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Attention to Societal Priorities Can Help Guide Nuclear Waste Management Policy

To break the impasse over how to deal with spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants policymakers should focus on how various waste management strategies address societal priorities related to nuclear energy.

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Thomas Light

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.S. in economics, Cornell University; B.S. in economics and accounting, University of Oregon

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M.S. in public policy and management, Carnegie Mellon University; B.S. in business and technology management, Clarkson University

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Geoffrey McGovern

Associate Social Scientist
Ph.D. in political science, Binghamton University; J.D., Harvard University; M.A. in political science, Binghamton University; B.A. in political science, Wittenberg University

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Lisa Miyashiro

Research Programmer & Analyst
M.S. in public policy/admin/analysis, Carnegie Mellon University; B.A. in interdisciplinary field studie, UC Berkeley

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Joy S. Moini

Senior Project Associate
M.P.P. in public policy, Georgetown University; B.A. in urban studies, Loyola Marymount University

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Edmundo Molina-Perez

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in systems engineering and policy analysis, Delft University of Technology; B.S. in civil engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Melinda Moore

Associate Director for Global Public Health, Global Health Initiative, RAND Health; Senior Natural Scientist
M.D., Harvard Medical School; M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health

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Molly Morgan Jones

Senior Analyst
Ph.D. in science and technology policy, University of Sussex; M.Sc. (with distinction) in science and technology policy, University of Sussex; B.A. (magna cum laude) in biology (physiology), Northwestern University

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Shanthi Nataraj

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.S. in environmental engineering, Northwestern University

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C. Richard Neu

Senior Economist
B.S. in economics, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D. in economics, Harvard University; M.A. in economics, Harvard University

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Michael J. Neumann

Director of Unit Operations, RAND Project AIR FORCE
M.A. in national security studies, Georgetown University; B.S. in journalism, Northwestern University

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David S. Ortiz

Senior Engineer; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in electrical engineering, M.S.E. in aerospace and mechanical engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; B.S.E. in mechanical and aerospace engineering, Princeton University

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Christopher G. Pernin

Director, Force Development and Technology Program, RAND Arroyo Center; Senior Physical Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.S. in chemistry, Northwestern University; B.S. in chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

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Anais Reding

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Amy Richardson

Policy Researcher
Ph.D., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

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Anthony D. Rosello

Manager, Technology and Applied Sciences Group; Senior Engineer; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.S. in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S. in engineering science, United States Air Force Academy

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Youngbok Ryu

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.S. in management, Georgia Institute of Technology; M.S. in science, technology, and environmental policy, University of Minnesota; B.A. in economics, Korea National Open University; B.S. in civil and environmental engineering, Korea University

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Constantine Samaras

Engineer; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in engineering and public policy and civil and environmental engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; M.P.A. in public administration, New York University; B.S. in civil engineering, Bucknell University

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Camille A. Sawak

Research Assistant
B.A. in international relations, University of Delaware; M.A. in security policy studies, George Washington University

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Agnes Gereben Schaefer

Political Scientist
Ph.D. in political science, Syracuse University; M.A. in political science, Florida International University; B.A. in international relations/environmental studies, Florida International University

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