The mission of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board is to perform unbiased and ongoing technical and scientific peer review of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) nuclear waste management activities, the Board makes an essential contribution to increasing confidence in the scientific process and to informing, from a technical and scientific perspective, decisions on nuclear waste management. Through writing Reports, Correspondence, and Fact Sheets and through Congressional Testimony the Board provides objective information to Congress, the Administration, DOE, government and non-government organizations, and the public on a wide-range of issues related to spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste disposition.
Additionally, the Board keeps the public informed by issuing Press Releases and by publishing various Plans in fulfilling other federally mandated reporting requirements.