The following was emailed out by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yucca Mountain Directorate on August 27th:
Greetings,
Thank you to all who participated in yesterday’s teleconference concerning the process for submitting comments on the NRC staff’s draft supplement. We heard a number of requests or concerns and are working to address them as resources allow.
Documents related to the supplement, as well as other recent documents concerning the proposed repository licensing process are available at http://www.nrc.gov/waste/hlw-disposal/key-documents.html#er (or, from the NRC’s main web page, go to the Radioactive Waste tab and select High-Level Waste Disposal in the drop-down list, and then go to Key Documents). As we mentioned during yesterday’s call, we’ll be posting the handouts that we’ll provide at the meetings, and we’ll post links to other documents that are available in ADAMS.
Information about all of the NRC’s public meetings can be found on the public meetings web page -- from the NRC’s main web page, go to Public Meetings and Involvement and select the Public Meeting Schedule item in the drop-down list. The direct link for this page is http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. This link is for the NRC’s newly-implemented public meetings announcement system, and we sincerely regret the confusion you experienced because this link was not included in the Federal Register notice.
Here’s a link to the NRC staff’s draft “Supplement to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada,” NUREG-2184: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr2184/
Below is information about our upcoming public meetings (also see http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg). Please respond to this email if you would like to pre-register for the meetings or to speak in person (at the September 3, September 15, or September 17 meetings) or to speak on the phone (at the September 3 or October 15 meetings).
---Meeting and teleconference, September 3, 2015: NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, First Floor Commission Hearing Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Maryland 20852, from 3:00 p.m. Eastern (local) Time until 5:00 p.m. This meeting will be webcast and a telephone line will be available for those who want to give comments over the phone. The link for the NRC’s webcasts page is http://video.nrc.gov/#upcomingwebcasts, and the link for this specific webcast will be posted on September 3. The number to dial for this call is (888) 790-2936 and the passcode is 9708500.
---Meeting, September 15, 2015: Embassy Suites Convention Center, 3600 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169, from 7:00 p.m. Pacific (local) Time until 9:00 p.m. The NRC staff will also host an open house from 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time until 7:00 p.m.
---Meeting, September 17, 2015: Amargosa Community Center, 821 E. Amargosa Farm Road, Amargosa Valley, Nevada 89020, from 7:00 p.m. Pacific (local) Time until 9:00 p.m. The NRC staff will host an open house from 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time until 7:00 p.m.
---Teleconference, October 15, 2015: Public meeting via conference call, from 2:00 p.m. Eastern (local) Time until 4:00 p.m. The number to dial for this call will be provided soon.
If you have any questions about the information in this email, please contact Christine Pineda at (301) 415-6789 or email us at YMEIS_supplement@nrc.gov.
Thank you,
The staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Yucca Mountain Directorate
Detailed maps showing DOE's proposed Yucca dump bound high-level radioactive waste rail shipping routes in downtown Chicago.Beyond Nuclear's radioactive waste watchdog, Kevin Kamps, was invited as a witness at a hearing on "Transporting Nuclear Materials," held by the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee, Environment and the Economy Subcommittee on Oct. 1st. See the hearing description, with links to the witnesses' written testimony, as well as a video recording of the hearing, here.
October 1, 2015