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RAND energy and environmental analyses help contextualize the effects of existing and proposed energy policies on the environment. Building on a long history of policy research, RAND helps balance the need for environmental protections and economic development.

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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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Melinda Moore

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

Molly Morgan Jones

Research Leader
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

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

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

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

Oluwatobi A. Oluwatola

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.S. in electronic and electrical engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University

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

Christopher G. Pernin

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

Susan A. Resetar

Adjunct Staff
A.B. in mathematics and economics, Cornell University; M. Eng. in operations research, University of California Berkeley

Anthony D. Rosello

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

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

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 policy, New York University; B.S. in civil engineering, Bucknell University

Mike Scarpati

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; B.S. in business administration, Washington Univ, St Louis

Agnes Gereben Schaefer

Senior Political Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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

Christopher Sharon

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.Phil. (Ph.D. candidate) in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; B.S. in mathematics, Samford University

Regina A. Shih

Behavioral and Social Scientist
Ph.D. in psychiatric epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; B.A. in neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University

Richard Silberglitt

Senior Physical Scientist
Ph.D. in solid state physics, University of Pennsylvania; B.S. in physics, Stevens Institute of Technology; M.S in physics, University of Pennsylvania

Elizabeth M. Sloss

Natural Scientist
Ph.D. in epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles

Paul Sorensen

Associate Director, RAND Transportation, Space, and Technology Program; Operations Researcher
Ph.D. in geography, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A. in urban planning, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A., Dartmouth College

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