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Levich, Robert Alan was born on April 16, 1941 in Brooklyn. Son of Leonard Walter and Dinah (Cohen) Levich.
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Robert Alan Levich, American Geologist. Achievements include development of international radioactive waste natural analogue study; developed and negotiated international bilateral technical cooperative projects in geologic disposal of radioactivewaste with Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, Spain and France; managed development of Yucca Mountain Site Description Document.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Geology, CUNY, Brooklyn, 1963; Master of Arts in Geological Sciences, University Texas, 1973.
Career
Volunteer, Peace Corps Ghana 3 Geologists, Kade, Ghana, 1963-1965;
teaching assistant in geology, University Texas, Austin, 1965-1967;
research assistant in chemical engineering, University Texas, Austin, 1967-1968;
geologist, Ghana Geological Survey, Sunyani, 1969-1972;
geologist, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Austin, Texas, Spokane, Washington, 1973-1981;
regional manager, Apache Energy & Minerals Company, Spokane, 1981-1982;
consultant expert, East Africa International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1982-1983;
geologist, physical scientist, unites states department Energy, Argonne, Illinois, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1984-1988;
chief technical analysis branch, unites states department Energy/YMP, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1988-1989;
international programs manager, unites states department Energy/YMP, Las Vegas, 1989-1996;
manager, Yucca Mountain Site Description Document, since 1996. United States representative, joint technical committee International Stripa Project, Stockholm, 1989-1992. Lead United States delegate Organization of European Cooperation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency Site Evaluation and Design Experiments, Paris, since 1990.
Unites states department Energy representative, joint technical committee Organization of European Cooperation and Development/National Education Association Alligator Rivers Analogue Project, Sydney, NSW, Australia,1990-1992. Project director USDOE/Atomic Energy, Canada Ltd. Subsidiary Agreement, 1991-1995.
Technical coordinator USDOE/Switzerland National Co-operation for Disposal Radioactive Waste Project Agreement, 1991-1996. Project director USDOE/Swedish Nuclear Fuel & Waste Management Company Hard Rock Laboratory Project Agreement, 1993-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Geological Society American, Society Economics Geologists. Member American Nuclear Society (International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference program committee, steering committee), Association Geoscientists for International Development, American Institute Professional Geologists (vice president Nevada section 1993, 94, member of national screening board 1994-1996, chairman national screening board since 1996), National Peace Corps. Association.
Connections
Married Stella Araba Nkrumah, June10, 1964. Children: Alexander Kwamina, Walter Abraham, Leo Augustine.
