[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 30, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-21308]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

 

Board Meeting

    The process of site-suitability determination, DOE priorities in 
testing and data collection at Yucca Mountain and the rationale for 
those priorities, and views on the role of natural and engineered 
barriers.

    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 will hold its fall meeting October 12, 1994, in 
Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting will be held at the Alexis Park Hotel, 
375 East Harmon, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109; Tel (702) 796-3300; Fax (202) 
796-4334. The pubic is welcome to attend the meeting, which will begin 
at 8:30 A.M. Presentations during the one-day meeting will address the 
process of site-suitability determination, the Department of Energy's 
(DOE) priorities in testing and data collection and the rationale for 
those priorities, and views on the role of natural and engineered 
barriers, including those form nuclear waste programs outside the 
United States. Discussions during the course of the day will focus on 
the DOE's waste isolation strategy, site-suitability issues (including 
the use of expert judgment), and those features, events, and processes 
that could pose a serious challenge to Yucca Mountain's viability as 
the site of a potential repository. A final round-table discussion will 
explore the role that natural and engineered barriers should play in 
assessing site suitability.

    The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board was created by Congress in 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 to evaluate the 
technical and scientific validity of activities undertaken by the DOE 
in its program to manage the disposal of the nation's spent nuclear 
fuel and defense high-level waste. In that same legislation, Congress 
directed the DOE to characterize a site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for 
its suitability as a potential location for a permanent repository for 
the disposal of that 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 November 28, 1994. For further information, 
contact Frank Randall, External Affairs, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 
910, Arlington, Virginia 22209; Tel: 703-235-4473; Fax 703-235-4495.


    Dated: August 24, 1994.

William Barnard,

Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.

[FR Doc. 94-21308 Filed 8-29-94; 8:45 am]

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