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THOMAS M. LESCHINE, Chair, is associate professor in the School of Marine Affairs at the
University of Washington, Seattle. He is a former Fellow in Marine Policy and a Policy Associate
at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He is the Chair of the
National Research CounciT's Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes and also
serves on the National Research Council Committee, on Risk Assessment and Management of
Marine Systems. His major research interest is in the area of environmental decision making as it
relates to marine environmental protection and the use of scientific and technical information in
environmental decision making. He is particularly interested in the use of mathematical modeling
and systems analysis In environmental management. Dr. Leschine received his Ph.D. In
mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh.
DEN]iSE BlERLEY is a project director for Roy F. Weston, Tnc. in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Her specialties are broad environmental issues and program management. Prior to joining Weston,
she dealt with various environmental, regulatory, and water resource issues for federal and state
agencies. Ms. BierIey holds B.S. degrees in biology and geology Tom Wright State University,
Dayton, Ohio.
ROBERT J. BUDNITZ has been President of Future Resources Associates, Inc. in Berkeley,
California, since 1981. Before that, he was at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1978-
1980) and was a member of the technical staff and held several management positions at the
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of the University of California (1967-19781. He received
his B.A. degree from Yale University and his Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University. His
professional interests are in environmental impacts, hazards, and safety analysis, particularly of the
nuclear fuel cycle. He has served on numerous investigative and advisory panels of scientific
societies, government agencies, and the National Research Council.
THOMAS A. BURKE is associate professor of health policy and management at The Johns
Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Epidemiology In Baltimore, Maryland. His work
includes the evaluation of population exposure to the environmental pollutants, assessment of
environmental nsks, and the application of the epidemiology and health risk assessment to public
policy. Prior to his appointment at Johns Hopkins, he was deputy commissioner of health for the
State of New Jersey. He is a member of the Council of the Society of Risk Analysis and has served
on Office of Technology Assessment advisory panels on Risk Assessment of Chemical
Carcinogens and Managing Nuclear Matenals from Warheads. He received a B.S. from Saint
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Peter's College, an M.P.H. from the University of Texas, and a Ph.D. In epidemiology from the
University of Pennsylvania.
ROBERT J. CATION is a licensed medical physicist and certified health physicist. He retired in
1995 as executive director, clinical and laboratory safety, at the University of Texas Health
Sciences Center, Houston, where he also served as executive director of the Positron Diagnostic
and Research Center Ad taught radiological science at the School of Public Health. Previously,
he served as scientific adviser for the Electric Power Research Institute and had careers In federal
service and industry. Mr. Catlin is a member of Sigma Xi, the American Academy of Health
Physics, and other professional societies. He has participated as a consultant to the former
Soviet Union and to the U.S. Department of Energy on radiological matters for incidents at
Chernobyl and at Chelyab~nsk. He has served on numerous industry and government advisory
committees, including those of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
and the National Research Council's Board on Radioactive Waste Management. Mi. Catkin
received his A.B. degree in biology from Princeton University and an M.S. equivalent in health
physics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
GREGORY R CHOPP]N is the R.O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Florida
State University, Tallahassee. Dr. Choppin's research includes nuclear chemistry, physical
chemistry of actinides and lanthanides, environmental behavior of actinides, chemistry of the f-
Elements, separation science of the f-Elements, and concentrated electrolyte solutions. During a
postdoctoral period at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, he
participated in the discovery of mendelevium, element 101. His research activities have been
recognized by the American Chemical Society's Award in Nuclear Chemistry and Southern
Chemist Award, the Manufacturing Chemists award in Chemical Education, and a Presidential
Citation Award of the American Nuclear Society. He has served on numerous National Research
Council committees and currently, is a member of the Board on Chemical Sciences and
Technology. He received his B.S. in chemistry from Loyola University, New OrIeans; his Ph.D. in
chemistry from the University of Texas, Austin; an honorary degree from Chahners University,
Goteborg, Sweden; and an honorary D.Sc. from Loyola University.
JAMES H. CLARKE is Chairman, President, and CEO of ECKENFELDER INC., Nashville,
Tennessee, an environmental science and engineering film specializing in industrial waste
management. He has over 25 years of experience in environmental chemistry and chemical risk
assessment. His primary areas of interest include the fate and transport of chemicals in the
environment, the design of environmental data acquisition programs for evaluation of the risks
associated with chemical releases, and innovative and emerging technologies for hazardous waste
site remediation. He is an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering of Vanderbilt University and serves on the faculty of several continuing education
programs, including those of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Center for
Professional Advancement, and several universities. Dr. Clarke received a B.A. in chemistry from
Rockford College, Rockford, TIlinois, and a Ph.D. in theoretical physical chemistry from The Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
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THOMAS A. COTTON is vice president of OK Research Associates, Tnc., Arlington, Virginia,
where he is a principal in activities related to radioactive-waste-management policy and strategic
planning. Before joining OK Research Associates, he dealt with energy policy and radioactive-
waste-management issues as an analyst and project director during nearly 11 years with the
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. His expertise is in public policy analysis, nuclear
waste management, and strategic planning. He received a B.S. in electrical engineering from
Stanford University, an M.S. in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University, and a
Ph.D. In engineering-economic systems Dom Stanford University.
