Michael J. Apted, PhD, Principal Scientist

303-985-0005
mapted@intera.com

PhD, Geochemistry, University of California, 1980
BS, Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974

Dr. Apted has more than 25 years of experience in nuclear-waste disposal R&D, primarily in the design and testing of engineered barrier systems (EBS), hydrogeochemical modeling, and safety assessment. For the Electric Power Research Institute he is the R&D manager for post-closure risk assessment studies regarding disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste at the Yucca Mountain site, Nevada, USA. He is a member of the International Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC) to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO), and serves as a coordinator for NUMO’s International Tectonics Committee.  Dr. Apted is Chairman of the EBS and Technology Support Group for STUK, the safety authority in Finland. He also has consulted for nuclear waste repository implementation and regulatory agencies in Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, Canada, Taiwan, and South Korea. Dr. Apted is past Chairman for the Materials Research Society's Symposium on the Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management. He has organized, conducted, and authored reports for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). He has served on various US National Academy of Sciences committees related to nuclear waste disposal. Dr. Apted has presented and/or published over 150 papers in the above technical areas.