[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 26341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12491]
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
Notice of Meeting
Board Meeting
June 25-26, 1997--Las Vegas, Nevada: program status and the
viability assessment, repository performance and uncertainties of the
natural barrier system, performance and uncertainties of the repository
design and the engineered barrier system, post-viability assessment
plans for scientific studies and exploration at Yucca Mountain,
performance confirmation,and an update on transportation planning.
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 summer meeting on Wednesday and
Thursday, June 25-26, 1997, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting will be
held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4255 S. Paradise Road, Las Vegas,
Nevada, 89109; Tel (702) 369-4400, Fax (702) 369-3770. To receive the
preferred rate, reservations must be made by May 30, 1997. The meeting
is open to the public and will begin at 8:30 a.m. both days.
Tentative Agenda
The morning session on Wednesday, June 25, will begin with an
update on the status of the Department of Energy's (DOE) high-level
waste management program. The meeting then will focus on many of the
DOE's ongoing activities related to the viability assessment planned
for 1998, including repository performance and uncertainties in the
natural barrier system. The Board will hear presentations by
representatives of the Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractors
on how performance assessment views the natural barriers, the DOE's
unsaturated zone expert elicitation project, and saturated zone flow
and transport.
The afternoon session will look at the performance and
uncertainties associated with repository design and the engineered
barrier system. Presentations will include the status of regulatory
development, the DOE waste containment and isolation strategy,
repository design and operations, waste package design, and how
performance assessment views waste package performance.
On Thursday morning, June 26, the Board will hear presentations on
the projected plans and costs of post-viability assessment scientific
studies and exploration at Yucca Mountain, projected costs of
repository construction and operation, performance confirmation after
licensing, and an update on transportation planning.
Time has been set aside for public comment and questions on both
days. 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 registration table. A
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.
Transcripts
Transcripts of this meeting will be available via e-mail, on
computer disk, or on a library-loan basis in paper format from Davonya
Barnes, Board staff, beginning July 24, 1997. For further information,
contact Frank Randall, External Affairs, 2300 Clarendon Boulevard,
Suite 1300, Arlington, Virginia 22201-3367; (Tel) 703-235-4473; (Fax)
703-235-4495; (E-mail info@nwtrb.gov.
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 the 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.
Dated: May 7, 1997.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 97-12491 Filed 5-12-97; 8:45 am]
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