ALLEN G. CROFF is associate director of the Chemical Technology Division at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory (ORNL). His areas of focus include initiation and technical management of
research and development involving waste management, nuclear fuel cycles, transportation,
conservation, and renewable energy. Since joining ORNE in 1974, he has been involved in
numerous technical studies that have focused on waste management and nuclear fuel cycles,
including supervising and participating in the updating, maintenance, and Implementation of the
ORIGEN-2 computer code; developing a r~sk-based, generally applicable radioactive waste
classification system, multidisciplinary assessment of act~nide partitioning and transmutation; and
leading and participating in multidisciplinary national and international technical committees. He
has a B.S. in chemical engineering Tom Michigan State University, a degree in nuclear engineering
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from the University of Tennessee.
RODNEY C. EWING is a Regents Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at
the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, where he has been a member of the faculty for 23
years. His professional interests are in mineralogy and materials science. He has conducted research
in Sweden, Germany, Australia, and Japan, as well as the United States. Dr. Ewing is a fellow of
the Geological Society of America and the Mineralogical Society of Amenca. Presently, he is the
vice-president and president-elect of the Situational Union of Materials Research Societies. He
has served on several National Research Council committees. Dr. Ewing received M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees in geology from Stanford University.
DONALD R GIBSON, JR, is Department Manager of the Systems Analysis Department and
Acting Lab Manager at TRW's Ballistic Missiles Division in its survivability and engineering
laboratory. Prior to these positions, he was a design physicist and senior project engineer. Dr.
Gibson holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in nuclear engineering from the University of Ill~nois.
JAMES H. JOHNSON, JR., is professor of civil engineering and Dean of the School of
Engineering at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Johnson's research interests have
focused mainly on the reuse of wastewater treatment sludges and the treatment of hazardous
substances. His recent research has included the refinement of composing technology for the
treatment of contaminated soils, chemical oxidation and cometabolic transformation of explosive
contaminated wastes, biodegradation of fuel-contam~nated groundwater, the evaluation of
environmental policy issues in relation to minorities, and development of environmental curricula.
Currently, he serves as Assistant Director of the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic Hazardous
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Substance Research Center, member of the Environmental Engineering Committee of the U.S.
EPA's Science and Advisory Board, and the National Research CounciT's Board on Radioactive
Waste Management. Dr. Johnson received his B.S. from Howard University, M.S. from University
of Illinois, and Ph.D. from the University of Delaware. He is a registered professional engineer and
a diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
W. HUGH O'RIORDAN is an attorney with Givens, Pursley, & Huntley in Boise, Idaho. He
received a B.A. and I.D. from the University of Arizona, Tucson, and an L.L.M. from George
Washington University, Washington, D.C., in environmental law. Since entering private practice in
1980, he has specialized in environmental, natural resources, energy and administrative law on state
and federal levels. He has represented corporate and individual clients in matters involving
environmental statutes.
GI~ENN PAULSON is president, Paulson and Cooper, Inc., an environmental and energy
consulting company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Formerly, he was a research professor with the
Pritzker Department of Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology. He received a
B.A. in chemistry from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in environmental sciences and
ecology from the Rockefeller University, New York. Dr. Paulson served as a member of the
National Research Council's Board on Radioactive Waste Management from 1989 to 1996 and has
served on several other National Research Council committees dealing with hazardous and
radioactive waste.
BENJAMIN ROSS is president of Disposal Safety Incorporated (DSI), a firm in Washington,
D.C., specializing in analysis of contamination by hazardous radioactive and chemical waste. Dr.
Ross was a senior research scientist at GeoTrans, Inc., and a risk analyst with the Analytic
Sciences Corporation prior to working at DSI. Dr. Ross received his A.B. in physics from
Harvard University and his Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He
is a certified ground-water professional with the Association of Ground Water Scientists and
Engineers.
PAUL A. WITHERSPOON is professor emeritus of Geological Engineering at the University of
California, Berkeley, where he was a member of the Department of Materials Science and Mineral
Engineering from 1957 to 1989. During the same period, he was associate director and head, Earth
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1977-19821. He has been president of
Witherspoon, Inc., in Berkeley, California, since 1988. He received his B.S. from the University of
Pittsburgh and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. His professional interests include the flow of
fluids in fractured and porous rocks, underground storage of natural gas, and underground disposal
of liquids and radioactive waste. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and Geological Society of America. He is also a
member of the National Academy of Engineering.
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RAYMOND G. WYM]ER is currently an independent consultant based in Oak Ridge'
Tennessee, and is retired director of the Chemical Technology Division at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, where he worked for over 37 years. His professional interests embrace all aspects of
the nuclear fuel cycle. Prior to his work at Oak Ridge, he served as associate professor at the
Georgia Institute of Technology and as chief nuclear chemist for Industrial Reactor Labs. Dr.
Wymer is currently active on several National Research Council committees Including the
Committee on Environmental Management Technology and its Subcommittee on Tanks and the
Committee on Electrometallurgical Technology. He is a fellow of the American Nuclear Society
and a member of Sigma Xi and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He received his
Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.
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Representative terms from entire chapter:
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