Thursday, July 17, 2003
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Panel to take comment on Yucca transportation
REVIEW-JOURNAL
A National Research Council committee examining nuclear waste transportation risks will meet in Las Vegas next week to field public comment and hear presentations on a national program to haul spent fuel assemblies to the planned Yucca Mountain repository.
The council panel of the National Academies will tour potential transportation routes on July 24, then attend a public comment session at 7 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Las Vegas Hotel, 4255 S. Paradise Road, between Flamingo Road and Harmon Avenue.
On July 25, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the same location, the committee will hear perspectives from Nevada and Clark County officials about issues related to transporting highly radioactive waste and spent fuel to the mountain, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, from 70 storage sites across the nation.
The panel also will hear a presentation by a Department of Energy official on the agency's effort to develop a national transportation plan.
The committee will identify "options for addressing the key technical and societal concerns" with the risks of transporting highly radioactive waste, according to a statement from the National Academies.
