[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7913-7914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-739]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Board Panel Meeting

    March 14, 2007--Berkeley, California; The U.S. Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board's Panel on Postclosure Performance will meet to 
discuss U.S. Department of Energy studies related to infiltration 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 will meet in Berkeley, California, on Wednesday, 
March 14, 2007. The meeting agenda will focus on the U.S. Department of 
Energy's (DOE) infiltration estimates for the proposed repository site 
for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca 
Mountain in Nevada. The Board will review the results of nw 
infiltration studies undertaken by DOE. DOE conducted the new studies 
because of quality assurance questions that were raised about DOE's 
previous infiltration analyses. Information from the meeting will be 
used by the Board to evaluate effects of the new analyses on the 
technical validity of DOE infiltration estimates. The Board is charged 
by Congress with reviewing the technical and scientific validity of 
activities undertaken by DOE related to nuclear waste disposal, as 
stipulated in the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987.
    The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel & Executive 
Meeting Center, 200 Marina Blvd.; Berkeley, CA 94710; tel: 510-548-
7920; fax: 510-548-7944. A block of rooms has been reserved at the 
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 February 23, 2007, to ensure 
receiving the meeting rate.
    The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and to conclude at 
approximately 6 p.m. Presentations will be made by technical and 
scientific investigators from the University of Nevada-Reno, the U.S. 
Geological Survey, and DOE and its contractors.
    Time will be set aside at the end of the meeting 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. Interested parties also will have the 
opportunity to submit questions in writing to the Board. Questions 
submitted by meeting attendees that are relevant to the discussion may 
be posed by Board members, as time permits.
    A final agenda detailing meeting times, topics, and participants is 
available on the Board's Web site, http://www.nwtrb.gov. Copies of the 
meeting agenda also can be requested by telephone.
    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 April 9, 
2007.
    For more information, please contact Karyn Severson, NWTRB External 
Affairs, 2300 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 1300; Arlington, VA 22202; tel: 
703-235-4473; fax: 703-235-4495; [email protected].


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    Dated: February 13, 2007.
C.W. Di Bella,
Acting Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 07-739 Filed 2-20-07; 8:45 am]
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