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Left USNRC nuclear waste safety research planning & management ( geologic stability, nuclear waste leaching & transport in ground water & paleoclimate research) to body surf Kauai. UCLA PhD in geochemistry with Bill Libby. Now living in North Carolina.
Real Name: George Birchard
Gender: Male
Location: no, North Carolina
Occupation: washed up
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