[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 58113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28656]
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
Board Meeting: Scientific Activities in the ESF, Repository
Design Issues, Program Priorities, Use of Expert Judgment, Defense
Waste Impact Issues, and Response to NAS Standards Report Top List for
January 1996 Meeting in Las Vegas
Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100-203,
the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the Nuclear Waste
Technical Review Board will hold its winter meeting on January 10 and
11, 1996, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting will be held at the Holiday
Inn Crowne Plaza, 4255 South Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109;
(Tel) 702-369-4400; (Fax) 702-369-3770. The meeting is open to the
public and will begin at 8:30 a.m. both days.
Presentations during the meeting will cover a variety of subjects.
Scientific activities taking place in the exploratory studies facility
and repository design issues top the list. Fiscal year 1996 program
priorities within the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
and the use of expert judgment are also key issues that will be
reviewed. Additional topics planned for the two-day meeting include:
deposition of surplus weapons plutonium; defense waste planning for
Yucca Mountain; reactions from the Environmental Protection Agency, the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Department of Energy (DOE) to
the National Academy of Sciences report on the technical bases for
Yucca Mountain standards; waste management efforts in the People's
Republic of China and the United Kingdom; and the DOE's technical basis
report on surface processes.
Time will be set aside on the agenda for public comment and
questions. To ensure that everyone wishing to speak is provided time to
do so, the Board encourages those who have comments to sign the Public
Comment Register, which will be located at the sign-in table. Those
registering are advised that, depending on the number of people wishing
to speak, a speaking time limit may have to be set on the length of
individual remarks. However, written comments of any length may be
submitted for the record.
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board was created by Congress in
the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 to evaluate the
technical and scientific validity of activities undertaken by the DOE
in its program to manage the disposal of the nation's spent nuclear
fuel and defense high-level waste. In that same legislation, Congress
directed the DOE to characterize a site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for
its suitability as a potential location for a permanent repository for
the disposal of that waste.
Transcripts of the meeting will be available on computer disk or on
a library-loan basis in paper format from Davonya Barnes, Board staff,
beginning February 26, 1996. For further information, contact Frank
Randall, External Affairs, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 910, Arlington,
Virginia 22209; (Tel) 703-235-4473; (Fax) 703-235-4495.
Dated: November 16, 1995.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 95-28656 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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