Participants:
Michael Mendillo, Professor of Astronomy, Boston University, Boston, MA
(Overview)
Steven M. Smith, Research Associate, Boston University, Boston, MA
(Observational Results)
Jody K. Wilson, Research Associate, Boston University, Boston, MA
(Computer Simulations)
Yucca Mountain: Safe Storage for Nuclear Waste?
June 1, 12:15 P.M. - Room 111
The Department of Energy says there are still scientific issues to be resolved
concerning the safety of Yucca Mountain, 100 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada, as a
long term storage depository for nuclear waste. There is an ongoing public
policy debate over whether it will in fact safe to begin using this facility in
2010, as is planned. A panel of scientists will present evidence both supporting
and opposing the use of Yucca Mountain.
(Relates to Sessions U21A, U22A, U32A)
Participants:
Dr. Allison Macfarlane, Belfer Center for Science and International
Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Yuri Dublyansky, Institute of Geology, Geophysics, and Mineralogy,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Dr. Ann Kersting, Analytic and Nuclear Chemistry Division, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Dr. James Paces, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
Dr. Paul Witherspoon, Witherspoon, Inc., Berkeley, CA
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Contact: Harvey Leifert
hleifert@agu.org
202-939-3212
American Geophysical Union
21-May-1999