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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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