NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE
TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, NOV. 13-16
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will meet Nov. 13-16 in Rockville, Md., to discuss, among other items, seismic issues and review methodologies related to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository, and results from the recently completed report from the Liquid Radioactive Release (Tritium) Lessons Learned Task Force. The ACNW working group on decommissioning lessons learned will meet on the second day.

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

The session on Monday will run from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday’s working group meeting will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday’s session will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday’s session will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 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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