Press Release-96-138, Nrc'S Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste to Meet October 22-23 in Rockville, MD

Press Release-96-138, Nrc'S Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste to Meet October 22-23 in Rockville, MD

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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Public Affairs Washington, DC 20555 Phone 301-415-8200 Fax 301-415-2234 Internet:opa@nrc.gov No.96-138 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Thursday, October 10, 1996)

NRC'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE TO MEET OCTOBER 22-23 IN ROCKVILLE, MD The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will meet October 22-23 in Rockville, Maryland.

The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 8:30 a.m. each day in Room T-2B3 of the Two White Flint North building, at 11545 Rockville Pike.

During the two-day session, the committee will review an NRC staff draft technical position that will provide criteria for screening on-site burials of radioactive waste permitted by former NRC requirements to determine if further remediation is required. NRC staff also will brief the committee on the direction-setting issue papers produced as part of the agency's strategic assessment of regulatory activities. The committee also will receive its annual training on government ethics requirements, proposed reports, and consider topics for future consideration.

(ACNW schedules are subject to change. Anyone planning to attend should confirm the schedule the day before the meeting by calling (301) 415-5024.)

Although its meetings are open, they are not part of the NRC's public hearing process. The ACNW was established in 1988 to advise the Commission on all aspects of nuclear waste management. While anyone may attend the meeting, the committee will consider only oral or written statements arranged in advance and limited to specific matters set forth in a Notice of Meeting published in the December 6, 1995 edition of the Federal Register.

(NOTE TO EDITORS: The use of self-contained tape recorders in the meeting room is permitted during the open portions of the meeting when a transcript is being kept. The use of still, motion picture and television cameras - the physical installationand presence of which will not interfere with the course of the meeting - will be permitted both before and after the meeting, during any recess, and, at the direction of the committee chairman, while the meeting is in session.)