Ep 20: Jim Conca, Forbes

Jim's start as an extraterrestrial scientist and coordinator
of shuttle activities.  




Transition to nuclear waste as he moved to PNNL as a geology
pair with his wife, Judith.  




3 styles of decision making in science policy: ignore
science, make it the basis of the decision, retroactively
justify the decision with science.   




Yucca Mountain is the wrong rock, dripping wet and
corrosive.  




WIPP Carlsbad, New Mexico, Permian Basin has perfect salt
chemistry.  




 A comparison between the future of China and the US'
nuclear industries.  




Dilution as a waste mitigation strategy, discussion of
Fukishima and Tritium.   




A discussion of how the media sources portrays
expertise.   




A discussion of grout v. glass vitrification
processes.  




Waste disposal methods, political contentions, and the power
of the Constitution.