[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 161 (Monday, August 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 48564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7049]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Notice of a Meeting; Yucca Mountain, NV

    Workshop: September 25-26, 2006--Las Vegas, Nevada; The U.S. 
Nuclear Waste Technical Review board will host a workshop on the 
potential for localized corrosion of Alloy-22, the material that has 
been proposed for waste packages in which spent nuclear fuel and high-
level radioactive waste will be disposed of inside the proposed Yucca 
Mountain repository.
    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 will host a workshop on localized corrosion in 
Las Vegas, Nevada. The focus of the workshop will be the potential for 
localized corrosion of Alloy-22 under aqueous conditions that might 
exist in a proposed Yucca Mountain repository. Alloy-22 is a material 
that has been proposed for waste packages in which spent nuclear fuel 
and high-level radioactive waste will be disposed of inside the 
proposed repository. Among the workshop topics will be results of 
recent and ongoing testing related to evolution of aqueous environments 
in the repository and the potential initiation, propagation, cessation, 
and consequences of localized corrosion of Alloy-22. The Board was 
charged in the Nuclear Waste Amendments Act of 1987 with conducting an 
independent review of the technical and scientific validity of U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to disposing, packaging, 
and transporting of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive 
waste.
    The workshop agenda will be available on the Board's Web site 
http://www.nwtrb.gov) approximately one week before the date of the 
workshop. The agenda also may be obtained by telephone request at that 
time. The workshop will be open to the public, and opportunities for 
public comment will be provided. Transcripts of the workshop 
proceedings and overheads from workshop presentations will be available 
on the Board's Web site approximately three weeks after the workshop 
date.
    The workshop will be held at the Las Vegas Marriott Suites; 325 
Convention Center Drive; Las Vegas, Nevada 89109; telephone 702-650-
2000; fax 702-650-9466.
    The workshop will begin Monday afternoon with introductions of the 
participants; presentations of the ground rules; and a discussion of 
possible waste package environments, including data obtained from 
current and ongoing tests, interpretation of the data, and modeling 
used to project possible waste package environments.
    On Tuesday morning, the workshop will reconvene, and discussions 
will focus on testing related to the potential for localized corrosion 
of the Alloy-22 waste packages. The discussions will continue until 
late afternoon, when the workshop will adjourn.
    Time will be set aside during the workshop for public comments. 
Those wanting 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.
    Transcripts of the workshop 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 no later than October 
19, 2006.
    A block of rooms has been reserved for workshop attendees and 
participants at the Las Vegas Marriott Suites. When making a 
reservation, please state that you will be attending the Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board workshop. Reservations should be made by 
September 1, 2006, to ensure receiving the workshop rate.
    For more information, contact Karyn Severson, NWTRB External 
Affairs; 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300; Arlington, VA 22201-
3367; 703-235-4473; fax 703-235-4495.

    Dated: August 16, 2006.
William D. Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 06-7049 Filed 8-18-06; 8:45am]
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