NRC: News Release - 2006-034 - NRC Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste to Meet in Rockville, Maryland, March 22-24

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No. 06-034

March 14, 2006

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE
TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, MARCH 22-24
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will meet March 22-24 in Rockville, Md., to continue to discuss, among other things, the U.S. Department of Energy’s research on the performance of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository, including recent developments related to modeling igneous activity. The committee will also review public comments on nuclear facility decommissioning guidance.

The committee reports to and advises the Commission on all aspects of nuclear waste management.

The session on Wednesday will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and the session on Thursday will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The session on Friday will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room O-1G16 of the agency’s One White Flint North Building, at 11555 Rockville Pike.

A complete agenda will be available on the NRC’s Web site at this address: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acnw/agenda/2006/. Individuals interesting in making statements or those seeking more information should contact Michael Lee, at 301-415-6887.