NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE
TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, JULY 17-20
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will meet July 17-20 in Rockville, Md., to discuss, among other items, revised International Commission on Radiological Protection recommendations and drilling conducted in the Yucca Mountain region related to volcanic hazard analysis. Tuesday will be dedicated to an ACNW working group meeting on cementitious barriers. Thursday’s session will include discussions of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative and a pilot risk assessment of a dry cask system at a nuclear power plant.

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

The session on Monday will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday’s working group meeting will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday’s session will also run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., although the session from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. will be closed to the public due to the sensitivity of the information being discussed. Thursday’s meeting will run from 8 a.m. to 5:30 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 requiring the use of 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 Antonio Dias at 301-415-6805.

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