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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
Panel on Hydrogeology and Geochemistry: Ground-Water Travel Time
and the Regulatory Environment
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 Panel on Hydrogeology & Geochemistry will hold
a meeting on Monday, September 12, and Tuesday, September 13, 1994, in
Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Crowne
Plaza, 4255 South Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109; tel (702) 369-
4400, fax (702) 369-3770. NOTE: Overnight accommodations are at the St.
Tropez Hotel, 455 East Harmon Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109;
telephone (702) 369-5400. The meeting, which is open to the public,
will run from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Monday, September 12, then continue
on Tuesday, September 13, at 8:25 a.m. The meeting on Tuesday will end
at 5:00 p.m.
This panel meeting will address ground-water travel time and its
relative importance to long-term repository performance. Participants
will review and discuss the various regulatory and technical aspects of
the issue. Specific presentations will cover, for example, the original
intent of 10 CFR 60 and 960, the technical basis for the 1,000-year
containment criterion, computational and conceptual problems posed by
highly heterogeneous materials, and the Department of Energy's (DOE)
proposed program approach to ground-water travel time. Round-table
discussions involving Board members, presenters, and other participants
and a period for questions and comments from the audience will end each
day's activities.
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board was created in the 1987
amendments act to evaluate the technical and scientific activities in
the DOE's civilian radioactive waste management program, including site
characterization, storage, and transport. A site at Yucca Mountain,
Nevada, currently is being characterized by the DOE for its suitability
as the possible location of a permanent repository for civilian spent
fuel and defense high-level waste.
Transcripts of the meeting will be available on computer disk or on
a library-loan basis in paper format from Victoria Reich, Board
librarian, beginning October 25, 1994. 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: August 8, 1994.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 94-19600 Filed 8-10-94; 8:45 am]
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