D. Warner North :: Experience :: NRC
Assignments for the National Research Council and other parts of the National Academies (partial list)     Commission on Life Sciences Committee on the Institutional Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health, Member, 1981-1983, report issued 1983.     Commission of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources Committee on Risk Perception and Communication, Member, 1987-1989; report issued 1989.     Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology Committee on Risk Assessment Methodology, Member, 1989-1992; report, Issues in Risk Assessment, issued 1993.     Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology Committee on Risk Assessment of Hazardous Air Pollutants, Member, 1991-1994; report issued 1994.     Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Committee on Risk Characterization; Member, 1994-1996; report issued 1996     Board on Radioactive Waste Management Member, (1995 - 1999); Member of Working Group that prepared report, Technologies for Environmental Management: The Department of Energy’s Office of Science and Technology, 1999.     Transportation Research Board Committee to Review Federal Estimates of the Relationship of Vehicle Weight to Fatality and Injury Risk; Chair, letter report to Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1996.     Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Conference on Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade; Member of Organizing Group for 1999 Conference; Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade: Proceedings of a Conference, issued 2000.     Board on Radioactive Waste Management Steering Committee and Advisory Committee, Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste through Geological Isolation: Development, Current Status, and Policy Challenges; Chair; International Workshop, November 4-5, 1999; report issued 2001.     Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology Report Review Coordinator, Review of Testing and Evaluation for Biological Point Detectors (2005).	Yucca Mountain, site for the proposed US repository for high-level waste and spent nuclear fuel Main Publications Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges National Research Council. 212 pages, 6 x 9, 2001. Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society National Research Council, 1996 Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment National Research Council, 1994 Improving Risk Communication National Research Council, 1989 Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process National Research Council, 1983