JOHN F. AHEARNE
John F. Ahearne, Ph.D., is currently; Adjunct Scholar, Resources for the
Future; and Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and
Lecturer in Public Policy, Duke University. He has served as Executive
Director for Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society; Vice President
and Senior Fellow for Resources for the Future; Commissioner and Chairman
of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and numerous positions within
the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy. He chaired
the National Research Council Committee on the Environmental Management
Science Program and chairs the Committee to Review the Research Activities
Completed Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT), has served on many
other NRC Committees, and is Vice Chair of the Board on Radioactive Waste
Management. Dr. Ahearne received a bachelor’s degree in engineering physics
and an M.S. in physics from Cornell University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in
physics from Princeton. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering,
Society for Risk Analysis, and American Nuclear Society and is a fellow
of the American Physical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
and the AAAS.
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