[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 70170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33487]
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
Board Meeting: January 26-27, 1999--Las Vegas, Nevada: Department
of Energy's (DOE) Viability Assessment of a Repository at Yucca
Mountain, and Other Issues Related to the Disposal of High Level Waste
at Yucca Mountain
Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100-203,
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the Nuclear Waste
Technical Review Board (Board) will hold its winter meeting on Tuesday,
January 26, and Wednesday, January 27, 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The
meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 1:00 p.m. on
January 26, and 8:00 a.m. on January 27. The meeting will be held at
the Alexis Park Hotel, 375 East Harmon, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109; (Tel)
702 796-3300, 800 453-8000, (Fax) 702 796-0766.
On January 26, the meeting will focus on progress on alternative
repository design, scientific and engineering investigations, and
regulatory criteria pertinent to a potential repository at Yucca
Mountain, Nevada. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has been
invited to send a representative to discuss the NRC's draft rule (10
CFR part 63) for disposal of high-level waste at Yucca Mountain. On
January 27, the focus of the meeting will turn to the U.S. Department
of Energy's Viability Assessment (VA). Representatives from the DOE
will make presentations on different aspects of the VA, including
repository design, waste package characteristics, total system
performance assessment, the license application plan, and repository
life-cycle costs. A detailed agenda will be available approximately one
week before the meeting. You can either call for a copy, or visit the
Board's web site at www.nwtrb.gov.
The Board is making an added effort at this meeting to accommodate
the views of interested parties. Time will be set aside at the end of
both days, and will be extended if necessary, to take public comments.
Those wishing to speak are encouraged to sign the ``Public Comment
Register'' at the check-in table. A time limit may have to be set on
individual remarks, but written comments of any length may be submitted
for the record. In addition, time will be set aside for public comment
in the late morning on January 27. Interested parties also will have
the opportunity to submit questions in writing to the Board. To the
extent time permits, these questions will be answered by one or more
Board members during the meeting. Last, the Board members are extending
an invitation to the public to come meet them and have a cup of coffee.
This informal get together will be held in the meeting room on January
27 from 7:15-7:45 a.m.
Transcripts of this meeting will be available via e-mail, on
computer disk, or on a library-loan basis in paper format from Davonya
Barnes, Board staff, beginning on July 20, 1998. For further
information, contact the NWTRB, Paula Alford, External Affairs, 2300
Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300, Arlington, Virginia 22201-3367; (tel)
703-235-4473; (fax) 703-235-4495; (e-mail) [email protected].
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board was created by Congress in
the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 to evaluate the
technical and scientific validity of activities undertaken by the DOE
in its program for managing the disposal of the nation's commercial
spent nuclear fuel and defense high-level waste. In the same
legislation, Congress directed the DOE to characterize a site at Yucca
Mountain, Nevada, for its suitability as a potential location for a
permanent repository for disposing of that waste.
Dated: December 14, 1998.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 98-33487 Filed 12-17-98; 8:45 am]
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