[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2642-2643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00740]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Board Meeting

    The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will hold a virtual 
public meeting on March 1-2, 2022.
    Board meeting: March 1-2, 2022--The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical 
Review Board will hold a virtual public meeting to review information 
on the U.S. Department of Energy's activities related to 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 (NWPAA) of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear 
Waste Technical Review Board will hold a virtual public meeting on 
Tuesday, March 1, 2022, and Wednesday, March 2, 2022, to review 
information on the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) activities related 
to spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).
    The meeting will begin on both days at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard 
Time (EST) and is scheduled to adjourn at 5:00 p.m. EST. On the first 
day, the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) will provide an update 
on DOE's dual-purpose canister (DPC) disposal R&D. Speakers 
representing the national laboratories conducting the DPC work for DOE 
will report on a repository-scale performance assessment incorporating 
post-closure criticality and cladding degradation modeling development. 
A DOE-NE representative will provide a summary and status of storage 
and transportation R&D and a speaker from the national laboratories 
will describe investigations into SNF storage canister surface 
environments and the potential for corrosion.
    On the second day, an experiment simulating aerosol transmission 
through a crack in an SNF canister wall will be described by a speaker 
from the national

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laboratories. From the integrated waste management system R&D program, 
speakers from the national laboratories will describe the Hanford Lead 
Canister project and updated waste management system analysis tool 
requirements and enhancements. A speaker from DOE-NE will present the 
current functions and capabilities of DOE's Stakeholder Tool for 
Assessing Radioactive Transportation (START). The final speaker, from 
DOE-NE, will provide an update on consent-based siting. A detailed 
meeting agenda will be available on the Board's website at 
www.nwtrb.gov approximately one week before the meeting.
    The meeting will be open to the public, and opportunities for 
public comment will be provided at the end of each day of the meeting. 
Details for viewing the meeting will be provided on the Board's 
website. Public comments may be submitted during the meeting via the 
online meeting viewing platform, using the ``Comment for the Record'' 
form. Comments submitted during each day of the meeting will be read 
into the record by Board staff during the public comment period just 
prior to adjournment. A limit may be set on the time allowed for the 
presentation of individual remarks. However, written comments of any 
length may be submitted to the Board staff by mail or electronic mail. 
All comments received in writing will be included in the meeting 
record, which will be posted on the Board's website after the meeting. 
An archived recording of the meeting will be available on the Board's 
website following the meeting. The transcript of the meeting will be 
available on the Board's website by May 3, 2022.
    The Board was established in the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments 
Act of 1987 as an independent federal agency in the Executive Branch to 
evaluate the technical and scientific validity of DOE activities 
related to the management and disposal of SNF and HLW, and to provide 
objective expert advice to Congress and the Secretary of Energy on 
these issues. 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 reports its 
findings, conclusions, and recommendations to Congress and the 
Secretary of Energy. All Board reports, correspondence, congressional 
testimony, and meeting transcripts and related materials are posted on 
the Board's website.
    For information on the meeting agenda, contact Bret Leslie at 
[email protected] or Hundal Jung at [email protected]. For information on 
logistics, or to request copies of the meeting agenda or transcript, 
contact Davonya Barnes at [email protected]. All three may 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: January 11, 2022.
Daniel G. Ogg,
Acting Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 2022-00740 Filed 1-14-22; 8:45 am]
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