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Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 135-152

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... He has also served on numerous National Research Council committees, including the Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health. In 2006, the American Association for the Advancement of Science awarded Dr.
From page 136...
... He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the Society for Risk Analysis, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Acad emy of Arts and Sciences; he is a member the American Nuclear Society; and he has been active in several National Research Council committees that examined issues in risk assessment.
From page 137...
... Dr. Beyea has been a member of numerous advisory committees and panels, including the National Research Council's Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Energy Engineering Board, Committee on Alternative Energy R&D Strategies, and Committee to Review DOE's Fine Particulates Research Plan.
From page 138...
... Utility Review Committee on Advanced Reactor Designs; and worked with the Utility/EPRI Advanced Light Water Reac tor Program that defines utility requirements for future nuclear power plants. He was chair of the National Research Council's Committee on Application of Digital Instrumentation and Control Technology to Nuclear Power Plant Opera tions and Safety.
From page 139...
... and has held a variety of leadership positions in the society. In 1982 she was named the Alaska SPE Engineer of the Year and received the SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty.
From page 140...
... . In addition, he led the development and execution of four DOE Clean Coal Technology projects that provided new emission-control options, which have now been applied to the industry's conventional power plants.
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... Dr. Lave's teaching and research interests include applied economics, political economy, quantitative risk assessment, safety standards, modeling the effects of global climate change, public policy concerning greenhouse gas emissions, and issues surrounding the electric transmission and distribution system.
From page 142...
... He previously was chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC; the federal agency with respon sibility for ensuring public health and safety in the operation of nuclear power plants and usage of nuclear materials)
From page 143...
... He has expertise in nuclear reactor analysis and theory, reactor design, radioactive waste management, transmutation of materials, and management of R&D programs. From 1974 to 2001 he held a number of positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory, including group leader for reactor and transport theory, deputy associate director for nuclear programs, associate laboratory director for energy programs, and deputy laboratory director for science and technology.
From page 144...
... Among his other professional affiliations, past and present, are the Electric Power Research Institute's Research Advisory Committee; the Atomic Industrial Forum; the U.S. Department of Ener gy's Energy Research Advisory Board, Lab Operations Board, and Environmental Management Advisory Board; the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Advisory Board; numerous National Academies' boards and commit tees, including the National Academy of Engineering's Board of Councillors; and the Renewable Energy Institute.
From page 145...
... Dr. Ramage held a number of positions at Mobil, including research associate, manager of process research and development, general manager of exploration and producing research and technical services, vice president of engineering, and president of Mobil Technology Company.
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... JAMES L SWEENEy, Stanford University, is director of Stanford University's Pre court Energy Efficiency Center, professor of management science and engineering, senior fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and senior fellow of the Hoover Institution.
From page 147...
... Association for Energy Economics and a council member and senior fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology; he is also a member of the External Advisory Council of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and a member of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Council of Economic Advisors. He holds a B.S.
From page 148...
... is senior board director of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, which advises the National Academies on the design and conduct of studies on radiation health effects, radioactive-waste manage ment and environmental cleanup, and nuclear security and terrorism. The board also provides scientific support to the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima, Japan, a joint U.S.-Japanese scientific organization that investigates the health effects arising from exposures to ionizing radiation among World War II atomic-bombing survivors.
From page 149...
... He was also a senior associate at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, where he directed projects on energy policy and international technology transfer. During sabbaticals from OTA he served as director of energy and environmental studies at the European Institute of Technology, visiting researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and visiting professor at Dartmouth College.
From page 150...
... Reports from relevant studies of energy performance include Tires and Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy, Toward a Sustainable Future: Addressing the Long-term Effects of Motor Vehicle Transportation on Climate and Ecology, and an ongoing assessment of policy options for reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. He has published numerous articles in technical journals and has made presentations on study results, and he serves on the editorial board of TRNews.
From page 151...
... Woodruff was a senior analyst at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where she managed or contributed to projects on nuclear energy regulatory policy, storage of plutonium recovered from retired nuclear weapons, regulation of mixed radioactive and chemical wastes, industrial energy efficiency, and energy technology R&D.
From page 152...
... MARCuS, an independent editor specializing in science, technology, and health policy, edited the America's Energy Future report. Prior to establishing his own practice in 2001, he was editor in chief of MIT's Technology Review, edi tor in chief of the National Academies' Issues in Science and Technology, execu tive editor of High Technology, science/medicine editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and technology reporter for the New York Times.


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