[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19510]


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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD


Sunshine Act Meeting

    Pursuant to the provision of the ``Government in the Sunshine Act'' 
(5 U.S.C. Sec. 552b), notice is hereby given of the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board's (Board) meeting described below.

TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: 12:30 p.m. on August 5, 1998.

PLACE: Federal Building Auditorium, 825 Jadwin Avenue, Richland, 
Washington 99352.

STATUS: Open.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Robert M. Andersen, General 
Counsel, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue, 
NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20004, (800) 788-4016. This is a toll-
free number.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Board members will review with the Department 
of Energy (DOE) and its contractors the status of implementation of the 
Board's Recommendation 93-5. Recommendation 93-5 called for the 
accelerated characterization of the tank wastes at Hanford. This 
characterization information is needed to support resolution of safety 
issues and to support design of processing and disposal systems.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board has repeatedly expressed the view 
that the Department of Energy needs to accelerate characterization of 
high-level radioactive waste in underground tanks at the Hanford Site. 
On July 19, 1993, the Board formally recommended to the Secretary of 
Energy (Recommendation 93-5) that DOE accelerate its actions to sample 
and characterize the Hanford tank wastes. The Secretary accepted the 
Board's recommendation, and characterization of the Hanford waste tanks 
is proceeding in accordance with the Secretary's Implementation Plan. 
The Implementation Plan has two major objectives: (1) characterize the 
tank waste sufficiently to support resolution of tank safety issues, 
and (2) characterize the tank waste safety sufficiently to support 
design of processing and disposal systems.
    A public meeting will be conducted by the Board to hear from DOE 
and its contractors responsible for the Tank Waste Remediation System. 
Those individuals will brief the Board on the status of activities 
under the Secretary's Implementation Plan for Recommendation 93-5.
    A transcript of this proceeding will be made available by the Board 
for inspection by the public at the Board's Washington, D.C. office and 
at the DOE's Public Reading Room, 2770 University Drive, CIC, Room 
101L, Box 999, mail stop H2-53, Richland, Washington 99352. 
Recommendation 93-5 in its entirety is also on file at DOE's Public 
Reading Room in Richland and at the Board's Washington, D.C. office.
    The Board reserves its right to further schedule and otherwise 
regulate the course of this meeting, to recess, reconvene, postpone or 
adjourn the meeting, and otherwise exercise its authority under the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

    Dated: July 17, 1998.
John T. Conway,
Chairman.
[FR Doc. 98-19510 Filed 7-17-98; 3:32 p.m.]
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