[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 174 (Friday, September 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46875-46876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22298]



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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Board Meeting: OCRWM Program Update, Waste Isolation Strategy, 
ESF Construction & Science Update, NAS ``Release Standards,'' Total 
System Performance Assessment

    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 on October 17-18, 
1995, in Arlington, Virginia. (Please note: In the event of a general 
government shutdown, the Board will decide on October 10, 1995, whether 
or not to cancel the meeting. Please call (703) 235-4473 on October 10 
for the announcement.) The meeting will be held at the Arlington 
Renaissance Hotel, 950 N. Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia 22203; 
(Tel) 703-528-6000; (Fax) 703-528-4386. The meeting is open to the 
public and will begin at 8:30 a.m. both days. Presentations during the 
meeting will focus on strategic concerns and performance assessment.
    Strategic concerns in the high-level nuclear waste program will be 
covered the first day of the meeting. The Department of Energy (DOE) 
has been asked to provide updates on the Office of Civilian Radioactive 
Waste Management (OCRWM) program, the developing waste isolation 
strategy, and construction progress and initial science results in the 
exploratory studies facility. Congressional staff members will be 
invited to provide their views on pending legislation that may affect 
the nuclear waste program. The Board also will hear about the National 
Academy of Sciences report on release standards for Yucca Mountain and 
the DOE's reaction to the report. The Electric Power Research Institute 
will provide an analysis of different proposed standards. At the end of 
the day, there will be a round-table discussion of strategic 
developments and concerns.
    Performance assessment will be covered on the second day of the 
meeting, including a detailed look at the OCRWM's Total System 
Performance Assessment 1995 for the Yucca Mountain site. Additional 
presentations and a round-table discussion on making the best use of 
performance assessment will conclude the day's activities.
    Time will be set aside on the agenda for public comment and 
questions. To ensure that everyone wishing to speak is provided time to 
do so, the Board encourages those who have comments to sign the Public 
Comment Register, which will be located at the sign-in 

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table. Those registering are advised that, depending on the number of 
people wishing to speak, a speaking time limit may have to be set on 
the length of individual remarks. However, written comments of any 
length may be submitted for the record.
    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 Davonya Barnes, Board staff, 
beginning December 15, 1995. 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: September 1, 1995.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 95-22298 Filed 9-7-95; 8:45 am]
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