Press Releases and Announcements

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) will hold a meeting on analogues on April 16, 1991, from 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. and on April 17, 1991, from 8:30 A.M. to early afternoon. Board members will be briefed on the use of analogues to assess the long-term performance of a potential site for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level defense waste.

Two panels of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) will hold a joint meeting on March 26, 1991, in Dallas, Texas, to review the quality assurance (QA) program that the Department of Energy (DOE) has implemented for the design and construction of an exploratory shaft facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's (NWTRB) Panel on Transportation & Systems will meet March 14-15, 1991, to explore and identify experience gained at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's (WIPP) transportation program.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's (Board) panels on Structural Geology & Geoengineering and Hydrogeology & Geochemistry held a joint panel meeting with Department of Energy (DOE) representatives on March 6-7, 1991, in Denver, Colorado.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on Structural Geology & Geoengineering (SG&G) has invited organizations including the Department of Energy (DOE), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and the State of Nevada to a meeting on volcanism in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, March 1, 1991.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) has invited Dr. John W. Bartlett, Director of the DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), and Mr. David H. Leroy, recently confirmed Nuclear Waste Negotiator, as well as representatives of industry, environmental organizations, public policy groups, and state interests to speak at the Board's meeting on January 16 and 17, 1991, on the disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) today released its Second Report to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy. The Second Report tracks progress on topics that were identified in the Board's First Report (March 1990) and discusses issues central to determining early on the suitability of the proposed site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) will hold a press conference on November 28, 1990, in conjunction with the release of its Second Report to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy.

On October 30, 1990, the White House announced the reappointment of Dr. Ellis D. Verink to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB).