Session No. 62 Monday, October 28, 2002

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: Ballroom 2&3
K1. Earth Sciences Challenges in the National Problem of High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
John S. Stuckless and William W. Dudley, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
62-18:15 AM DISPOSITION OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE AND SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL: AN EVOLVING CHALLEGE: NORTH, D. Warner, NorthWorks, Inc, 1002 Misty Lane, Belmont, CA 94002-3651, northworks@mindspring.com.
62-28:45 AM HYDROLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS IN REPOSITORY SITING: BAHR, Jean M., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, jmbahr@geology.wisc.edu.
62-39:15 AM GEOLOGIC REPOSITORIES, EARTH SCIENCES AT THE LIMITS, AND BEYOND: HANKS, Thomas C., Robert E. Wallace Earthquake Center, U.S. Geol Survey, MS 977, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, thanks@usgs.gov.
 9:45 AM Break
62-410:00 AM U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION'S REGULATIONS FOR LONG-TERM SAFETY OF GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: MCCARTIN, Timothy J., U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T7J-8, Washington, DC 20555, tjm3@nrc.gov.
62-510:30 AM DEEP GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT: SWIFT, Peter N., Total System Performance Assessment, Sandia National Laboratories, MS 0778, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0778, pnswift@sandia.gov.
62-611:00 AM ASSESSING THE REVIEW PROCESS: THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF THE NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD: KNOPMAN, Debra S., RAND, 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202, knopman@rand.org.
62-711:30 AM THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S ACTIVITIES RELATING TO LONG-TERM DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE: GROAT, Charles G., US Geol Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192-0002, cgroat@usgs.gov.

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