[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28418-28419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13693]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Meeting

    Board meeting: June 24, 1998--Las Vegas, Nevada: Department of 
Energy (DOE) alternative designs for a potential repository that might 
be developed at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.
    Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100-203, 
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board (Board) will hold its summer meeting Wednesday, 
June 24, 1998, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
    The one-day meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 
8:30 a.m. and will focus on efforts being made by the DOE's Office of 
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) to develop alternative 
designs for a proposed repository that might be developed at Yucca 
Mountain in Nevada. In particular, the Board will hear presentations 
dealing with enhancements to the OCRWM's base-case repository design, 
and how, using technologies such as drip shields and ceramic coatings, 
those enhancements might affect repository performance. The Board also 
will hear a presentation on the technical basis for OCRWM's choice of 
specific technical designs to be analyzed in its forthcoming

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environmental impact statement for the Yucca Mountain site. A detailed 
agenda will be available approximately two weeks before the meeting. 
Call for a copy, or visit the Board's web site at www.nwtrb.gov.
    Time has been set aside for the public to comment on the technical 
issues raised during the meeting. 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 individual remarks, but written comments of 
any length may be submitted for the record.
    The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4225 South 
Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109; (tel) 702-369-4400; (fax) 702-
369-3770. Reservations for accommodations should be made by June 1, 
1998. Please mention that you are attending the Nuclear Waste Technical 
Review Board meeting to receive the preferred rate.
    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 July 20, 1998. For further information, 
contact the Frank Randall, External Affairs, at the Board's offices, at 
2300 Clarendon Boulevard, 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 
Secretary of Energy to manage the disposal of the nation's commercial 
spent nuclear fuel and defense high-level waste. In the same 
legislation, Congress directed the Secretary to characterize a site at 
Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for its suitability as a potential permanent 
repository for disposing of that waste.

    Dated: May 18, 1998.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 98-13693 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am]
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