[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 45794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17945]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Board Meeting

    Board meeting: September 24, 2008--Las Vegas, Nevada; The U.S. 
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will meet to discuss Department of 
Energy plans for preclosure operations related to 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, 
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board will meet in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, 
September 24, 2008. At the meeting, the Board will review U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to designing and 
operating a waste management system in connection with the proposed 
repository for spent nuclear fuel and high level radioactive waste 
(HLW) at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Among the issues that will be 
discussed are acceptance of spent nuclear fuel or HLW at commercial 
reactors or defense facilities; packaging of commercial spent nuclear 
fuel in transportation, aging, and disposal (TAD) canisters; 
transportation of the waste, including construction of a Nevada rail 
line; throughput of the waste at repository surface facilities; and 
plans for prototyping and testing of waste management equipment and 
facilities. 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 the 
implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, including disposing of, 
packaging, and transporting spent nuclear fuel and HLW.
    The Board meeting will be held at the Suncoast Hotel & Casino, 9090 
Alta Drive, Las Vegas (Summerlin), Nevada 89145; (tel) 702-636-7111, 
(toll free) 877-677-7111.
    A meeting agenda will be available on the Board's Web site, http://www.nwtrb.gov, approximately one week before the date of the meeting. 
The agenda also may be obtained by telephone request at that time. The 
meeting will be open to the public, and opportunities for public 
comment will be provided.
    Board Chairman B. John Garrick will call the meeting to order at 8 
a.m. Dr. Garrick's remarks will be followed by a DOE program overview 
and project status report. DOE then will make a presentation on issues 
related to waste acceptance, followed by a utility perspective on the 
same subject. After a break for lunch, the implications of TAD 
utilization for transportation and repository site operations will be 
discussed. A presentation on integrated systems' operations will 
follow. The last presentation of the day will be on DOE's prototyping 
and testing program for waste management equipment and facilities.
    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. 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 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 October 
20, 2008.
    A block of rooms has been reserved for meeting attendees at the 
Suncoast Hotel & Casino. When making a reservation, please state that 
you will be attending the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board meeting, 
Group Code: NWTRBO8. Reservations should be made by August 29, 2008, to 
ensure receiving the meeting rate. To make reservations, call 866-636-
7111 or access hotel reservations online at http://www.suncoastcasino.com.
    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: July 31, 2008.
William D. Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. E8-17945 Filed 8-5-08; 8:45 am]
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