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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL
REVIEW BOARD
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Board Meeting
The U.S. NUCLEAR WASTE
TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD will hold
a hybrid (in-person/virtual) workshop
on August 29, 2023.
Board workshop: August 29, 2023—
The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical
Review Board will hold a hybrid (inperson/virtual) workshop in Idaho Falls,
ID, to update its understanding of the
lessons learned from the siting of
radioactive waste management
facilities, domestically and in other
countries.
Pursuant to its authority under
section 5051 of Public Law 100–203,
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act
(NWPAA) of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear
Waste Technical Review Board (Board)
will hold a hybrid (in-person/virtual)
workshop in Idaho Falls, ID, on
Tuesday, August 29, 2023, to update its
understanding of the lessons learned
from the siting of radioactive waste
management facilities, domestically and
in other countries.
The hybrid (in-person/virtual)
workshop will be held at Snake River
Event Center, 780 Lindsay Blvd., Idaho
Falls, ID 83402, which is located at the
Shilo Inns Idaho Falls. The event center
telephone number is (208) 497–0611
and the hotel telephone number is (208)
523–0088. The workshop will begin at
8:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time
(MDT) and is scheduled to adjourn at
5:00 p.m. MDT. The workshop will
include introductory comments by the
Board and the Department of Energy
(DOE). Planned presentations include
descriptions of the siting experiences
regarding geologic repositories and a
monitored retrievable storage facility in
the United States and geologic
repositories in Canada, Switzerland, and
Sweden. These presentations will be
followed by a facilitated panel
discussion. DOE will describe how it is
incorporating best practices and lessons
learned from international and domestic
siting efforts, and from environmental
justice efforts in its consent-based siting
activities. The workshop will close with
a facilitated panel discussion on all the
workshop topics. After the workshop is
adjourned there will be an open house
to enable discussions among all
participants and attendees. A detailed
agenda will be available on the Board’s
website at www.nwtrb.gov
approximately one week before the
workshop.
The workshop will be open to the
public and there will be an opportunity
for public comment prior to workshop
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adjournment. Those attending the
workshop in person and wanting to
provide oral comments are encouraged
to sign the Public Comment Register at
the check-in table near the entrance to
the meeting room. Oral commenters will
be taken in the order in which they
signed in. Public comments can also be
submitted during the workshop via the
online workshop viewing platform,
using the ‘‘Comment for the Record’’
form. Comments submitted online
during the day of the workshop will be
posted to the Board’s website the
following day. Depending on the
number of speakers and online
comments, a time limit on individual
remarks may be set. However, written
comments of any length may be
submitted to the Board staff by mail or
electronic mail. All comments received
in writing will be included in the
workshop record, which will be posted
on the Board’s website after the
workshop. An archived recording of the
workshop will be available on the
Board’s website following the
workshop, and a transcript of the
workshop will be available on the
website by October 30, 2023.
The in-person workshop will follow
the COVID–19 precautions mandated by
the local jurisdiction. Attendees should
observe community guidelines in place
at the time of the workshop. The Board
will post an update on its website if the
workshop changes to a virtual-only
workshop. Attendees also are
encouraged to pre-register, by providing
name and affiliation to
SitingWorkshop@nwtrb.gov, to reduce
their time signing in at the check-in
table. If the workshop changes to a
virtual-only format, those who preregistered will be notified of the change.
The Board was established in the
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act
of 1987 as an independent federal
agency in the Executive Branch to
perform an ongoing evaluation of the
technical and scientific validity of
activities undertaken by DOE related to
implementing the NWPA. Board
members are experts in their fields and
are appointed to the Board by the
President from a list of candidates
submitted by the National Academy of
Sciences. The Board is required to
report its findings, conclusions, and
recommendations to Congress and the
Secretary of Energy. Board reports,
correspondence, congressional
testimony, and meeting transcripts and
related materials are posted on the
Board’s website.
For information on the workshop,
contact Bret Leslie at leslie@nwtrb.gov
or Yoonjo Lee at lee@nwtrb.gov. For
information on logistics or to request
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copies of the agenda or transcript,
contact Davonya Barnes at barnes@
nwtrb.gov. All three may be reached by
mail at 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite
1300, Arlington, VA 22201–3367; by
telephone at 703–235–4473; or by fax at
703–235–4495.
Dated: August 3, 2023.
Daniel G. Ogg,
Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste
Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 2023–16906 Filed 8–7–23; 8:45 am]
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL
REVIEW BOARD
Board Meeting
The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical
Review Board will hold a hybrid (inperson/virtual) public meeting on
August 30, 2023.
Board meeting: August 30, 2023—The
U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review
Board will hold a hybrid (in-person/
virtual) public meeting in Idaho Falls,
ID, to discuss the U.S. Department of
Energy consent-based siting process
activities related to its mission of
developing one or more federal interim
storage facilities for commercial spent
nuclear fuel as soon as practicable, and
its research and development activities
related to high burnup spent nuclear
fuel and advanced reactor waste
disposition.
