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Appendix B: Workshop Program
Pages 183-189

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... Appendix B Workshop Program Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation: Development, Current Status, and Technical and Policy Challenges November 4-5, 1999 The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center 100 Academy Drive, Irvine, California, USA WORKSHOP FINAL AGENDA Thursday, November 4, 1999 Plenary Session from 08:30-12:30 08:30 Call to order and opening remarks Michael Kavanaugh, Chairman, Board on Radioactive Waste Management D Warner North, Workshop Chairman 183
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From page 184...
... since issuance of "Rethinking." Charles McCombie, Former Scientific and Technical Director, the Swiss National Cooperative for Radioactive Waste Disposal, now International Consultant, will speak on international development of the geological disposition option during the past 10 years. Paul Slovic, President, Decision Research, and Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon, will speak on perceived risk, trust, and the politics of nuclear waste management.
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... Organizers: Robert Budnitz and Atsuyuki Suzuki Presentations: · The United States regulatory approach, Robert Bernero · A European perspective on the regulator's dilemma, Soren Norrby Discussion: How can a regulator meet the demands imposed by technical uncertainty, legal defensibility, transparency, formality, and public involvement? Session 4: Public acceptance in the context of social distrust.
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... · United Kingdom programs, John Holmes and Neil Chapman · French programs, Yves Le Bars Discussion and questionnaire: What factors have helped or hindered these national programs? Neil Chapman and Tom Isaacs Session 6: Is geological disposal required?
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... Session 5: Lessons learned from national programs: Tracing routes to success or setback. Organizers: Roger Kasperson and Charles McCombie Presentations: · German programs, Klaus Kuhn · Japanese programs, Masao Shiotsuki · Belgian programs, Jean Paul Boyazis Discussion and questionnaire: What factors have helped or hindered these national programs?
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... Organizers: Roger Kasperson and Claire Mays Discussion and comments: Moving forward in the future, Douglas MacLean, Gene Rosa, Phil Richardson Session 5: Lessons learned from national programs: Tracing routes to success or setback. Organizers: Roger Kasperson and Charles McCombie Presentations: · Swedish and Finnish programs, Tonis Papp · Spanish programs, Juan Luis Santiago · Swiss programs, Piet Zuidema Discussion and questionnaire: What factors have helped or hindered these national programs?
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... Jean-Paul Schapira · Post-closure safeguards monitoring for geological repositories, Per Peterson · Disposal possibilities for nuclear wastes, Paul Dejonghe · Human Intrusion: The Achilles heel of geological disposal? Daniel Galson · Comments, Jane Long Discussion: General discussion Session 7: Making progress through international cooperation Organizers: Charles McCombie and Ghislain de Marsily Presentations: · Seabed disposal an international solution that foundered, Richard Anderson · The non-proliferation proposal for collaboration between the United States and Russia, Tom Cochran · An overview of past and present proposals for international storage or disposal, Fred McGoldrick · The Pangea project for an international repository, David Pentz and Ralph Stoll Discussion: International disposal concepts, Ian KcKinley and Claudio Pescatore 12:00 LUNCH AT THE BECKMAN CENTER Plenary Session from 1:30-5:00 1:30 Informing the Academies' report on geological disposition: Summaries by the chair and rapporteur of each discussion session Francis Tombs, Chairman, U.K.
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