NOTICES: Yucca Mountain, NV—; Repository development; technical and scientific issues,
Published: 2006-12-13
Board Meeting: January 24, 2007Las Vegas, Nevada.
The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will meet to discuss
U.S. Department of Energy efforts to develop the proposed Yucca Mountain repository.
Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100203,
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear Waste
NOTICES: Federal antidiscrimination, whistleblower protection, and retaliation laws; No FEAR Act notice,
Published: 2006-12-05
On May 15, 2002, Congress enacted the ``Notification and Federal
Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002,'' which is now
known as the No FEAR Act. One purpose of the act is to ``require that
Federal agencies be accountable for violations of antidiscrimination
and whistleblower protection laws'' (Pub. L. 107174, Summary). In
NOTICES: Privacy Act; systems of records,
Published: 2006-11-22
USC 552a requires that each federal agency review its systems
of records containing personal information covered by the Privacy Act
of 1974. As a result of its latest review, the Board is proposing to
amend both of the systems of records that it maintains. A description
of these systems was last published in November 22, 1996 (61 FR 227,
PROPOSED RULES: Privacy Act; implementation,
Published: 2006-11-22
The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) is
proposing to implement a set of procedural regulations under the
Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law 93579, 5 U.S.C. 552a. The proposed
regulations have been written to conform to the statutory provisions of
the Act. They are intended to expedite the processing of Privacy Act
requests received
NOTICES: Yucca Mountain, NV—; Potential corrosion of material for packaging waste at proposed repository,
Published: 2006-08-21
Workshop: September 2526, 2006Las Vegas, Nevada; The U.S.
Nuclear Waste Technical Review board will host a workshop on the
potential for localized corrosion of Alloy22, the material that has
been proposed for waste packages in which spent nuclear fuel and high
level radioactive waste will be disposed of inside the proposed Yucca
Mountain
NOTICES: Safety case for proposed repository,
Published: 2006-08-21
Board meeting: September 27, 2006Amargosa Valley, Nevada; The
U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will meet to discuss U.S.
Department of Energy efforts to develop and articulate a safety case for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository.
Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100203,
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments
NOTICES: McLean, VA,
Published: 2006-04-12
Board Meeting: May 9, 2006McLean, Virginia; The U.S. Nuclear
Waste Technical Review Board will meet to discuss the Department of
Energy's (DOE) proposed implementation of a canister system for
transportation, aging, and disposal (TAD) of spent nuclear fuel.
Pursuant to its authority under 5051 of Public Law 100203, Nuclear
Waste Policy
NOTICES: Yucca Mountain, NV,
Published: 2006-01-05
Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100203,
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear Waste
Technical Review Board will meet in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday,
February 1, 2006. The Board was charged in the Nuclear Waste Amendments
Act of 1987 with conducting an independent review of the technical and