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Appendix D Committee Biographies
Pages 199-206

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... Recently he has sought to develop improved 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.
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From page 200...
... He is a recipient of the University of Massachusetts -- Lowell's F r a n c i s Cabot Lowell Distinguished Alumni for Arts and Sciences Award. COMMITTEE MEMBERS Edward Albenesius retired in 1992 as manager of the advanced waste technology division and senior advisory scientist at the Savannah River Site, SC.
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From page 201...
... His current work includes evaluating the safety of near surface disposals of low- and intermediateactivity waste in France and participating in the development of safety standards for the European Union. Previously as a staff officer in the IRSN department for protection of man and the environment, he was in charge of very low-level and mining and milling waste management.
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... She has been the project director for several National Academies committees, including the Committee on Risk Assessment Methodology and 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.
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From page 203...
... Hamilton is professor of public policy, economics, and political science at Duke University, where he served 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.
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... 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.
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... 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.
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Key Terms

  • health risk
  • waste management
  • waste policy
  • expertise includes
  • radioactive waste

  • nuclear fuel
  • environmental policy
  • river site
  • uranium enrichment
  • accelerator transmutation

  • savannah river
  • includes managing
  • isotope production
  • risk analysis
  • nuclear regulatory

  • regulatory commission
  • nuclear materials
  • associate editor
  • medical isotope
  • nuclear waste

  • technological institute
  • spent fuel
  • doe advisory
  • spent seven
  • kershaw award

  • led work
  • helium isotopes
  • repository siting
  • ore benefaction
  • fuel storage


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