Re: lochbaum on nrc website

[BERNARD L COHEN <blc+@PITT.EDU>]

	My apologies. I did not know about his previous experience. But he

would surely lose his job with UCS if he decided that nuclear power was

safe.



Bernard L. Cohen

Physics Dept.

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Tel: (412)624-9245

Fax: (412)624-9163

e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu





On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Norman Cohen wrote:



> Cousin B,

> Here's some of Dave's bio: he has 17 years of experience in nuke power - Hope

> Creek/Salem; Brunswick;

> Perry; Limerick; Susquehanna; Wolf Creek; Haddam Neck; and others. In 1992 he and a

> colleague identified

> deficiencies in spent fuel cooling at Susquehanna, and forced the NRC to require

> safety improvements.

> He has a BS in Nuke Engineering from Univ of Tennessee. He's a memebr of ANS since

> 1978. Prior to joining UCS in 1996, he served as Senior Engineer for Enercon

> Services, System Engineer for General Technical Services, Reactor Engineer for the

> TVA, BWR Instructor for GE and Junior Engineer for Georgia Power.

>

>

> In addition: UCS and Dave are NOT, repeat NOT, anti-nuclear. They are PRO-SAFETY.

> You may disagree

> with how they go about being pro-safety, but they are. Dave's job is "Nuclear

> Safety Engineer" for UCS.

>

> So, if UCS ever were able to reach their goal of making nukes safe, I'm sure

> someone would hire Dave.

> If not, there's always Burger King!  ;-)

>

> norm

>

> BERNARD L COHEN wrote:

>

> >         You should understand that Lochbaum makes his living by opposing

> > nuclear power. If he should change in that opposition, he would

> > immediately lose his job, and he has no experience that would help him get

> > another job.

> >

> > Bernard L. Cohen

> > Physics Dept.

> > University of Pittsburgh

> > Pittsburgh, PA 15260

> > Tel: (412)624-9245

> > Fax: (412)624-9163

> > e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu

> >

> > On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 RuthWeiner@AOL.COM wrote:

> >

> > > As long as the precious pearls that drip from the lips of David Lochbaum

> > > sully my email, I am going to rant about it.

> > >

> > > You know, I don't even read this garbage any more because I can already tell

> > > what it is going to say.  NRC did everything wrong again.  Or if it's DOE,

> > > DOE did everything wrong again.  Lochbaum and Co. treat  NRC and DOE like a

> > > dog that, no matter what it does, gets kicked anyway.  It sits up, it rolls

> > > over, it fetches, it barks on command -- no matter, it just gets the same

> > > vicious kick.

> > >

> > > Once again Lochbaum had nothing constructive to say.  All he did was play the

> > > same old "blame NRC, blame NRC, no matter what's wrong, blame NRC" game.  And

> > > as long as this claptrap gets put up on RADSAFE I am going to make this kind

> > > of response.

> > >

> > > I think UCS and Lochbaum are phonies.  I don't think they have any real

> > > concern, and precious little real knowledge.  They seem to get their jollies

> > > from nitpicking .  They have gone on with this so vociferously and so long

> > > that no knowledgeable person, except the sacred-to-death bureaucrats, pays

> > > much attention.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

> > > ruthweiner@aol.com

> > >

> >

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