[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13198-13199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6813]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Public Meeting on an Overview of Recent Activities Related to the 
Potential High-Level Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings in Beatty, Tonopah, and Ely, Nevada.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will hold 
three public meetings on regulation of a potential high-level waste 
repository at Yucca Mountain. The meetings are intended to foster a 
common understanding among the stakeholders on safety and regulatory 
issues, should the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) submit a license 
application to the NRC for a possible geologic repository at Yucca 
Mountain, Nevada. All meetings will be facilitated by Francis X. 
Cameron, Special Counsel for Public Liaison, Office of the General 
Counsel, NRC.
    The meetings are primarily to acquaint the public with the NRC 
oversight of a potential high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain. 
It will begin with an overview of NRC's responsibilities, include a 
discussion of NRC's regulations and preparations for evaluating a 
potential U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) license application, and 
conclude with an overview of the NRC's role with respect to the 
transportation of high-level waste. Several opportunities for questions 
will be provided. In addition, members of the NRC staff will be 
available for discussion with members of the public. The dates, times, 
and locations of the public meetings are shown below.
    Date/Time: Monday, April 8, 2002, from 6:30 p.m.--9:00 p.m. 
(Pacific time). Tuesday, April 9, 2002, from 6:30 p.m.--9:00 p.m. 
(Pacific time). Wednesday, April 10, 2002, from 6:30 p.m.--9:00 p.m. 
(Pacific time).
    Place: Beatty Senior Center, 150 A Avenue South, Beatty, Nevada. 
Tonopah Convention Center, 301 West Brougher Avenue, Tonopah, Nevada. 
Holiday Inn Prospector Inn & Casino, 1501 E. Aultman Street, Ely, 
Nevada/

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francis X. Cameron, Special Counsel 
for Public Liaison, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by telephone: 
(301) 415-1642 or e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of March, 2002.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Janet R. Schlueter,
Chief, High-Level Waste Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 02-6813 Filed 3-20-02; 8:45 am]
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