"Science" Sept 20 "Policy Forum" on "Nuclear Safety"

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@attbi.com>]

Friends, 



The subject paper in "Science" is by 19 nuclear-expert members of the

National Academy of Engineering, intimately involved in developing Nuclear

Navy and commercial nuclear power. The title and partial "Summary" are:



Nuclear Power Plants and Their Fuel as Terrorist Targets



Douglas M. Chapin, Karl P. Cohen, W. Kenneth Davis, Edwin E. Kintner,

Leonard J. Koch, John W. Landis, Milton Levenson, I. Harry Mandil, Zack T.

Pate, Theodore Rockwell,* Alan Schriesheim, John W. Simpson, Alexander

Squire, Chauncey Starr, Henry E. Stone, John J. Taylor, Neil E. Todreas,

Bertram Wolfe, Edwin L. Zebroski



The "Science" summary is as follows:

"In the wake of the 11 September attack on the World Trade Center, a large

number of outrageous public statements appeared, claiming that any attack on

a nuclear plant or its fuel would be catastrophic. Because no effective

rebuttal appeared from responsible agencies and organizations, a number of

members of the National Academy of Engineering worked to hammer out a

statement that all the signatories would be willing to publicly stand

behind. This Statement, based on engineering principles and long, practical

experience in nuclear technology, is presented as a Policy Forum."





The substantial, extensive, footnotes were required to respond to "Science"

editors' demand for references to the many summary statements. The links are

live in the html version of the full paper.



If you aren't a "Science" subscriber, the complete "summary" and "full

paper," with PDF, are available as a "reprint" directly accessing the

"Science" web site, at (see the left column:

http://cnts.wpi.edu/RSH/Docs/index.html



(the url only works if linked from our web site as an author "reprint")





Regards, Jim Muckerheide

Center for Nuclear Technology and Society at WPI

Mass. State Nuclear Engineer



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