[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9510]
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
Joint Panel Meeting on Perceived Risks and Socioeconomic Impacts
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's (the Board) Panel on the Environment & Public
Health and Panel on Risk & Performance Analysis will hold a joint
meeting May 23-24, 1995, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting, which is
open to the public, will be held at the St. Tropez Hotel, 455 East
Harmon, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109; Tel (702) 369-5400; Fax (702) 369-
1150. The meeting will begin at 1:00 P.M. on Tuesday, May 23, recess at
approximately 5:00 P.M., and continue on Wednesday, May 24, from 8:30
A.M. to noon.
The meeting will consist of a panel discussion by a diverse group
of social scientists. The topic for discussion is peoples' beliefs
about the risks associated with a potential high-level radioactive
waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and how those beliefs might
result in significant socioeconomic impacts. The Board is looking at
this issue because socioeconomic impacts are addressed as part of the
Department of Energy's site-suitability guidelines, 10 CFR 960.
As with all the Board's meetings, time is set aside on the agenda
for comments and questions from the public. In order to ensure that
everyone wishing to speak is offered time to do so, the Board
encourages those who have comments to sign the Public Comment Register
located at the sign-in table. Written comments for the record also may
be submitted to the Board staff at the sign-in table.
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 high-level
radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. 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 July 10, 1995. For further information, contact Frank
Randall, External Affairs, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, 1100
Wilson Boulevard, Suite 910, Arlington, Virginia 22209; (703) 235-4473.
Dated: April 13, 1995.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 95-9510 Filed 4-17-95; 8:45 am]
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