[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 111 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14375]



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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Board Meeting: Exploration and Testing Activities, Past and 
Future Climates and Hydrology at Yucca Mountain

    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 summer meeting on Tuesday and 
Wednesday, July 9-10, 1996, in Denver, Colorado. The meeting will be 
held at the Red Lion Hotel, 3203 Quebec Street, Denver, CO 80207; (tel) 
303-321-3333; (fax) 303-329-9179. To receive the preferred rate, 
reservations must be made by June 16, 1996; please tell the hotel you 
are attending the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board meeting. The 
meeting is open to the public and will begin at 8:30 A.M. both days.
    The Board will explore two basic themes during the meeting: 
activities in the Yucca Mountain exploratory studies facility (ESF), 
and past and future climates and their associated effects on the 
hydrology at Yucca Mountain. The Board has invited representatives of 
the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) and its 
contractors, as well as independent consultants, to make presentations 
on the issues. Specific topics concerning the ESF will include updates 
on tunnel boring machine operations and scientific activities, the 
status of the waste isolation strategy, thermal testing, and advanced 
conceptual design for the repository. Presentations on climate and its 
effects on hydrology will include the geological structure at Yucca 
Mountain, historical perspectives and current views on both climate and 
hydrology, and climate modeling. Time has been set aside on the second 
day for a round-table discussion of all topics covered by the meeting.
    Time also has been set aside for public comment and questions on 
both days. 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. Depending 
on the number of people wishing to speak, a 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 this meeting will be available via e-mail, on 
computer disk, or on a library-loan basis in paper format from Davonya 
Barnes, Board staff, beginning August 21, 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: June 4, 1996.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 96-14375 Filed 6-6-96; 8:45 am]
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