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This upcoming meeting discusses corrosion of waste containers.<br>
<br>
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, and the morning of Wednesday, May 22, 2024<br>
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<b>DOE’s R&D on crystalline host rocks and on corrosion of
commercial<br>
spent nuclear fuel after disposal are focus of U.S. NWTRB Meeting</b><br>
<br>
The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) will hold a
public meeting on<br>
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, and the morning of Wednesday, May 22, 2024,
to review information<br>
on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) research and development
(R&D) activities (a)<br>
related to non-site-specific disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF)
and high-level radioactive waste<br>
(HLW) in crystalline host rocks and <b>(b) on corrosion of
commercial SNF after disposal.</b> <br>
<br>
On the<br>
first day, the initial speakers will provide an overview of DOE’s
SNF and HLW disposal<br>
research programs. Additional speakers representing the national
laboratories conducting the<br>
work for DOE will report on R&D activities to advance the
understanding of long-term waste<br>
disposal in crystalline rocks. They will also discuss R&D
efforts related to the corrosion of<br>
commercial SNF. This includes the development of a corrosion model
capable of accounting for<br>
complex physical and chemical processes for a wide range of
repository conditions. Speakers<br>
from Finland and Canada will present information on their countries’
disposal programs. A<br>
detailed meeting agenda will be available on the Board’s website at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.nwtrb.gov">www.nwtrb.gov</a><br>
approximately one week before the meeting.<br>
<br>
On Tuesday, May 21, the hybrid (in-person/virtual) meeting will
begin at 8:00 a.m.<br>
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and is scheduled to adjourn at
approximately 5:00 p.m. EDT. On<br>
Wednesday, May 22, the hybrid meeting will begin at 8:00 am EDT and
conclude at 12:00 p.m.<br>
EDT. <br>
<br>
The Board meeting will be held at the Hilton Downtown Knoxville
Hotel at 501 West<br>
Church Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee. The hotel telephone number is
865-523-2300. The<br>
hotel website is
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/knxkhhf-hilton-knoxville/">https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/knxkhhf-hilton-knoxville/</a>. Details
for joining<br>
and viewing the meeting will be available on the Board’s website
approximately one week<br>
before the meeting.<br>
<br>
The meeting will be open to the public, and there will be an
opportunity for public<br>
comment at the end of the meeting. Those attending the meeting in
person and wishing to<br>
provide oral comments are encouraged to sign-in using the Public
Comment Register at the<br>
check-in table near the entrance to the meeting room. Oral
commenters will be taken in the order<br>
in which they signed in. Public comments may also be submitted
during the meeting via the<br>
online meeting viewing platform, using the “Comment for the Record”
form. Comments<br>
submitted online during the day of the meeting may be read into the
record by Board staff during<br>
the public comment period if time allows. Depending on the number of
speakers and online<br>
comments, a time limit on individual remarks may be set. Written
comments of any length may<br>
be submitted to the Board staff by mail or electronic mail. Comments
received in writing will be<br>
included in the meeting record, which will be posted on the Board’s
website. An archived<br>
recording of the meeting will be available on the Board’s website
following the meeting, and a<br>
transcript of the meeting will be available on the website by July
31, 2024. Attendees are<br>
encouraged to pre-register to reduce their time signing in.<br>
<br>
The Board is an independent federal agency in the Executive Branch.
It was established<br>
in the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 (Public Law
100-203) to perform<br>
ongoing evaluation of the technical and scientific validity of U.S.
Department of Energy<br>
activities related to developing and implementing a program for the
management and disposal of<br>
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, in accordance
with the terms of the Nuclear<br>
Waste Policy Act of 1982. Board members serve part-time and are
appointed by the President<br>
from a list of nominees submitted by the National Academy of
Sciences. The Board reports its<br>
findings, conclusions, and recommendations to Congress and the
Secretary of Energy. Board<br>
reports, correspondence, congressional testimony, meeting
transcripts, and related materials are<br>
posted on the Board’s website. For information regarding the
meeting, contact Mr. Chrisopher<br>
Burk at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:burk@nwtrb.gov">burk@nwtrb.gov</a>, or by phone at 703-235-4486, or Ms.
Chandrika Manepally at<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:manepally@nwtrb.gov">manepally@nwtrb.gov</a>, or by phone at 703-235-4489. For information on
meeting logistics,<br>
contact Davonya Barnes at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:barnes@nwtrb.gov">barnes@nwtrb.gov</a>, or by phone at
703-235-9141. All three may be<br>
reached by mail at 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300, Arlington,
VA 22201-3367; or by fax<br>
at 703-235-4495.<br>
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<td>Barnes, Davonya <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Barnes@nwtrb.gov"><Barnes@nwtrb.gov></a></td>
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