[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17970-17971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7447]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Board Meeting: April 27, 2011--Amherst, New York; the U.S. 
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Will Meet To Discuss the West 
Valley Demonstration Project

    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 hold a public meeting in Amherst, New York, 
on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, to discuss the West Valley Demonstration 
Project (WVDP). Currently planned are presentations on the WVDP by 
representatives of the New York State Energy Research and Development 
Authority and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of 
Environmental Management. Other issues expected to be discussed include 
previous reprocessing and vitrification activities at the WVDP; long-
term onsite storage of vitrified high-level radioactive waste (HLW); 
determination of waste classification of the melter from the 
vitrification facility; and the final Environmental Impact Statement 
and Record of Decision on decommissioning and/or long-term stewardship 
at the WVDP. Also planned are presentations and a panel discussion on 
the 2008-9 study on Quantitative Risk Assessment of the State Licensed 
Radioactive Waste Disposal Area.
    The meeting will be held at the Buffalo Marriott Niagara; 1340 
Millersport Highway; Amherst, New York 14221; (tel) 716-689-6900; (fax) 
716-689-0483. A block of rooms has been reserved at the hotel for 
meeting attendees. To ensure receiving the meeting rate, room 
reservations must be made by April 8, 2011.
    Reservations can be made online at http://www.buffaloniagaramarriott.com using the following procedure: In the 
``Rates & Availability'' box, enter the reservation dates; click 
``Special Rates &

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Awards''; enter USIUSIA under ``Group Code''; click on ``FIND''; and 
make your reservation when the Group block appears. To reserve by 
phone, call 800-334-4040 and indicate that you are attending a meeting 
under the Group block name ``NUCLEAR WASTE.''
    A detailed agenda will be available on the Board's Web site at 
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. Those wanting to speak are encouraged 
to sign the ``Public Comment Register'' at the check-in table. It may 
be necessary to set a time limit 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 library-loan in paper form 
from Davonya Barnes of the Board's staff after May 18, 2011.
    The Board was established as an independent federal agency to 
provide ongoing 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 Nuclear Waste Policy Act. 
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. Board 
reports, correspondence, congressional testimony, and meeting 
transcripts and materials are posted on the Board's Web site.
    The Board's visit to West Valley will complete a series of visits 
to federal facilities where government-owned HLW and spent nuclear fuel 
are managed and stored. As part of the Board's ongoing technical 
evaluation of DOE activities, the Board intends to develop a report to 
Congress and the Secretary of Energy containing Board findings, 
conclusions, and recommendations based on technical information 
gathered from visits to the Hanford site in Washington, Idaho National 
Laboratory in Idaho, the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and the 
West Valley site in New York.
    For information on the meeting agenda, contact Karyn Severson. For 
information on lodging or logistics, contact Linda Coultry. They can be 
reached at 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300; Arlington, VA 22201-
3367; (tel) 703-235-4473; (fax) 703-235-4495.

    Dated: March 24, 2011.
Nigel Mote,
Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 2011-7447 Filed 3-30-11; 8:45 am]
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