[Shutsanonofre] This upcoming meeting discusses corrosion of waste containers. Tuesday, May 21, 2024, and the morning of Wednesday, May 22, 2024

[Ray Lutz]

  This upcoming meeting discusses corrosion of waste containers.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, and the morning of Wednesday, May 22, 2024

*DOE’s R&D on crystalline host rocks and on corrosion of commercial
spent nuclear fuel after disposal are focus of U.S. NWTRB Meeting*

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) will hold a public 
meeting on
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, and the morning of Wednesday, May 22, 2024, to 
review information
on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) research and development (R&D) 
activities (a)
related to non-site-specific disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and 
high-level radioactive waste
(HLW) in crystalline host rocks and *(b) on corrosion of commercial SNF 
after disposal.*

On the
first day, the initial speakers will provide an overview of DOE’s SNF 
and HLW disposal
research programs. Additional speakers representing the national 
laboratories conducting the
work for DOE will report on R&D activities to advance the understanding 
of long-term waste
disposal in crystalline rocks. They will also discuss R&D efforts 
related to the corrosion of
commercial SNF. This includes the development of a corrosion model 
capable of accounting for
complex physical and chemical processes for a wide range of repository 
conditions. Speakers
from Finland and Canada will present information on their countries’ 
disposal programs. A
detailed meeting agenda will be available on the Board’s website at 
www.nwtrb.gov
approximately one week before the meeting.

On Tuesday, May 21, the hybrid (in-person/virtual) meeting will begin at 
8:00 a.m.
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and is scheduled to adjourn at approximately 
5:00 p.m. EDT. On
Wednesday, May 22, the hybrid meeting will begin at 8:00 am EDT and 
conclude at 12:00 p.m.
EDT.

The Board meeting will be held at the Hilton Downtown Knoxville Hotel at 
501 West
Church Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee. The hotel telephone number is 
865-523-2300. The
hotel website is 
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/knxkhhf-hilton-knoxville/. Details for 
joining
and viewing the meeting will be available on the Board’s website 
approximately one week
before the meeting.

The meeting will be open to the public, and there will be an opportunity 
for public
comment at the end of the meeting. Those attending the meeting in person 
and wishing to
provide oral comments are encouraged to sign-in using the Public Comment 
Register at the
check-in table near the entrance to the meeting room. Oral commenters 
will be taken in the order
in which they signed in. Public comments may also be submitted during 
the meeting via the
online meeting viewing platform, using the “Comment for the Record” 
form. Comments
submitted online during the day of the meeting may be read into the 
record by Board staff during
the public comment period if time allows. Depending on the number of 
speakers and online
comments, a time limit on individual remarks may be set. Written 
comments of any length may
be submitted to the Board staff by mail or electronic mail. Comments 
received in writing will be
included in the meeting record, which will be posted on the Board’s 
website. An archived
recording of the meeting will be available on the Board’s website 
following the meeting, and a
transcript of the meeting will be available on the website by July 31, 
2024. Attendees are
encouraged to pre-register to reduce their time signing in.

The Board is an independent federal agency in the Executive Branch. It 
was established
in the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-203) 
to perform
ongoing evaluation of the technical and scientific validity of U.S. 
Department of Energy
activities related to developing and implementing a program for the 
management and disposal of
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, in accordance with 
the terms of the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act of 1982. Board members serve part-time and are 
appointed by the President
from a list of nominees submitted by the National Academy of Sciences. 
The Board reports its
findings, conclusions, and recommendations to Congress and the Secretary 
of Energy. Board
reports, correspondence, congressional testimony, meeting transcripts, 
and related materials are
posted on the Board’s website. For information regarding the meeting, 
contact Mr. Chrisopher
Burk at burk at nwtrb.gov, or by phone at 703-235-4486, or Ms. Chandrika 
Manepally at
manepally at nwtrb.gov, or by phone at 703-235-4489. For information on 
meeting logistics,
contact Davonya Barnes at barnes at nwtrb.gov, or by phone at 703-235-9141. 
All three may be
reached by mail at 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 
22201-3367; or by fax
at 703-235-4495.
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Subject: 	NWTB Press Release
Date: 	Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:21:31 +0000
From: 	Barnes, Davonya <Barnes at nwtrb.gov>
To: 	raylutz at citizensoversight.org <raylutz at citizensoversight.org>



Please find attached the latest press release from the Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board.

Thank you,

Davonya Barnes

NWTRB
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