View source for Press Release-04-049, NRC to Discuss Quality of Yucca Mountain Information with DOE May 5 in Las Vegas

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| issue date = 04/26/2004
| title = Press Release-04-049: NRC to Discuss Quality of Yucca Mountain Information with DOE May 5 in Las Vegas
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| document report number = Press Release-04-049
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| newsletter integer = 49
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{{#Wiki_filter:NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs       Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, DC 20555-001       E-mail: opa@nrc.gov Web Site: http://www.nrc.gov/OPA No. 04-049                                                                               April 26, 2004 NRC TO DISCUSS QUALITY OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN INFORMATION WITH DOE MAY 5 IN LAS VEGAS The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will meet with the Department of Energy May 5 in Las Vegas to discuss an NRC team evaluation report concerning the quality of certain DOE technical information that DOE is preparing to support its expected application for a license to build and operate a high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
The meeting will be held in the Embassy Suites Conference Center, Chancellor Ballroom, 3600 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, beginning at 8:30 a.m. (PDT). Following introductory comments from NRC staff and the meeting facilitator, the NRC evaluation team will present and discuss its report with DOE. Afterwards, at about 11:00 a.m., the NRC will entertain comments and questions from members of the public.
A copy of the NRC team evaluation report, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Evaluation of U.S. Department of Energy Analysis Model Reports, Process Controls, and Corrective Actions, is available on the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov/waste/hlw-disposal/reg-initiatives/resolve-key-tech-issues.html .
An April 13 press release announcing issuance of the report is available at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2004/04-041.html .
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