NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE
TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, SEPT. 18-21
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will meet Sept. 18-21 in Rockville, Md., to hold a working group meeting on using monitoring to build model confidence on waste management issues, which will include discussions on the role of models and monitoring in licensing, and evaluating radionuclide releases and ground water contamination. Among other items, the committee members will also be briefed on the public comments received on two tunnel fire studies and how these comments will be addressed in the final versions of the two reports.

The committee reports to and advises the Commission on all aspects of nuclear waste management.

The session on Monday will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday's working group meeting will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday's working group meeting will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30, and Thursday's meeting will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room T-2B3 of the agency's Two White Flint North Building, at 11545 Rockville Pike.

Anyone requiring the use of video teleconferencing to observe the meeting should contact Theron Brown, at 301-415-8066 to ensure availability.

A complete agenda will be available on the NRC's Web site at this address: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acnw/agenda/2006/. Individuals interested in making statements or those seeking more information should contact Antonio Dias at 301-415-6805.

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