[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 56464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21178]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD




Panel Meeting: October 13-14, 2004--Salt Lake City, UT: The U.S. 
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on the Waste Management 
System Will Meet To Discuss Issues Related to the U.S. Department of 
Energy's Planning for the Possible Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel 
and High-Level Radioactive Waste to a Proposed Repository 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 U.S. Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board's Panel on the Waste Management System will meet 
in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, October, and Thursday, October 
14, 2004. The panel will discuss issues elated to planning for the 
potential transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level 
radioactive waste to a proposed repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. 
The meeting will be open to the public, and opportunities for public 
comment will be provided. The Board is charged by Congress with 
reviewing the technical and scientific validity of activities 
undertaken by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as stipulated in the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act.
    The panel meeting will be held at the Sheraton City Center Hotel; 
150 West 500 South; Salt Lake City, Utah 84101; (tel.) 801-401-2000; 
(fax) 801-534-3450. The panel is scheduled to meet from 8 a.m. until 
5:30 p.m. on October 13 and from 8 a.m. until approximately 12 noon on 
October 14. Meeting times and agenda details will be confirmed 
approximately one week before the meeting dates. Copies of the agendas 
can be requested by telephone or obtained from the Board's Web site at 
http://www.nwtrb.gov.
    The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the DOE's transportation 
planning and the experience of regional groups involved in transporting 
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste (Wednesday) and to 
review the experiences of Private Fuel Storage, LLC, in planning for 
transportation of spent nuclear fuel to its proposed facility in Utah 
(Thursday). On Thursday, the panel also will review issues of risk 
perception in the transportation planning process.
    Transcripts of the meetings will be available on the Board's Web 
site, by e-mail, on computer disk and on a library-loan basis in paper 
format from Davonya Barnes of the Board's staff, beginning on November 
29, 2004.
    A block of rooms has been reserved at the Sheraton City Center 
Hotel for meeting participants. When making a reservation, please state 
that you are attending the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board 
meeting. Reservations should be made by September 20, 2004 to receive 
the meeting rate.
    For more information, contact the NWTRB: Karyn Severson, External 
Affairs; 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300; Arlington, VA 22201-
3367; (tel.) 703-235-4473; (fax) 703-235-4495.

    Dated: September 8, 2004
William D. Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 04-21178 Filed 9-20-04; 8:45 am]
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