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Appendix F
Committee Biographies
Chairman
David H. Leroy has his own law practice in Boise, Idaho, which specializes in
governmental and administrative law issues. He has extensive experience in the legal,
policy, and political arenas. As an appointee of President George H. Bush, he was
confirmed by the Senate in August 1990 as the first U.S. waste negotiator, a post created
by Congress in the 1987 Waste Policy Amendments Act to assist the government in siting
a geologic repository for high-level waste. In ~ 993 Mr. Leroy turned his attention to low-
level waste, especially the general failure of the 1980 Low-Leve] Waste Policy Act.
Recently he has sought to develop improver! technical and public policy solutions for
managing low-level waste, including the assured storage concept. Before his
appointment as waste negotiator, he served as Lieutenant Governor of Idaho and Idaho
Attorney General. He has made numerous presentations and authored a variety of
publications, including reports on Tow-level waste disposal, repository siting, and
negotiation. Mr. Leroy receiver! his B.S. in 1969 and J.D. in 1971 from the University of
Idaho, and Master of Laws in Trial Practice and Procedure in ~ 972 from New York
University School of Law.
Vice Chairman
Michael T. Ryan is an independent consultant in radiological sciences and health
physics. He is an adjunct associate professor in the College of Health Professions at the
Medical University of South Carolina. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the
Charleston Southern University and the College of Charleston. Dr. Ryan is editor-in-
chief of Health Physics Journal. Recently he was appointed by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission to a four-year term (2002-2006) as a member of the Advisory Committee on
Nuclear Waste (ACNW). In addition, he is currently serving on the Scientific Review
Group appointed by the Assistant Secretary of Energy to review the ongoing research in
health effects at the former Soviet weapons complex sites the Southern Urals and on two
committees ofthe National Academies. In 1996-1997 Dr. Ryan was the vice president of
Barnwell Operations for Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc., where he had overall
responsibility for operation of the Tow-leve! radioactive waste disposal and service
facilities in Barnwell, South Carolina. From 1984 to 1996 he server! as the company's
director, and then vice president of regulatory affairs with the responsibility for
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developing and implementing regulatory compliance policies and programs to comply
with state and federal regulations. Before that, Dr. Ryan spent seven years in
environmental health physics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Ryan received his
Ph.D. in 1982 from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was recently inducted
into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni. He earned his M.S. in radiological sciences
and protection from the University of Lowell, Mass. in 1976 and his B.S. in radiological
health physics from Lowell Technological Institute in ~ 974. He is a recipient of the
University of Massachusetts-Lowell's Francis Cabot Lowell Distinguished Alumni for
Arts and Sciences Award.
Committee Members:
Edward Albenesius retired in ~ 992 as manager of the advanced waste technology
division and senior advisory scientist at the Savannah River Site, SC. His expertise
includes treating and disposing of low-level and transuranic waste from nuclear fuel
reprocessing and nuclear materials production for national defense, environmental
monitoring, and health physics. He conceived and implemented the first integrated
program for managing low-level wastes at a major DOE site, resulting in large reductions
in waste volume and disposal in engineered facilities—departing from earlier practices of
disposal in open trenches. Dr. Albenesius also held temporary assignments with the
Department of Energy (DOE) where he coordinated the revision of DOE Order 5820.2A
on radioactive waste management and with several task forces for the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission and the National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP). As a consultant
to the International Atomic Energy Agency in 1995 he helped prepare management plans
for low-activity waste and spent sealed sources for 20 developing countnes. Dr.
Albenesius received his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from the University of North
Carolina in ~ 952 and his A.B. degree in chemistry from the College of Charleston, SC in
1947.
Wm. Howard Arnold (NAP) retired inl 989 as general manager of the advanced energy
systems division of Westinghouse Electric Company. His primary area of expertise is in
the commercial nuclear fuel cycle, including nuclear power, fuel, and waste management.
He has managed multi-disciplinary groups of engineers and scientists working in reactor
core design and led work that promoted the use of centrifuge technology in uranium
enrichment. Dr. A~nold's experience includes managing residues from uranium
enrichment and low-activity wastes from reactor operation and spent fuel storage. As
vice president, Westinghouse Hanford Company, he was responsible for engineering,
development, and project management at the Hanford Site from 1986-1989. He was
elected to the National Academy of Engineering in ~ 974. Recently Dr. Untold has been
involved in an advisory capacity in the cleanup of DOE nuclear weapons material
productions sites, especially in the vitrification plant at the Savannah River Site.
Currently he is chairman of the National Academies' Committee on Improving the
Scientific Basis for Managing Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel. He received his
A.B. in ~ 95 1 from Cornell University, and his M.A. 1953 and Ph.D. in physics in 1955,
both from Princeton University.
