[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56241-56242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22388]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Board Meeting; October 17, 2012; Idaho Falls, ID

    The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will meet to discuss 
DOE work on packaging, transporting, and disposing of SNF and HLW.
    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 Idaho Falls, 
Idaho, on Wednesday, October 17, 2012, to review U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE) plans for the packaging, transportation, and disposition 
of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW). 
Among the topics that will be discussed are current activities being 
undertaken by DOE related to designing and planning the components of a 
repository system. 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 at the 
Hilton

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Garden Inn. Reservations can be made online at http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/personalized/I/IDAIFGI-TEC-20121014/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG; Group Name: Nuclear Waste Technical 
Review Board Meeting; Group Code: TEC, or by calling 208-522-9500. 
Reservations must be made by October 7, 2012, to ensure receiving the 
meeting rate.
    The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning with a 
call to order and introductory statement by the Board Chairman. A panel 
composed of representatives of several state regional organizations 
from around the country will then present their views on the 
recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear 
Future on transporting SNF. Completing the morning's agenda, DOE 
representatives will present the following: an overview on current 
activities being undertaken by DOE's Office of Used Fuel Disposition, 
an update on the Used Fuel Disposition System Architecture Study 
underway at Argonne National Laboratory, and a discussion of logistical 
and operational issues associated with the transport of ``orphaned'' 
SNF. The afternoon will be devoted to following up on information 
presented by DOE at the Board's January 2012 meeting in Arlington, 
Virginia, including discussions of additional thermal analyses of 
repository concepts involving open, or ventilated, systems.
    A detailed meeting agenda will be available on the Board's Web 
site: 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 email, on computer disk, and in paper format on library-loan 
from Davonya Barnes of the Board's staff no later than November 5, 
2012.
    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 Daniel Metlay: 
[email protected]. For information on lodging or logistics, contact 
Linda Coultry: [email protected]. Both also can be reached by mail at 
2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300; Arlington, VA 22201-3367; by 
telephone at 703-235-4473; or by fax at 703-235-4495.

    Dated: September 7, 2012.
Nigel Mote,
Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 2012-22388 Filed 9-11-12; 8:45 am]
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