[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 11931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6209]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Panel Meeting: April 23-24, 1998--Albuquerque, New Mexico: The 
Department of Energy's Work on the Total System Performance Assessment 
for the Viability Assessment (TSPA-VA)

    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 Performance Assessment will hold a 
meeting April 23-24, 1998, beginning at 8:30 a.m. both days. The 
meeting, which is open to the public, will focus on the Department of 
Energy's work on the total system performance assessment for the 
viability assessment, or TSPA-VA. A detailed agenda will be available 
approximately two weeks prior to the meeting by fax or e-mail, or on 
the Board's web site at www.nwtrb.gov.
    The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Uptown Albuquerque Hotel, 
2600 Louisiana Boulevard, NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110; Toll-free 
(800) 252-7772; Tel (505) 881-0000; Fax (505) 881-3736. Reservations 
for accommodations must be made by March 23, 1998, and you must 
indicate that you are attending the Nuclear Waste Technical Review 
Board's panel meeting to receive the preferred rate.
    Time will be 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 May 22, 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: March 6, 1998.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 98-6209 Filed 3-10-98; 8:45 am]
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