[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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