NRC: News Release - 2005-166 - NRC Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste to Meet in Rockville, Maryland, Dec. 13-15

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No. 05-166

December 8, 2005

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE
TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, DEC. 13-15
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will meet Dec. 13-15 in Rockville, Md., to continue to discuss, among other items, the NRC’s plans for the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) dose standard for the proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain after 10,000 years. The committee will continue its discussions with NRC staff from the Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards and be briefed on the subjects of radionuclide inventory, and the effects of climate change and dosimetry, which are addressed in the EPA dose standard.

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

The sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The session on Thursday will run from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room T-2B3 of the agency’s Two White Flint North Building, at 11545 Rockville Pike.

Anyone wanting to use video teleconferencing to observe the meeting should contact Theron Brown, at 301-415-8066 at least five days before the meeting to ensure availability.

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/2005/. Individuals interesting in making statements or those seeking more information should contact Sharon Steele, at 301-415-6805.