[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-19600] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: August 11, 1994] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 6820-AM-M