[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19510]
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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
Sunshine Act Meeting
Pursuant to the provision of the ``Government in the Sunshine Act''
(5 U.S.C. Sec. 552b), notice is hereby given of the Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board's (Board) meeting described below.
TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: 12:30 p.m. on August 5, 1998.
PLACE: Federal Building Auditorium, 825 Jadwin Avenue, Richland,
Washington 99352.
STATUS: Open.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Robert M. Andersen, General
Counsel, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue,
NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20004, (800) 788-4016. This is a toll-
free number.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Board members will review with the Department
of Energy (DOE) and its contractors the status of implementation of the
Board's Recommendation 93-5. Recommendation 93-5 called for the
accelerated characterization of the tank wastes at Hanford. This
characterization information is needed to support resolution of safety
issues and to support design of processing and disposal systems.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board has repeatedly expressed the view
that the Department of Energy needs to accelerate characterization of
high-level radioactive waste in underground tanks at the Hanford Site.
On July 19, 1993, the Board formally recommended to the Secretary of
Energy (Recommendation 93-5) that DOE accelerate its actions to sample
and characterize the Hanford tank wastes. The Secretary accepted the
Board's recommendation, and characterization of the Hanford waste tanks
is proceeding in accordance with the Secretary's Implementation Plan.
The Implementation Plan has two major objectives: (1) characterize the
tank waste sufficiently to support resolution of tank safety issues,
and (2) characterize the tank waste safety sufficiently to support
design of processing and disposal systems.
A public meeting will be conducted by the Board to hear from DOE
and its contractors responsible for the Tank Waste Remediation System.
Those individuals will brief the Board on the status of activities
under the Secretary's Implementation Plan for Recommendation 93-5.
A transcript of this proceeding will be made available by the Board
for inspection by the public at the Board's Washington, D.C. office and
at the DOE's Public Reading Room, 2770 University Drive, CIC, Room
101L, Box 999, mail stop H2-53, Richland, Washington 99352.
Recommendation 93-5 in its entirety is also on file at DOE's Public
Reading Room in Richland and at the Board's Washington, D.C. office.
The Board reserves its right to further schedule and otherwise
regulate the course of this meeting, to recess, reconvene, postpone or
adjourn the meeting, and otherwise exercise its authority under the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Dated: July 17, 1998.
John T. Conway,
Chairman.
[FR Doc. 98-19510 Filed 7-17-98; 3:32 p.m.]
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