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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
 

Structural Geology & Geoengineering Panel; Tectonics Meeting

    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 (the Board) Panel on Structural Geology & 
Geoengineering will hold a two-day meeting on tectonics on March 8-9, 
1994. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at the 
Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, San Francisco Airport, 600 Airport Blvd., 
Burlingame, California 94010; telephone (415) 340-8500; fax (415) 340-
0599.
    The focus of the panel meeting will be the methodology, existing 
results, and uses of probabilistic seismic and volcanic hazard 
estimates at Yucca Mountain. A site at Yucca Mountain currently is 
being characterized by the Department of Energy (DOE) for its 
suitability as the possible location of a permanent repository for 
civilian spent fuel and defense high-level waste. The DOE has assigned 
a key role to probabilistic hazard estimation in determining site 
suitability and the design and licensability of the proposed 
repository.
    During the panel meeting, the DOE will discuss probabilistic 
seismic and volcanic hazard estimation and its uses as presented in two 
reports: (1) The DOE topical report on seismic hazards assessment and 
(2) the Los Alamos National Laboratory report on volcanic hazard 
studies. In addition, the Board has asked for an update on recent 
seismological and geologic investigations that have a bearing on hazard 
estimation.
    The Board has invited other interested parties, such as the state 
of Nevada, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and their contractors, to 
comment on the DOE's presentations and present the latest results of 
similar studies on Yucca Mountain. The Board also has invited a number 
of eminent outside scientists to provide their views on probabilistic 
hazard estimation.
    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 April 20, 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: February 2, 1994.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 94-2654 Filed 2-4-94; 8:45 am]
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