Past Public Meetings

On Tuesday, January 29, and Wednesday, January 30, 2002, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) held a meeting in Pahrump, Nevada, to discuss the status of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) efforts to characterize a site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as the possible location of a permanent repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

On Tuesday, May 7, and Wednesday, May 8, 2002, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) held a meeting in Washington, D.C., to discuss efforts by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a safety case for a potential repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) met in Las Vegas, Nevada, to discuss U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) technical activities related to a proposed repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) met in Las Vegas, Nevada, to discuss U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) technical and scientific activities related to a proposed repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

On Monday and Tuesday, February 24 and 25, 2003, panels of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, Nevada, to review matters associated with a potential Yucca Mountain repository. On February 24, the Board's Panel on the Repository and Panel on Site Characterization met jointly to discuss seismic issues.

On Monday and Tuesday, February 24 and 25, 2003, panels of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, Nevada, to review matters associated with a potential Yucca Mountain repository. On February 25, the Board’s Waste Management System Panel met to review plans for operating the waste management system associated with a Yucca Mountain repository.

On Tuesday, May 13, and on Wednesday morning, May 14, 2003, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) met in Washington, D.C., to discuss how heat from the radioactive decay of nuclear waste will affect the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) design of a repository for disposing of spent nuclear fuel and high- level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Other technical and scientific issues related to the potential performance of such a repository also were discussed.

On Tuesday, September 16, and for a halfday on Wednesday, September 17, 2003, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) met in Amargosa Valley, Nevada. Among other topics, the Board discussed U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) work related to the natural features of a possible repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

Members of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board’s Panel on the Engineered Barrier System and Panel on the Waste Management System met in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday, January 20, and Wednesday, January 21, 2004, respectively. The panels discussed issues related to the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, including design of the engineered system and information needed as the Department of Energy (DOE) plans a system for transporting high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel to the proposed repository.

Members of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on the Engineered Barrier System and Panel on the Waste Management System met in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday, January 20, and Wednesday, January 21, 2004, respectively. The panels will discuss issues related to the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, including design of the engineered system and information needed as the Department of Energy (DOE) plans a system for transporting high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel to the proposed repository.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a virtual public meeting on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, to review information on the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) technology development related to aluminum-clad spent nuclear fuel packaging, drying, and dry storage.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held an online virtual public meeting on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, and Thursday, December 3, 2020, to review information on the U.S. Department of Energy’s generic disposal research and development program and priorities.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a public meeting in the Washington, D.C. area on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. The meeting considered the issues associated with preclosure operational and performance confirmation monitoring and the retrievability of emplaced high-level radioactive waste (HLW) and spent nuclear fuel (SNF). Technical specialists discussed technologies for monitoring subsurface seepage, in-drift environmental conditions, and corrosion of waste packages for HLW and SNF.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held an open public meeting in Richland, Washington, on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, to review information on recent U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research activities related to corrosion and long-term performance of borosilicate high-level radioactive waste (HLW) glass.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a public meeting in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The meeting considered technical issues that needed to be addressed in developing a large, nationwide effort to transport spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 24, 2018, to review DOE R&D activities related to managing and disposing of commercial spent nuclear fuel.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a workshop on Wednesday, April 24, and Thursday, April 25, 2019, on recent advances in repository science and operations from international underground research laboratory (URL) collaborations.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a virtual public meeting on July 27–28, 2020, to review information on U.S. Department of Energy research and development activities related to disposal in a geologic repository of commercial spent nuclear fuel in dual-purpose canisters.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held an open public meeting in Richland, WA on April 16, 2013, to review information on U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to vitrifying high-level radioactive waste (HLW) stored at the Hanford facility in preparation for eventual disposal in a deep geologic repository.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday, September 19, 2007. The focus of the meeting, was repository surface-facility designs and operations; other technical issues also were discussed.