95-6234. Board Meeting: Waste Isolation Strategy, Thermal Management Strategy, The Engineered Barrier System

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13741-13742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6234]



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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Board Meeting: Waste Isolation Strategy, Thermal Management 
Strategy, The Engineered Barrier System

    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 spring meeting on April 19-20, 
1995, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn 
Crowne Plaza, 4255 S. Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109; Tel. 
[phone]; Fax [phone]. The meeting is open to the public 
and will begin at 8:30 a.m. both days. Presentations during the meeting 
will address three main topics: The Department of Energy's (DOE) 
emerging waste isolation strategy; the DOE's thermal management 
strategy, including thermal testing planned or being conducted for the 
Yucca Mountain project; and engineered barrier system research, 
development, design, and analysis. Additional presentations also will 
provide updates on the DOE's perspectives concerning current 
legislative issues (fiscal year 1996 budget and initiatives to amend or 
replace the Nuclear Waste Policy Act).
    Topics that will be covered on Wednesday, April 19, include the 
current status of the DOE's waste management program and its evolving 
waste isolation strategy, the linkage between the waste isolation 
strategy and site suitability, the fiscal year 1996 DOE budget, and 
thermal management strategy. An afternoon panel discussion will explore 
the integration of these topics. Prior to recessing for the day, those 
attending the meeting will be invited to direct questions or comments 
to the Board and the discussion panel members.
    On Thursday, April 20, the meeting will focus on the engineered 
barrier system and include repository subsurface operations concepts, 
multipurpose container (MPC) interface with a potential repository, 
waste package design, engineered barrier system performance assessment, 
corrosion research, in-repository criticality, potential use of 
backfill, and in-repository shielding. Following a time for public 
questions and comments, a panel discussion will address the 
compatibility of waste package and engineered barrier designs with the 
DOE's concept of repository operations and thermal management 
strategies. A final period for public comment will end the meeting's 
activities.
    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, 
[[Page 13742]] 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 Victoria Reich, Board 
librarian, beginning June 2, 1995. For further information, contact 
Frank Randall, External Affairs, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 910, 
Arlington, Virginia 22209; Tel: [phone]; Fax [phone].

    Dated: March 9, 1995.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 95-6234 Filed 3-13-95; 8:45 am]
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