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APPENDIX A
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Robert W. Fri. Chair, is President of Resources for the Future, an
independent nonprofit research organization in Washington, DC, that
conducts research and policy analysis on issues affecting natural resources
ant! environmental quality. He received a B.A. in physics from Rice
University ant! an M.B.A. from Harvarc! University. He has served in
government as Deputy Administrator ofthe U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (1971-73) and Administrator of the Energy Research and
Development Administration (1975-77) ant! been a member of numerous
committees advising government and resources industries.
John F. Ahearne is Executive Director of Sigma Xi, The Scientific
Research Society. He received his B.S and M.S. degrees from Cornell
University and his Ph.D. in plasma physics from Princeton University. His
professional interests are risk assessment and science policy. He was a
commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1978-83) and
its chairman ~ ~ 979-8 ~ ). He is a member of the National Research
Council's Board on Radioactive Waste Management and has served on a
number of the Council's committees examining issues in risk assessment
and the future of nuclear power.
Jean M. Bahr is Associate Professor, Department of Geology and
Geophysics, Institute for Environmental Studies, and Geological
Engineering Program, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She
received her B.A. degree in geology and geophysics from Yale University
and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in applied earth sciences (hydrogeology) from
Stanford University. She is a member of the National Research Council's
Board on Radioactive Waste Management.
R. Darryl Banks is Director of the Program on Technology and the
Environment at World Resources Institute in Washington, DC. He
received his B.A. degree from Coe College anal, as Rhodes Scholar, his
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Ph.D. from Oxford University. He has worker! in the U.S. Congress as a
Congressional Science Fellow (1976-77) ant! a staff member of the Office
of Technology Assessment (1977-781. He worked in the Office of
Research and Development of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
( 1978-8 ~ ~ before becoming Deputy Commissioner of the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation ~ ~ 983-92) where he
specialized in hazardous waste management issues.
Robert ]. Bu~nitz has been President of Future Resources Associates, Inc.
in Berkeley, California since 1981 before which, he was at the U.S.
Nuclear Regultory Commission (1978-1980) ant! was a member of the
technical staff and held several management positions at the Lawrence
Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California (1967-781. He
received his B.A. degree from Yale University and his Ph.D. in physics
from Harvarc! 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.
Sol Burstein, is a registered professional engineer and member of the
National Academy of Engineering. He retired in 1987 as Vice Chairman
and Director of Wisconsin Energy Corporation, the hol(ling company for
Wisconsin Natural Gas Company and Wisconsin Electric Power Company,
of which he also served as Vice President and Director. His career with
Wisconsin Electric spanned 2 ~ years, prior to which he spent over ~ 9 years
in engineering design and construction work at Stone & Webster. He
currently is an independent consultant. He specializes in utility
management and nuclear and mechanical engineering. He received a
B.S.M.E. degree from Northeastern University and a D.Sc (hoe) from the
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. He has served on numerous
industry and government advisory committees and is a member of the
National Research Council's Board on Radioactive Waste Management.
Melvin W. Carter is Neely Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering
ant} Health Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He specializes
in public health engineering ant! radiation protection. He received his B.S.
degree in civil engineering ant} an M.S. in public health engineering from
Georgia Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. in radiological health from
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the University of Florida. Before joining the faculty at Georgia Institute
of Technology, he had extensive experience in radiologic health as director
of government laboratories, including the National Environmental
Research Center in Las Vegas (196X-721. He is a Past President of the
International Radiation Protection Association and has served on numerous
advisory committee of scientific societies; he is also a member of the
National Research Council's Board on Radioactive Waste Management.
Charles Fairhurst is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of
Minnesota in Minneapolis, where he has taught since 1956 after having
received his B.Eng ant] Ph.D degrees in mining from Sheffield University,
Englancl. His specialties are rock mechanics and mining engineering. He
consults internationally on geologic isolation of radioactive wastes and
rock mechanics. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering
en c} the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. He is also
Chairman of the National Research Council's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Committee.
Charles McCombie is Technical Director of NAGRA, the Swiss
Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste. He has 25 years
experience in the nuclear field, more than ~ 5 of which are in radioactive
waste management. He serves on a number of international committees
advising European and international organizations on radioactive waste
management issues. His formal training is in physics with a B.Sc from
Aberdeen University, Scotland, ant! a Ph.D. from Bristol University,
England.
Fred M. Phillips is Professor of Hydrology, Department of Earth an
Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
He specializes in isotope hydrology and paleoclimatology. He received his
B.A. clegree from the University of California at Santa Cruz and his Ph.D.
in hydrology from the University of Arizona.
Thomas H. Pigford has been Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the
University of California, Berkeley since 1959. He is an international
consultant in the geologic disposal of radioactive waste. He specializes in
the nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear safety, environmental analysis of nuclear
systems, and prediction of the release of radionuclides from buried solid
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waste ant! their transport through geologic media. He has receiver] many
awards for his achievements in engineering, including the Robert E.
Wilson Aware] and the Service to Society Award from the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Arthur H. Compton Award from the
American Nuclear Society, and the John Wesley Powell Award from the
U.S. Geological Survey. He is a member of the National Academy of
Engineering and has server! on many of the panels and boards of the
National Research Council. He was a member of the Presidential
Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island. He is Scientific Master
for the U.S. District Court, Hanford Nuclear Reservation Litigation. He
earner] a B.S. from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. and
Sc.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Arthur C. Upton is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Medicine at the
New York University School of Medicine and currently is Clinical
Professor of Environmental ant] Community Medicine at the Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School as well as Clinical Professor of both Pathology
and Radiology at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He
is a member of the Institute of Medicine ant! has served on numerous
committees of the National Research Council, prominently including the
series on biological effects of ionizing radiation. He received a B.A. and
M.D. from the University of Michigan.
Chris G. Whipple is Vice President of ICE Kaiser Engineers in Oakland,
California. He holds a B.S. degree from Purdue University and a Ph.D
degree in engineering science from the California Institute of Technology.
His professional interests are in risk assessment, and he has consulted
widely in this field for private clients and government agencies. Prior to
joining ICE Kaiser Engineers, he conducted work in this and related fields
at the Electric Power Research Institute (1974-901. He served on the
National Research Council's Board on Radioactive Waste Management
from 1985 to 1995, ant! as its Chair from 1992 to March 1995.
Gilbert F. White is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Geography and
Emeritus Director of the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University
of Colorado in Boulder. He is a specialist in the social and economic
aspects of natural hazards, particularly those associated with water
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resources. He has served in many government and academic posts,
inclucling as Presicient of Haverforc! College (1946-55) anti Professor of
Geography at the University of Chicago (1956-69) before joining the
University of Colorado in 1970. He is the recipient of many awards,
including the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1987) and the
Hubbarc] Medal of the National Geographic Society ~ ~ 9941. He has served
on numerous advisory committees for scientific societies, governments,
ant! the National Research Council. He also chairec! the Technical Review
Committee on Socio-Economic Effects of Nuclear Waste Disposal for the
State of Nevada. He received S.B, S.M., and Ph.D. degrees in geography
from the University of Chicago and is a member of the National Academy
of Sciences ant! a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Susan D. Wiltshire is Vice President of IK Research Associates, Inc. in
Beverly, MA. She specializes in public policy formulation, strategic
planning, and citizen and community involvement in technical programs.
She has been a member of a number of National Research Council
committees, including the Board on Radioactive Waste Management, ant]
has been president of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts. She
serves on advisory committees to the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and the National Council on Radiation Protection en c!
Measurements. She holds a B.Sc. degree in mathematics from the
University of Florida.
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