[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 111 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14375]
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
Board Meeting: Exploration and Testing Activities, Past and
Future Climates and Hydrology at Yucca Mountain
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 Tuesday and
Wednesday, July 9-10, 1996, in Denver, Colorado. The meeting will be
held at the Red Lion Hotel, 3203 Quebec Street, Denver, CO 80207; (tel)
303-321-3333; (fax) 303-329-9179. To receive the preferred rate,
reservations must be made by June 16, 1996; please tell the hotel you
are attending the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board meeting. The
meeting is open to the public and will begin at 8:30 A.M. both days.
The Board will explore two basic themes during the meeting:
activities in the Yucca Mountain exploratory studies facility (ESF),
and past and future climates and their associated effects on the
hydrology at Yucca Mountain. The Board has invited representatives of
the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) and its
contractors, as well as independent consultants, to make presentations
on the issues. Specific topics concerning the ESF will include updates
on tunnel boring machine operations and scientific activities, the
status of the waste isolation strategy, thermal testing, and advanced
conceptual design for the repository. Presentations on climate and its
effects on hydrology will include the geological structure at Yucca
Mountain, historical perspectives and current views on both climate and
hydrology, and climate modeling. Time has been set aside on the second
day for a round-table discussion of all topics covered by the meeting.
Time also 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 sign-in table. Depending
on the number of people wishing to speak, 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.
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 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 August 21, 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: June 4, 1996.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 96-14375 Filed 6-6-96; 8:45 am]
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