[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 102 (Thursday, May 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 29786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12519]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Notice of Meeting

    Board meeting: June 29, 2010--Idaho Falls, Idaho; the U.S. Nuclear 
Waste Technical Review Board will meet to discuss U.S. Department of 
Energy plans for managing spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive 
waste.
    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 Idaho Falls, Idaho, on Tuesday, 
June 29, 2010. to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans for 
managing spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste 
(HLW). Among the topics that will be discussed are the amounts and 
characteristics of waste stored at the Idaho National Laboratory, 
agreements in place between the State of Idaho and the federal 
government related to the packaging and movement of the waste, how the 
recent decision to terminate the Yucca Mountain repository program will 
affect waste management plans, and plans underway at DOE to transition 
its responsibilities under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) from the 
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management to the Office of 
Nuclear Energy. Also on the agenda are discussions of innovative 
reactor technologies that could affect amounts or types of SNF or HLW 
requiring disposal and presentations on studies of advanced fuel 
cycles. The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 requires the 
Board to conduct an independent review of the technical and scientific 
validity of DOE activities related to nuclear waste management, 
including transporting, packaging, and disposing of SNF and HLW.
    The Board meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 700 
Lindsay Boulevard; Idaho Falls, ID 83402; (tel.) 208-522-9500, (fax) 
208-522-9501. A block of rooms has been reserved for meeting attendees. 
When making a reservation, please ask for the ``NWTRB'' rate. 
Reservations should be made by June 21, 2010, to ensure receiving the 
meeting rate.
    A detailed meeting agenda will be available on the Board's Web site 
http://www.nwtrb.gov approximately one week before 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.
    The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Time has 
been 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 in paper format on library-loan 
from Davonya Barnes of the Board's staff no later than July 19, 2010.
    The Board was established as an independent federal agency to 
provide objective expert advice to Congress and the Secretary of Energy 
on technical issues and to review the technical validity of DOE 
activities related to implementing the NWPA. Board members are experts 
in their fields and are appointed to the Board by the President from a 
list of candidates submitted by the National Academy of Sciences. The 
Board is required to report to Congress and the Secretary no fewer than 
two times each year. All Board reports, correspondence, congressional 
testimony, and meeting transcripts and related materials are posted on 
the Board's Web site.
    For information on the meeting agenda, contact Carl Di Bella, for 
information on lodging or logistics, contact Linda Coultry; 2300 
Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300; Arlington, VA 22201-3367; (tel) 703-
235-4473; (fax) 703-235-4495.

    Dated: May 19, 2010.
Nigel Mote,
Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 2010-12519 Filed 5-26-10; 8:45 am]
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