NRC: News Release - 2006-065 - NRC Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste to Meet in Rockville, Maryland, May 23-26

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No. 06-065

May 11, 2006

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE
TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, MAY 23-26
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will meet May 23-26 in Rockville, Md., to discuss matters related to the management of commercial low-level radioactive waste (LLW). Among other items, the committee will also be briefed on the National Academy of Sciences’ report on radioactive waste stored in tanks at three Department of Energy sites, the NRC’s Standard Review Plan for Waste Determinations, an International Commission on Radiation Protection report, and on the NRC’s spent fuel storage program.

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

The LLW sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The session on Thursday will run from 8:25 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and the Friday session will run from 10 a.m. to 4:30 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 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/2006/. Individuals interested in making statements or those seeking more information should contact Michael Snodderly, at 301-415-6927.