Past Public Meetings

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, NV, on June 11, 2009, to discuss the status and projected amounts of domestic commercial and Department of Energy (DOE)-owned spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and defense high-level radioactive waste (HLW) and research and data needs for very long-term storage of SNF and HLW.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting in Idaho Falls, ID, on June June 29, 2010, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans for managing spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, NV, on February 16, 2011, to continue its exploration of technical aspects of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) activities related to managing and disposing of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a public meeting in Amherst, NY, on April 27, 2011, to discuss the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a public meeting in Arlington, VA on January 9, 2012. The theme of the meeting was integration within the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) and the Office of Environmental Management (DE-EM).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting in Idaho Falls, ID on October 17, 2012, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans for the packaging, transportation, and disposition of spent nuclear (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting to discuss the Department of Energy (DOE) research and development (R&D) activities related to its Used Fuel Disposition Program.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting in Albuquerque, NM on March 19, 2014. The main topic of the meeting was the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research and development (R&D) activities related to salt as a geologic medium for disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met on August 6, 2014, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans for the packaging, transportation, and disposal of DOE spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to managing DOE spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Golden, Colorado, on June 24, 2015, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to transporting spent nuclear fuel (SNF). The main focus of the meeting was on DOE’s efforts to prepare for the transportation of SNF from commercial nuclear power plants to a potential interim storage site and/or to a geologic repository.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Knoxville, Tennessee, on February 17, 2016, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to extended storage and transportation of high burnup spent nuclear fuel (HBF).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2016, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to integrating the management and disposal of the many different designs of canisters for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW) that are currently in service and under development.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting on October 22, 1990, in Washington, DC; on transportation safeguards and operational activities.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting on November 1-2, 1990, in Arlington, VA; on quality assurance requirements and implementation process.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting on November 19, 1990, in Reno, NV; on transportation issues concerning the development and operation of high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, NV.

The NWTRB's Panel on the Engineered Barrier System scheduled a meeting for February 10, 1992, in Augusta, Georgia. The DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management reviewed the status of studies on thermal loading and the engineered barrier system (EBS).

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (the Board) held its summer Board meeting on July 7-8, 1992, in Denver, Colorado. The Board invited Dr. John W. Bartlett, director of the DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, to provide an update on the DOE's strategy for determining as soon as possible the suitability of the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board reviewed issues related to the migration of radionuclides and the transportation of spent nuclear fuel at its summer meeting on July 12-13, 1994, in Denver, Colorado.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on Structural Geology & Geoengineering held a meeting on June 13-14, 1994, in Las Vegas, Nevada, to hear updates from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its management and operating (M&O) contractor on the design and schedule for excavating the underground exploratory studies facility (ESF) at Yucca Mountain.