Press Release-06-034, NRC Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste to Meet in Rockville, Maryland, March 22-24

Press Release-06-034: NRC Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste to Meet in Rockville, Maryland, March 22-24

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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: opa@nrc.gov Web Site: http://www.nrc.gov No.06-034 March 14, 2006 NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, MARCH 22-24 The Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will meet March 22-24 in Rockville, Md., to continue to discuss, among other things, the U.S. Department of Energys research on the performance of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository, including recent developments related to modeling igneous activity. The committee will also review public comments on nuclear facility decommissioning guidance.

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

The session on Wednesday will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and the session on Thursday will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The session on Friday will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room O-1G16 of the agencys One White Flint North Building, at 11555 Rockville Pike.

A complete agenda will be available on the NRCs Web site at this address:

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acnw/agenda/2006/ . Individuals interesting in making statements or those seeking more information should contact Michael Lee, at 301-415-6887.