NRC: News Release - 2005-150 - NRC Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste to Meet in Rockville, Maryland, Nov. 14-16


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No. 05-150

November 4, 2005

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE
TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, NOV. 14-16
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will meet Nov. 14-16 in Rockville, Md., to discuss, among other items, the NRC’s plans for the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s dose standard for the proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain after 10,000 years. There will also be discussion on low-level radioactive waste.

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

The sessions on Monday and Tuesday will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The session on Wednesday will run from 10 a.m. to noon. 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.

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