The Berkeley lab was the most recent meeting site for the UC President's Council on the National Laboratories. The council reviews scientific and technical programs and management of the labs. The agenda included the directors' projections for the three labs in the year 2002. Chaired by Stanford University physicist Sidney Drell, the council earlier concluded that continued UC management of the Berkeley, Livermore and Los Alamos labs serves the best interest of the nation. The council determined that current UC oversight at Los Alamos and Livermore labs will strengthen scientific stockpile stewardship and management program which is the foundation for national commitment to a comprehensive test ban treaty.
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