[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28418-28419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13693]
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
Meeting
Board meeting: June 24, 1998--Las Vegas, Nevada: Department of
Energy (DOE) alternative designs for a potential repository that might
be developed at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.
Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100-203,
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the Nuclear Waste
Technical Review Board (Board) will hold its summer meeting Wednesday,
June 24, 1998, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The one-day meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at
8:30 a.m. and will focus on efforts being made by the DOE's Office of
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) to develop alternative
designs for a proposed repository that might be developed at Yucca
Mountain in Nevada. In particular, the Board will hear presentations
dealing with enhancements to the OCRWM's base-case repository design,
and how, using technologies such as drip shields and ceramic coatings,
those enhancements might affect repository performance. The Board also
will hear a presentation on the technical basis for OCRWM's choice of
specific technical designs to be analyzed in its forthcoming
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environmental impact statement for the Yucca Mountain site. A detailed
agenda will be available approximately two weeks before the meeting.
Call for a copy, or visit the Board's web site at www.nwtrb.gov.
Time has been set aside for the public to comment on the technical
issues raised during the meeting. Those wishing to speak are encouraged
to sign the ``Public Comment Register'' at the check-in table. A time
limit may have to be set on individual remarks, but written comments of
any length may be submitted for the record.
The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4225 South
Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109; (tel) 702-369-4400; (fax) 702-
369-3770. Reservations for accommodations should be made by June 1,
1998. Please mention that you are attending the Nuclear Waste Technical
Review Board meeting to receive the preferred rate.
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 20, 1998. For further information,
contact the Frank Randall, External Affairs, at the Board's offices, at
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
Secretary of Energy to manage the disposal of the nation's commercial
spent nuclear fuel and defense high-level waste. In the same
legislation, Congress directed the Secretary to characterize a site at
Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for its suitability as a potential permanent
repository for disposing of that waste.
Dated: May 18, 1998.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 98-13693 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am]
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