Frangois Besnus is head of the office for safety evaluation of radioactive waste disposal
in the Institute of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fountenay aux
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Roses, France. His current work includes evaluating the safety of near surface disposals
of low- and intermediate-activity waste in France and participating in the clevelopment of
safety stanciarc3s for the European Union. Previously as a staff officer in the IRSN
department for protection of man ant! the environment, he was in charge of very Tow-
leve] and mining and milling waste management. He helped to establish French
collaborations with eastern countries for assessing the extent of radioactivity migration in
the Chernobyl area and for managing the large volumes of Tow-activity waste that
resulted from the cleanup of contaminated areas. Dr. Besnus received his Ph.D. in
radiochemistry in 1991, an M.S. degree in radiochemistry in 1986, and an M.S. degree in
geology in 1985, all from Paris XI University.
Perry H. Charley is director of the uranium education and geographical information
systems programs within the division of math, science, and technology at the Shiprock
campus of Dine College, NM, a Navajo institution. Mr. CharIey has over 30 years of
experience performing environmental, health impact, and psycho-social impact studies.
Currently he is the principal investigator of four epidemiological research projects, the
foremost being a DNA damage study of Navajo communities impacted by past uranium
mining practices. From 1983 through 1999 he held several positions for the DOE and
EPA uranium mill tailings remedial action (UMTRA) project, including director of the
Navajo Nation's UMTRA program and the Navajo Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Program. He has served on several EPA advisory committees. Mr. CharIey received his
B.S. degree in environmental science from the University of Arizona in ~ 979.
Gail Charnley is principal of HealthRisk Strategies, a consulting firm in Washington,
DC. Dr. CharnIey's areas of expertise are toxicology, environmental health risk
assessment, and risk management science and policy. She writes and speaks extensively
on issues related to the role of science and risk analysis in environmental health policy
and clecision-making. She is an adjunct faculty member in the Harvard School of Public
Health's Center for Risk Analysis and has chaired or served on numerous peer review
panels convener] by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug
Administration. During its tenure, she was executive director of the
PresidentiaVCongressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management,
mandated by Congress to evaluate the role that risk assessment and risk management play
in federal regulatory programs. Before her appointment to the Commission, she served
as acting director of the toxicology and risk assessment program at the National
Academies. She has been the project director for several National Academies
committees, including the Committee on Risk Assessment Methodology ant! the
Complex Mixtures Committee, and served as the chair of several U.S. Army Science
Advisory Board committees that evaluated health risk assessment practices in the Army.
Dr. Charnley received her Ph.D. in toxicology from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1984 and her A.B. (with honors) in molecular biology from Wellesiey
College in 1977.
Sanford Cohen is the founder ant! president of SC&A, Inc., an energy and
environmental consulting firm providing expertise in radiation sciences, management,
health and safety analyses, communications services, and information management. He
has managed several contracts for agencies of the U.S. Government, including the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control, the Council on
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Environmental Quality, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, the
Department of Energy, ant! the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Dr. Cohen is involves!
in regulatory guidance pertaining to environmental management (including
RCRA/CERCLA requirements), the remediation of contaminated sites, safe disposal of
hazardous wastes, site characterization in support of decontamination anal
decommissioning projects, recycling of scrap metal from nuclear facilities, electric and
magnetic fields effects, and indoor air quality. He was a member of the National
Academies' Committee on Characterization of Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste for
the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Prior to founding SC&A in 1981, Dr. Cohen was the vice
president and manager of Teknekron, Inc. 's Washington operations and president of
Teknekron Research, Inc., a consulting group working with the governmental agencies
listed above. Dr. Cohen earned his B.S. in science engineering at Northwestern
University and his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering at the University of Michigan.
F. Stanley Echols is a principal of the Echols Consulting Group in Washington, DC. Dr.
Echols has over 20 years experience in both the public and private sectors drafting,
commenting upon, challenging, and implementing USNRC, EPA, and DOE radiological
regulations and guidance documents that address the protection of public health and
safety and the environment. He specializes in providing assistance in a broad range of
technical, regulatory and legal matters, including the evaluation of risk-informed,
performance-based safety assessments as opposed to exclusively deterministic
assessments. Before starting his own firm Dr. Echols was a partner in a national law firm
where he managed a team of attorneys assisting clients in regulatory matters, an attorney
at the Department of Energy, a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of
Columbia, a project manager for the USNRC, and a project engineer for an architect-
engineering firm. Dr. Echols received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the
University of Florida after working as a doctoral research fellow at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory. He holds an M.B.A. in management and B.S. in nuclear engineering
sciences from the University of Florida. Dr. Echols also received a J.D. degree in law
from the Georgetown University.
Sharon Friedman is professor of journalism and communication and director of the
science and environmental writing program at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. Her
research and consulting activities focus on how scientific, environmental, and health risk
issues are communicated to the public. Prof. Friedman chaired the Department of
Energy's Advisory Committee for its low dose radiation research program. She has
served as a consultant to the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile
Island, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,
and various U.S. government agencies ant! industries on environmental ant! risk
communication. Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) in 1989 for her contributions toward furthering the public understanding
of science and technology, she is a member of the AAAS Council. She served as a
Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer in Brazil and a Bosch Foundation Lecturer in Germany.
