[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 29721] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-14387] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Sunshine Act Meeting Pursuant to the provision of the ``Government in the Sunshine Act'' (5 U.S.C. Sec. 552b), notice is hereby given of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's (Board) meeting described below. time and date of meeting: 1:30 p.m., June 10, 1997. place: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Public Hearing Room, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20004. status: Open. matters to be considered: Status of the Department of Energy's Implementation of Board Recommendation 94-1. contact person for more information: Richard A. Azzaro, Acting General Counsel, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004, (800) 788-4016. supplementary information: The Board issued Recommendation 94-1 on May 26, 1994 to encourage the Department of Energy to act more quickly to place surplus nuclear materials in safe forms for interim storage. When production of nuclear weapons ceased in the early 1990's, large inventories of plutonium uranium, spent nuclear fuel, and other hazardous materials were stored in temporary arrangements awaiting processing into weapons components or other disposition. The Board was concerned that such materials, some of which are in unstable chemical forms, may rupture or leak from their temporary containers, or may cause or contribute to a fire. The Board accordingly recommend that the Department initiate or accelerate programs to process and repackage such materials so that they could be safely stored. The Secretary of Energy accepted Recommendation 94-1 in full, and a mutually agreeable Implementation Plan was issued in February 1995 and accepted by the Board. This Public Meeting is for the purpose of examining progress on Recommendation 94-1 activities. Department of Energy personnel will review the status of key current issues which endanger established milestones affecting programs to process uranium and plutonium into stable storage forms, package plutonium for interim storage, stabilize spent fuel, and maintain the facilities needed to perform these activities over the next several years. The largest Recommendation 94-1 programs are at the Savannah River Site, the Hanford Site, the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, although more other defense nuclear sites are affected to some degree. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board reserves its right to further schedule and otherwise regulate the course of this meeting, to recess, reconvene, postpone or adjourn the meeting, and otherwise exercise its authority under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Dated: May 28, 1997. John T. Conway, Chairman. [FR Doc. 97-14387 Filed 5-29-97; 10:34 am] BILLING CODE 3670-01-M