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Dr. Arjun Makhijani
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The topic of what to do with spent nuclear fuel is ripe for debate. Commercial utilities, the Department of Energy, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission all have important legal and moral obligations to responsibly manage the waste that's been produced in the past six decades.
Several proposals for dealing with spent nuclear fuel have been pursued since the dawn of the nuclear age. ANA's perspectives on some of the more relevant proposals can be found below.
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 Dr. Arjun Makhijani is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. He holds a Ph.D. in engineering (specialization: nuclear fusion) from the University of California at Berkeley. He has produced many studies and articles on nuclear fuel cycle related issues, including weapons production, testing, and nuclear waste, over the past twenty years. He is the principal author of the first study ever done (completed in 1971) on energy conservation potential in the U.S. economy. Most recently, Dr, Makhijani has authored Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy, the
first analysis of a transition to a U.S. economy based completely on
renewable energy, without any use of fossil fuels or nuclear power.
Dr. Arjun's area of expertise includes:
- Nuclear fusion
- Weapons production
- Weapons testing
- Nuclear waste
- Energy conservation
- U.S. economy
Dr. Arjun's contact information:
ARJUN@IEER.ORG (301)270-5500
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