[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 244 (Monday, December 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70442-70443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33713]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Panel Meeting; Yucca Mountain Repository

    Panel Meeting: January 25, 1999--Las Vegas, Nevada: Department of 
Energy's (DOE) selection of a Yucca Mountain repository design to be 
used as part of a license application to the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission for the construction of a potential repository at Yucca 
Mountain.
    Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Pub. L. 100-203, 
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board (Board) will hold a panel meeting on Monday, 
January 25, 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting, which is open to 
the public, will begin at 8:00 a.m. at the Alexis Park Hotel, 375 East 
Harmon, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109; (Tel) 702 796-3300, 800 453-8000, 
(Fax) 702 796-0766.
    The meeting will focus on the process for selecting license 
application designs (LADS). The DOE developed LADS as a basis for the 
selection of a preferred repository design for the potential site at 
Yucca Mountain, Nevada. In the morning, the Board's panel will review 
the LASD selection process, selection criteria, and the identification 
and evaluation of design alternatives and features. In the afternoon, 
the Panel will review the selected design alternatives, the basis for 
their selection, and the process and schedule leading to the 
identification of a single preferred repository design. A detailed 
agenda will be available approximately one week before the meeting. You 
can either call for a copy, or visit the Board's web site at 
www.nwtrb.gov.
    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 on February 23, 1999. For further 
information, contact the NWTRB, Paula Alford, External Affairs, 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 DOE 
in its program for managing the disposal of the nation's commercial 
spent nuclear fuel and defense high-level waste. In the same 
legislation, Congress directed the DOE to characterize a site at Yucca 
Mountain, Nevada, for its suitability as a potential

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location for a permanent repository for disposing of that waste.

    Dated: December 16, 1998.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 98-33713 Filed 12-18-98; 8:45 am]
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