Pursuant to its authority under
section 5051 of Public Law 100–203,
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act
(NWPAA) of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear
Waste Technical Review Board (Board)
will hold a hybrid (in-person/virtual)
meeting in Idaho Falls, ID, on
Wednesday, August 30, 2023, to discuss
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
consent-based siting process activities
related to its mission of developing one
or more federal interim storage facilities
for commercial spent nuclear fuel (SNF)
as soon as practicable, and its research
and development (R&D) activities
related to high burnup SNF and
advanced reactor waste disposition.
The hybrid (in-person/virtual)
meeting will be held at Snake River
Event Center, 780 Lindsay Blvd., Idaho
Falls, ID 83402, which is located at the
Shilo Inns Idaho Falls. The event center
telephone number is (208) 497–0611
and the hotel telephone number is (208)
523–0088. The workshop will begin at
8:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time
(MDT) and is scheduled to adjourn at
4:00 p.m. MDT. DOE will provide an
update on its consent-based siting
activities, give an overview of
environmental justice in consent-based
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
Board Meeting
The U.S. NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD will hold a hybrid
(in-person/virtual) workshop on August 29, 2023.
Board workshop: August 29, 2023--The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical
Review Board will hold a hybrid (in-person/virtual) workshop in Idaho
Falls, ID, to update its understanding of the lessons learned from the
siting of radioactive waste management facilities, domestically and in
other countries.
Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100-203,
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (NWPAA) of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear
Waste Technical Review Board (Board) will hold a hybrid (in-person/
virtual) workshop in Idaho Falls, ID, on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, to
update its understanding of the lessons learned from the siting of
radioactive waste management facilities, domestically and in other
countries.
The hybrid (in-person/virtual) workshop will be held at Snake River
Event Center, 780 Lindsay Blvd., Idaho Falls, ID 83402, which is
located at the Shilo Inns Idaho Falls. The event center telephone
number is (208) 497-0611 and the hotel telephone number is (208) 523-
0088. The workshop will begin at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)
and is scheduled to adjourn at 5:00 p.m. MDT. The workshop will include
introductory comments by the Board and the Department of Energy (DOE).
Planned presentations include descriptions of the siting experiences
regarding geologic repositories and a monitored retrievable storage
facility in the United States and geologic repositories in Canada,
Switzerland, and Sweden. These presentations will be followed by a
facilitated panel discussion. DOE will describe how it is incorporating
best practices and lessons learned from international and domestic
siting efforts, and from environmental justice efforts in its consent-
based siting activities. The workshop will close with a facilitated
panel discussion on all the workshop topics. After the workshop is
adjourned there will be an open house to enable discussions among all
participants and attendees. A detailed agenda will be available on the
Board's website at www.nwtrb.gov approximately one week before the
workshop.
The workshop will be open to the public and there will be an
opportunity for public comment prior to workshop adjournment. Those
attending the workshop in person and wanting to provide oral comments
are encouraged to sign the Public Comment Register at the check-in
table near the entrance to the meeting room. Oral commenters will be
taken in the order in which they signed in. Public comments can also be
submitted during the workshop via the online workshop viewing platform,
using the ``Comment for the Record'' form. Comments submitted online
during the day of the workshop will be posted to the Board's website
the following day. Depending on the number of speakers and online
comments, a time limit on individual remarks may be set. However,
written comments of any length may be submitted to the Board staff by
mail or electronic mail. All comments received in writing will be
included in the workshop record, which will be posted on the Board's
website after the workshop. An archived recording of the workshop will
be available on the Board's website following the workshop, and a
transcript of the workshop will be available on the website by October
30, 2023.
The in-person workshop will follow the COVID-19 precautions
mandated by the local jurisdiction. Attendees should observe community
guidelines in place at the time of the workshop. The Board will post an
update on its website if the workshop changes to a virtual-only
workshop. Attendees also are encouraged to pre-register, by providing
name and affiliation to [email protected], to reduce their time
signing in at the check-in table. If the workshop changes to a virtual-
only format, those who pre-registered will be notified of the change.
The Board was established in the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments
Act of 1987 as an independent federal agency in the Executive Branch to
perform an ongoing evaluation of the technical and scientific validity
of activities undertaken by DOE related to implementing the NWPA. Board
members are experts in their fields and are appointed to the Board by
the President from a list of candidates submitted by the National
Academy of Sciences. The Board is required to report its findings,
conclusions, and recommendations to Congress and the Secretary of
Energy. Board reports, correspondence, congressional testimony, and
meeting transcripts and related materials are posted on the Board's
website.
For information on the workshop, contact Bret Leslie at
[email protected] or Yoonjo Lee at [email protected]. For information on
logistics or to request copies of the agenda or transcript, contact
Davonya Barnes at [email protected]. All three may be reached by mail at
2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22201-3367; by
telephone at 703-235-4473; or by fax at 703-235-4495.
Dated: August 3, 2023.
Daniel G. Ogg,
Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 2023-16906 Filed 8-7-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-AM-P
