Past Public Meetings

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a two-day workshop to look at issues associated with the design and implementation of a program for deep borehole disposal of solid radioactive wastes. The objective of the workshop was to identify the technical and scientific issues associated with DOE’s research and development program to assess the viability of the deep borehole disposal concept and, more broadly, to identify issues associated with implementation of deep borehole disposal.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Golden, Colorado, on June 24, 2015, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to transporting spent nuclear fuel (SNF). The main focus of the meeting was on DOE’s efforts to prepare for the transportation of SNF from commercial nuclear power plants to a potential interim storage site and/or to a geologic repository.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to managing DOE spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met on August 6, 2014, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans for the packaging, transportation, and disposal of DOE spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting in Albuquerque, NM on March 19, 2014. The main topic of the meeting was the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research and development (R&D) activities related to salt as a geologic medium for disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review board held a meeting on November 18-19, 2013, to identify issues related to how the use of large dry-storage canisters by nuclear utilities for onsite storage will affect future handling, storage, transportation and geologic disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF)

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting to discuss the Department of Energy (DOE) research and development (R&D) activities related to its Used Fuel Disposition Program.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held an open public meeting in Richland, WA on April 16, 2013, to review information on U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities related to vitrifying high-level radioactive waste (HLW) stored at the Hanford facility in preparation for eventual disposal in a deep geologic repository.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting in Idaho Falls, ID on October 17, 2012, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans for the packaging, transportation, and disposition of spent nuclear (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a public meeting in Albuquerque, NM on March 7, 2012. The meeting focused on Department of Energy (DOE) work related to geologic disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a public meeting in Arlington, VA on January 9, 2012. The theme of the meeting was integration within the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) and the Office of Environmental Management (DE-EM).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a public meeting in Salt Lake City, UT, on September 13-14, 2011, to discuss the Department of Energy's (DOE) plans for research and development (R&D) related to its Used Fuel Disposition Program.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a workshop on June 6-7, 201, on methods for evaluating waste streams associated with light-water reactor (LWR) fuel-cycle options.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a public meeting in Amherst, NY, on April 27, 2011, to discuss the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, NV, on February 16, 2011, to continue its exploration of technical aspects of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) activities related to managing and disposing of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Dulles, VA, on October 26, 2010, to discuss technical aspects of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) activities over the last 20 years related to managing and disposing of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting in Idaho Falls, ID, on June June 29, 2010, to review U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans for managing spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met at National Harbor, MD, on September 23, 2009, to discuss the implications of alternative technological strategies for the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, NV, on June 11, 2009, to discuss the status and projected amounts of domestic commercial and Department of Energy (DOE)-owned spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and defense high-level radioactive waste (HLW) and research and data needs for very long-term storage of SNF and HLW.

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board met in Las Vegas, NV, on January 28, 2009. The focus of the meetings was repository tunnel stability and issues related to burnup credit.