[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 58113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28656]



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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Board Meeting: Scientific Activities in the ESF, Repository 
Design Issues, Program Priorities, Use of Expert Judgment, Defense 
Waste Impact Issues, and Response to NAS Standards Report Top List for 
January 1996 Meeting in Las Vegas

    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 winter meeting on January 10 and 
11, 1996, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting will be held at the Holiday 
Inn Crowne Plaza, 4255 South Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109; 
(Tel) 702-369-4400; (Fax) 702-369-3770. The meeting is open to the 
public and will begin at 8:30 a.m. both days.
    Presentations during the meeting will cover a variety of subjects. 
Scientific activities taking place in the exploratory studies facility 
and repository design issues top the list. Fiscal year 1996 program 
priorities within the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management 
and the use of expert judgment are also key issues that will be 
reviewed. Additional topics planned for the two-day meeting include: 
deposition of surplus weapons plutonium; defense waste planning for 
Yucca Mountain; reactions from the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Department of Energy (DOE) to 
the National Academy of Sciences report on the technical bases for 
Yucca Mountain standards; waste management efforts in the People's 
Republic of China and the United Kingdom; and the DOE's technical basis 
report on surface processes.
    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 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 February 26, 1996. 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: November 16, 1995.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 95-28656 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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