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No. 96-58 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Monday, April 15, 1996)
NRC'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE
TO MEET MAY 15-16
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on
Nuclear Waste (ACNW) has scheduled a technical meeting May 15-16
in Rockville, Maryland.
The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 8:30
a.m. each day in Room 2B3 of the NRC Two White Flint North
Building at 11545 Rockville Pike.
Although meetings of the ACNW are open, they are not part of
the NRC's public hearing process. The ACNW was established in
March 1988 to advise the Commission on all aspects of nuclear
waste management. While anyone may attend the meeting, the
committee will consider only oral or written statements arranged
in advance and limited to specific matters set forth in a Notice
of Meeting published in the Federal Register on April 11.
Discussions scheduled at the meeting include:
--Paralleling long-term behavior of a naturally occurring
mineral in the ground and nuclear waste disposed in a repository.
--Progress at the proposed waste repository at Yucca
Mountain (Nevada).
--Current status of nuclear waste related research.
--Preparation of ACNW reports to the NRC, including elements
of an adequate low-level waste program.
--Future ACNW activities.
Persons wishing to submit a statement regarding an agenda
subject may do so by providing a readily reproducible copy to the
committee at the beginning of the meeting or by mailing it in
advanced to the Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Nuclear
Waste, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555.
(ACNW schedules are subject to change. Anyone planning to
attend should confirm the schedule the day before the meeting by
calling 301/415-5024.)
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(NOTE TO EDITORS: The use of self-contained tape recorders in
the meeting room is permitted during open portions of the meeting
when a transcript is being kept. The use of still, motion
picture and television cameras--the physical installation and
presence of which will not interfere with the course of the
meeting--will be permitted both before and after the meeting,
during any recess, and, at the discretion of the committee
chairman, while the meeting is in session.)
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