Past Public Meetings

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's spring meeting was held on Wednesday and Thursday, April 19-20, 1995, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Presentations at the meeting focused on the Department of Energy's (DOE) emerging waste isolation strategy, the thermal management strategy being pursued under the DOE's new program approach, and engineered barrier system design and research.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held a meeting at the Beatty Community Center in Beatty, Nevada, on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 10-11, 1995. The Board was interested in hearing the public's views on related to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Yucca Mountain project.

On November 17-18, 1994, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panels on Structural Geology & Geoengineering and Hydrogeology & Geochemistry hosted a meeting on thermal management strategies for a potential repository at the Yucca Mountain site.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board had an in-depth look at site suitability and related issues during its October 12, 1994, meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Specifically the Board looked into how the Department of Energy's (DOE) proposed program approach (PPA) would affect the process for determining site suitability and the subsequent procedure for submitting an application for a license to construct a permanent repository for commercial spent fuel and high-level waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

Ground-water travel time and its role in the long-term performance of the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain was the focus of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on Hydrogeology & Geochemistry meeting on Monday, September 12, and Tuesday, September 13, 1994, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board reviewed issues related to the migration of radionuclides and the transportation of spent nuclear fuel at its summer meeting on July 12-13, 1994, in Denver, Colorado.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on Structural Geology & Geoengineering held a meeting on June 13-14, 1994, in Las Vegas, Nevada, to hear updates from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its management and operating (M&O) contractor on the design and schedule for excavating the underground exploratory studies facility (ESF) at Yucca Mountain.

On Wednesday, June 15, 1994, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on the Engineered Barrier System (EBS Panel) held a one-day meeting to examine the implications for disposal of the defense wastes currently stored at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Hanford facilities at Richland, Washington.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board placed siting critical facilities at the top of the agenda for its spring meeting on April 11-12, 1994, in Reno, Nevada.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on the Environment & Public Health (E&PH Panel) scheduled a one-day workshop in Las Vegas for March 22, 1994. The workshop focused on the terrestrial ecosystem studies conducted in conjunction with the Yucca Mountain project.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on Structural Geology & Geoengineering (SG&G) planned a two-day meeting on seismic and volcanic hazard estimation for March 8-9, 1994.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on the Engineered Barrier System (EBS Panel) held a one-day meeting on March 10, 1994, on the status of current and future research planned by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the area of engineered barriers that could be used in a potential repository at Yucca Mountain

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board planned a full agenda for its winter meeting on January 11-12, 1994, in Arlington, Virginia. Yucca Mountain performance assessment efforts, updates on the Department of Energy's (DOE) multipurpose container concept, top-level system studies, and two recent DOE task force studies filled the majority of the schedule.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on the Environment & Public Health planned a meeting for November 22, 1993, to review the status of the Department of Energy's environmental program at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (the Board) held a workshop on the technical challenges associated with interim storage of spent nuclear fuel — storing the fuel from generation until final disposal. The workshop was held on November 1-2, 1993, by the Board's panels on the Engineered Barrier System and Transportation & Systems.

At the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's (the Board) fall meeting on October 19-20, 1993, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Board members reviewed the progress of the Department of Energy's (DOE) surface-based drilling program and plans for underground testing at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

At its summer meeting on July 13-14, 1993, in Denver, Colorado, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board heard presentations on how science and engineering were being integrated in the Department of Energy's (DOE) plans to choose a thermal-loading strategy for the proposed spent fuel repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (the Board) held its spring meeting in Reno, Nevada, on April 21-22, 1993. The Board was interested in reviewing the process through which difficult technical issues bearing on site-suitability and licensing are resolved.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (the Board) held its winter meeting in Arlington, Virginia, on January 5-6, 1993. The meeting focused primarily on the system implications of interim storage of spent nuclear fuel, from generation to disposal.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on Structural Geology & Geoengineering scheduled a meeting with representatives of the DOE and its contractors for November 12 and 13, 1991, in Seattle, Washington. Panel members reviewed the DOE's plans for sealing and backfilling repository boreholes, shafts, tunnels, and underground openings.