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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

 

Panel on the Engineered Barrier System: Impact of High-Level 
Defense Wastes on DOE Waste Management System

    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 the Engineered Barrier System will 
hold a meeting on Wednesday, June 15, 1994, in Richland, Washington, 
and a tour of the Hanford facility on Thursday, June 16, 1994. The 
meeting will be held at the Tower Inn and Conference Center, 1515 
George Washington Way, Richland, Washington 99352; tel (509) 946-4121, 
fax (509) 946-2222. The meeting is open to the public and will begin at 
8:30 a.m.
    The panel meeting will focus on three areas of interest to the 
Board. First, panel members will hear about the Department of Energy's 
(DOE) current plans for processing and packaging high-level tank waste 
(defense reprocessing waste) at Hanford into forms suitable for 
transportation and disposal. Second, presentations will be heard on the 
quantities and characteristics of irradiated materials at Hanford that 
have not been reprocessed, as well as any plans for their processing 
and/or packaging into forms suitable for transportation and disposal. 
Third, panel members have invited appropriate DOE headquarters 
personnel to talk about activities and plans for the ultimate disposal 
of surplus weapons plutonium and the affect of this material on the 
planned high-level waste repository. 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.
    On Thursday, June 16, the panel will participate in a tour of the 
Hanford facilities discussed in the previous day's meeting. While the 
Board normally makes every effort to ensure that the general public has 
access to all of its activities, we have been asked to limit the number 
of people attending this tour due to space limitations and safety and 
security requirements at the Hanford facility. Consequently, 
invitations have been extended to a limited number of representatives 
from the state of Nevada, Nevada affected units of local government, 
the Nevada state legislature, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and 
the Department of Energy to attend the tour with the Board.
    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 July 28, 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: May 4, 1994.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 94-11170 Filed 5-9-94; 8:45 am]
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