Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Staged Approaches to Project Development -- 3 A Typical Geologic Repository Program -- 4 Impacts of Adaptive Staging on a Repository Program -- 5 Specific Applications to the Yucca Mountain Project -- 6 Findings and Recommendations -- References -- Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix B Information-Gathering Meetings -- Appendix C NASA's Apollo and Space Station Programs -- Appendix D Staging from an International Perspective -- Appendix E Environmental Monitoring and Adaptive Staging -- Appendix F Overview of U.S. Geologic Repository Programs -- Appendix G Glossary.