[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62365-62366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30621]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Panel Meeting: December 17, 1997--Augusta, Georgia: DOE-Owned 
Spent Fuel, Spent Naval Fuel, Treatment and Disposal of Aluminum-Clad 
Fuel, Defense Waste Processing, Defense Waste and Surplus Plutonium 
Disposal

    Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Pub. L. 100-203, 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board's Panel on the Repository will hold a meeting 
December 17, 1997, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The meeting, which is open to 
the public, will focus on Department of Energy (DOE)-owned spent 
nuclear fuel, spent naval fuel, defense waste processing, and defense 
waste and surplus plutonium disposal.
    Representatives of the DOE and the U.S. Navy have been invited to 
make presentations, including introductions to DOE-owned spent fuel, 
naval spent fuel, and aluminum-clad, highly enriched uranium (HEU) 
spent fuel. Disposal of aluminum-clad HEU spent fuel will be covered, 
including package design, criticality analyses, and treatment options. 
Representatives of the Savannah River facility will talk about the work 
done there, including defense high-level waste processing and 
disposition. Other presentations will cover the characteristics and 
disposal of vitrified high-level defense waste, and the immobilization 
and disposal of surplus weapons-grade plutonium. 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 Radisson Riverfront Hotel, Two 10th 
Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901; Tel (706) 722-8900; Fax (706) 823-6513. 
Reservations for accommodations must be made by December 8, 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

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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 January 13, 1998. 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 a potential location for a 
permanent repository for the disposal of that waste.

    Dated: November 18, 1997.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 97-30621 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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