[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53667-53668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27256]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Panel Meeting: November 19-20, 1997--Arlington, Virginia: Spent 
Nuclear Fuel Transportation Safety

    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 the Waste Management System will hold 
a meeting November 19-20, 1997, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The meeting, 
which is open to the public, will focus on transportation safety issues 
for spent nuclear fuel.
    The first day will include presentations on the federal regulatory 
framework under which transportation will take place, transportation 
planning and practices (using a specific example), and risk analysis 
(with emphasis on methodologies). Representatives from the Department 
of Transportation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Sandia National 
Laboratories, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have been 
invited to make the presentations, along with several private 
consultants. On the second day, the presenters will participate in a 
round-table discussion of their topics. Representatives of the state of 
Nevada, the environmental community, the Department of Energy, and 
other stakeholder groups also will participate. The meeting will end 
around noon. A detailed agenda will be available approximately two 
weeks prior to the meeting by fax or email, or on the Board's web site 
at www.nwtrb.gov.
    The meeting will be held at the Sheraton national Hotel, Columbia 
Pike & Washington Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22204; (Tel) 703-521-
1900; (Fax) 703-521-0332. Reservations for accommodations must be made 
by October 17, 1997, and you must indicate that you are attending the 
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's panel meeting to receive the 
preferred rate.
    Time has been set aside on the agenda for comments and questions 
from the public. Those wishing to speak are encouraged to sign the 
Public Comment Register at the check-in table. 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.
    Transcripts of this meeting will be available on computer disk, via 
e-mail, or on a library-loan basis in paper format from Davonya Barnes, 
Board staff, beginning December 18, 1997. For further information, 
contact Frank Randall, External Affairs, 2300 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 
1300, Arlington, Virginia 22201-3367; (Tel) 703-235-4473; (Fax) 703-
235-4495; (E-mail) [email protected].
    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 high-level 
radioactive waste and commercial spent nuclear fuel. In that same 
legislation, Congress directed the DOE to characterize a site at Yucca 
Mountain, Nevada, for its suitability as

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a potential location for a permanent repository for the disposal of 
that waste.

    Dated: October 8, 1997.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 97-27256 Filed 10-14-97; 8:45 am]
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