Past Public Meetings

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, February 1, 2006. At the meeting, the Board reviewed DOE efforts to develop a fundamental understanding of phenomena that would affect radionuclide releases from a proposed repository for permanent disposal of the waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in McLean, Virginia, on Tuesday May 9, 2006. At the May meeting, the Board reviewed DOE efforts to develop and implement a "clean canister" or "TAD" approach to waste management.

On Monday and Tuesday, September 25-26, 2006, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board hosted a workshop on localized corrosion in Las Vegas, Nevada. The focus of the workshop was the potential for localized corrosion of Alloy-22 under aqueous conditions that might exist in a proposed Yucca Mountain repository.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Amargosa Valley, Nevada, on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, to review the Department of Energy's (DOE) efforts to develop and articulate a safety case for a proposed geologic repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board’s Panel on Postclosure Performance met in Berkeley, California, on Wednesday, March 14, 2007. The meeting topic focused on the U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) infiltration estimates for the proposed repository site for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on the Environment & Public Health (E&PH Panel) scheduled a one-day workshop in Las Vegas for March 22, 1994. The workshop focused on the terrestrial ecosystem studies conducted in conjunction with the Yucca Mountain project.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting at the Beatty Community Center in Beatty, Nevada, on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 10-11, 1995. The Board was interested in hearing the public's views on related to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Yucca Mountain project.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting on October 16, 1990, in Reno, NV.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting on October 10, 1990, in Arlington, VA.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will hold a meeting on August 17, 1990, in Amargosa Valley, NV.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will hold a meeting July 24-25, 1990, in Atlanta, GA.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, January 24, 2007. The meeting agenda included updates on the Department of Energy's (DOE) technical and scientific activities related to the proposed repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The Board discussed several topics, including the use of depleted uranium oxide, a drilling program carried out by Inyo County in California, waste package designs, DOE’s saturated zone model, near-field chemistry, probabilistic volcanic hazards analysis, and Global Nuclear Energy Partnership.

On Wednesday, January 16, 2008, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, Nevada, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to the proposed repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

On Thursday, May 29, 2008, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, Nevada, to discuss the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) total system performance assessment (TSPA) of the proposed repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

On Wednesday, January 16, 2008, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, Nevada, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to the proposed repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, NV, on January 28, 2009. The focus of the meetings was repository tunnel stability and issues related to burnup credit.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met at National Harbor, MD, on September 23, 2009, to discuss the implications of alternative technological strategies for the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Dulles, VA, on October 26, 2010, to discuss technical aspects of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) activities over the last 20 years related to managing and disposing of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a workshop on June 6-7, 201, on methods for evaluating waste streams associated with light-water reactor (LWR) fuel-cycle options.