[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23279-23280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9226]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Meeting; Las Vegas, NV

    Board Meeting: May 29, 2008--Las Vegas, Nevada; The U.S. Nuclear 
Waste Technical Review Board will meet to

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discuss the U.S. Department of Energy's Total System Performance 
Assessment of a proposed repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-
level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.
    Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100-203, 
at 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 29, 2008, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical 
Review Board will meet in Las Vegas, Nevada, to discuss the U.S. 
Department of Energy's (DOE) total system performance assessment (TSPA) 
of the proposed repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level 
radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. TSPA is a comprehensive 
computational analysis used by DOE for assessing the ability of the 
potential repository to provide long-term isolation and containment of 
radionuclides. The Board was charged in the Nuclear Waste Policy 
Amendments Act of 1987 with conducting an independent review of the 
technical and scientific validity of DOE activities related to 
implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, including disposing of, 
packaging, and transporting spent nuclear fuel and high-level 
radioactive waste.
    The meeting, which will be open to the public, will be held in the 
Chancellor I Room of the Embassy Suites Convention Center Hotel; 3600 
Paradise Road; Las Vegas, Nevada 89169; (tel) 702-893-8000; (fax) 702-
893-0708. A block of rooms has been reserved under ``NWTRB'' at the 
meeting hotel, and the telephone number for reservations is 888-243-
9146. To receive the meeting rate, please make your reservations no 
later than May 2.
    The agenda will be on the World Wide Web at http://www.nwtrb.gov 
and will be available on request approximately one week before the 
meeting date. Board Chairman B. John Garrick will call the meeting to 
order. Dr. Garrick's opening remarks will be followed by an overview of 
DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management program activities 
and plans. The balance of the agenda will be devoted to a discussion of 
the models, assumptions, and results of the TSPA that will be submitted 
by DOE to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as part of an application 
for authorization to begin construction of a Yucca Mountain repository.
    Time will be set aside at the end of the day for public comments. 
Those wanting to speak are encouraged to sign the public comment 
register at the check-in table. Although written comments of any length 
may be submitted for the public record, a time limit may have to be 
imposed on individual remarks.
    Transcripts of the meeting 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 June 23, 
2008.
    For more information, contact Karyn Severson, NWTRB External 
Affairs: 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22201-
3367, (tel) 703-235-4473, (fax) 703-235-4495.

    Dated: April 22, 2008.
William D. Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. E8-9226 Filed 4-28-08; 8:45 am]
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