes presentations by personnel 
from the U.S. Government, national laboratories, private contractors, 
universities, reactor vendors, and a number of foreign organizations.
    Those who wish to attend are encouraged to register in advance on 
the NSRC website (www.bnl.gov/NSRC) or by contacting Susan Monteleone, 
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Department of Nuclear Energy, Building 
130, Upton, NY 11973, telephone (631) 344-7235; or Sandra Nesmith (301) 
415-6437, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of October 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mabel F. Lee,
Director, Program Management, Policy Development& Analysis Staff, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 01-26107 Filed 10-16-01; 8:45 am]
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