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No. 96-156                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)

                               
          NRC'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE
         TO MEET NOVEMBER 12 AND 13 IN ROCKVILLE, MD


     The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste has
scheduled a technical meeting November 12 and 13, in Rockville, Maryland, to discuss
progress at the Yucca Mountain high-level waste disposal site in Nevada.

     The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Room 2-B3, at
Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, and run until 6:00 p.m.  The November 13
session will begin at 8:30 a.m. and run until 4:00 p.m.

     The meeting will include a discussion with the Director of the NRC's Division of
Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards on progress at the
Yucca Mountain high-level waste disposal site.  Other aspects of the meeting, including the
opportunity for public comment, are described in a Notice of Meeting published in the
December 6, 1995, edition of the Federal Register.  

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