Press Releases and Announcements

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's upcoming spring meeting will be held Wednesday and Thursday, April 19-20, 1995, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Presentations at the meeting will focus on the Department of Energy's (DOE) emerging waste isolation strategy, the thermal management strategy being pursued under the DOE's new program approach, and engineered barrier system design and research.

The Beatty Community Center, in Beatty, Nevada, will be the location of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's upcoming winter meeting. The meeting will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, January 10-11, 1995, and is open to the public; sessions will begin at 8:30 A.M. on both days. Presentations at the meeting will focus on environmental issues and the potential socioeconomic effects related to the Yucca Mountain project; the DOE's waste isolation strategy and program priorities; and the linkage between the waste isolation strategy and DOE plans for underground testing in the exploratory studies facility at Yucca Mountain.

On November 17-18, 1994, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panels on Structural Geology & Geoengineering and Hydrogeology & Geochemistry hosted a meeting on thermal management strategies for a potential repository at the Yucca Mountain site.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board has planned an in-depth look at site suitability and related issues for its October 12, 1994, meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ground-water travel time and its role in the long-term performance of the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain will be the focus of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on Hydrogeology & Geochemistry when it meets on Monday, September 12, and Tuesday, September 13, 1994, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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

On Wednesday, June 15, 1994, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on the Engineered Barrier System (EBS Panel) will hold a one-day meeting to examine the implications for disposal of the defense wastes currently stored at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Hanford facilities at Richland, Washington.

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.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board has placed siting critical facilities at the top of the agenda for its spring meeting on April 11-12, 1994, in Reno, Nevada. The Board is interested in gaining insight into the siting of facilities, including nuclear power plants, dams, radioactive and non-radioactive waste disposal repositories, and other large engineered facilities in the United States and in other countries.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on Structural Geology & Geoengineering (SG&G) planned a two-day meeting on seismic and volcanic hazard estimation for March 8-9, 1994. Presentations at the meeting will focus on seismic and volcanic hazard estimates for the area around Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on the Environment & Public Health (E&PH Panel) has scheduled a field trip to Yucca Mountain followed by a one-day workshop in Las Vegas for March 21 and 22, 1994.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on the Engineered Barrier System (EBS Panel) will hold a one-day meeting on March 10, 1994, on the status of current and future research planned by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the area of engineered barriers that could be used in a potential repository at Yucca Mountain.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board has planned a full agenda for its winter meeting January 11-12, 1994, in Arlington, Virginia. Yucca Mountain performance assessment efforts, updates on the Department of Energy's (DOE) multipurpose container concept, top-level system studies, and two recent DOE task force studies will fill the majority of the schedule.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on the Environment & Public Health has planned a meeting for November 22, 1993, to review the status of the Department of Energy's environmental program at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (the Board) will hold a workshop on the technical challenges associated with interim storage of spent nuclear fuel — storing the fuel from generation until final disposal. The workshop will be held on November 1-2, 1993, by the Board's panels on the Engineered Barrier System and Transportation & Systems.

At the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's (the Board) fall meeting on October 19-20, 1993, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Board members will review the progress of the Department of Energy's (DOE) surface-based drilling program and plans for underground testing at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

At its summer meeting on July 13-14, 1993, in Denver, Colorado, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will hear presentations on how science and engineering are being integrated in the Department of Energy's (DOE) plans to choose a thermal-loading strategy for the proposed spent fuel repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (the Board) will hold its spring meeting in Reno, Nevada, on April 21-22, 1993. The Board is interested in reviewing the process through which difficult technical issues bearing on site-suitability and licensing are resolved.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (the Board) will hold its winter meeting in Arlington, Virginia, on January 5-6, 1993. The meeting will focus primarily on the system implications of interim storage of spent nuclear fuel, from generation to disposal. Two additional topics include the Department of Energy's (DOE) Mission 2001 study, and its management and operations (M&O) contractor's development of a "roadmap" of studies related to decision-making requirements.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's (the Board) Panel on Structural Geology & Geoengineering has changed the location of its November 4-5, 1992, workshop on ESF design and construction strategies from Denver to Las Vegas, Nevada.