Prof. Friedman is associate editor of the journal, Risk. Health, Safety and Environment,
and a member of the editorial advisory board of the journal, Science Communication.
She is a member of the National Academies' Committee on Assessment of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention's Radiation Studies. She received her M.A. in
Journalism from Pennsylvania State University in ~ 974, a graduate certificate in public
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relations from American University in ~ 970, and her B.A. in biology from Temple
University in 1964.
Maurice Fuerstenau (NAE) is professor of metallurgy at the Mackay School of Mines,
University of Nevada, Reno. His expertise is in mineral extraction, processing, and
hydrometallurgy. His work covers ore benefaction and dealing with residues, which
include technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM).
Among his numerous refereed publications and books, Dr. Fuerstenau has recently
completed the two volume Principles of Mineral Processing. He has been recognized by
awards from the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, ant} by
election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 1991. He has server! as
member, vice chair, and chair of committees of the NAE section on petroleum, mining,
and geological engineering. He currently serves on the NAE committee on membership.
Dr. Fuerstenau received his Sc.D. in 1961 and S.M. in 1957 from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and his B.S. in 1955 from the South Dakota School of Mines.
lames T. Hamilton is associate professor of public policy, economics, and political
science at Duke University, where he serve ct as associate director of the Sanford Institute
for Public Policy. His expertise includes the economics of regulation, public choice in a
political economy, and environmental policy. Dr. Hamilton's numerous publications
include the book, Calculating Risks: The Spatial and Political Dimensions of Hazardous
Waste Policy, coauthored with W. Kip Viscusi (MIT Press 1999~. His article "Testing for
Environmental Racism: Prejudice, Profits, Political Power?" Journal of Policy Analysis
and Management 14: ~ (Winter 1995) won the journal's best article of the year award. In
2001 he won the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management's David N.
Kershaw award. He earned his Ph.D. in economics in 1991 and his B.A. summa cum
laucie in economics and government in ~ 983, both from Harvard.
Ann Rappaport is a faculty member in the department of urban and environmental
policy and planning at Tufts University. She held previous appointments in the
department of civil and environmental engineering and in the center for environmental
management at Tufts. Her work deals with both the technical and policy challenges of
managing hazardous waste: health effects, site assessment and management, waste
reduction and treatment, and risk assessment and management with an emphasis on
corporate responsibility and decision making. Her research has examined environmental,
health, and safety programs in multinational corporations. Dr. Rappaport has publisher!
two books, several chapters, and numerous articles and reports. She was a member of the
international committee of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and
Technology for the Environmental Protection Agency. She also served on the National
Academies' Committee on Evaluation Protocols for Commercializing Innovative
Remediation Technologies. Dr. Rappaport received her Ph.D. in civil engineering from
Tufts University in 1992, her M.S. in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in 1976, and her B.A. in Asian and environmental studies from We1lesley
College in 1973.
D. Kip Solomon is an associate professor in the Denartment of ~'e.~1~
at the University of Utah. He specializes in fluid flow in soils and shallow aquifers,
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emphasizing the fate and transport of contaminants. Dr. Solomon has also worker} on
techniques for determining the age of shallow groundwater using tritium and helium
isotopes and using these tools to examine fluid! flow in porous and fractured systems. He
won the outstanding faculty research award in his department in 1997-98 and was
associate editor of Ground Water from 1996-2001. He served on the National
Academies' Pane! on Conceptual Moclels of Flow ant! Transport in the Fractured Vadose
Zone from 1998 to 2001. Dr. Solomon received his B.Sc. in geological engineering in
1983 and his M.Sc. in geology in 1985 from the University of Utah, and his Ph.D. in
earth sciences in ~ 992 from the University of Waterloo.
Kimberly Thomas is deputy division leader of the chemistry division at Los Alamos
National Laboratory (LANL). Her expertise includes managing wastes from research and
meLlical isotope production. Dr. Thomas has supervised all aspects of medical isotope
production at LANL. She has also directed research on accelerator transmutation of
waste, geochemical behavior of raclionuclides, actinide bioassay measurements, nuclear
weapons debris analyses, processing of uranium ores, and fundamental actinicle
chemistry. She has evaluated how options for treating Hanford tank waste and for
accelerator transmutation of wastes would fit with waste acceptance criteria for
geological disposal. Dr. Thomas is a member of the American Chemical Society's
division of nuclear chemistry and technology and the Network for Women in Science,
and she has served on the DOE advisory committee on nuclear and radiochemistry
education. In 2000, she received a LANE outstanding mentoring award for her work in
fostering career development of women and members of her community. Dr. Thomas
received her Ph.D. in nuclear chemistry as a student of Glenn Seaborg and her Master of
Bioradiology, both from the University of California-Berkeley. She received her A.B. in
chemistry from MicidIebury College.
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