[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6128]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Board Meeting: April 13, 2001--Arlington, VA

    Discussion of using multiple lines of evidence to increase 
confidence in the performance assessments of the proposed Yucca 
Mountain repository for high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear 
fuel; what approaches might be taken to develop those multiple lines of 
evidence; and the degree to which those lines of evidence might be 
independent of performance assessment.
    Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100-203, 
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, on Friday, April 13, 2001, 
an ad hoc panel of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) 
will meet in Arlington, VA, to discuss the ways in which multiple lines 
of evidence might be used to increase confidence in the performance 
assessments of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository for high-level 
radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. The meeting is open to the 
public. An opportunity for public comment will be provided. The Board 
is charged by Congress with reviewing the technical and scientific 
validity of activities undertaken by the Department of Energy (DOE) 
related to civilian radioactive waste management.
    The meeting will be held at the Arlington Hilton Hotel; 950 North 
Stafford Street; Arlington, VA 22203. The telephone number for the 
hotel is 703-528-6000; the fax number is 703-812-5127. The meeting will 
begin at 8:30 a.m.; it is scheduled to end at 3:30 p.m.
    The meeting will begin with a presentation by a representative of 
the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management in DOE on work 
already completed or under way to develop multiple lines of evidence. 
Members of the Board's ad hoc panel, several experts from DOE, and 
three outside consultants retained by the Board will then make short 
presentations of their views on how multiple line of evidence might be 
developed and used to increase confidence in the performance 
assessments of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository. The rest of the 
meeting will be devoted to informal discussion of various issues 
associated with developing multiple lines of evidence.
    A block or rooms has been reserved at the Arlington Hilton Hotel. 
When making a reservation, please state that you are attending the 
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board meeting. For more information, 
contact the NWTRB, Dr. Daniel Metlay, Senior Professional Staff; 2300 
Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300; Arlington, VA 22201-3367; (tel) 703-
235-4473; (fax) 703-235-4495; (e-mail) [email protected].
    The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, created by Congress in 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, evaluates the 
technical and scientific validity of activities undertaken by the 
Secretary of Energy related to managing the disposal of the nations's 
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. In the same 
legislation, Congress directed the DOE to characterize a site at Yucca 
Mountain, Nevada, to determine its suitability as the location of a 
potential repository for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel 
and high-level radioactive waste.

    Dated: March 8, 2001.
William D. Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 01-6128 Filed 3-12-01; 8:45 am]
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