Nuclear Expert

["ERIC GOLDIN"<goldinem@songs.sce.com>]

     Barbara Hamrick questioned the scientific background of Daniel 
     Hirsch.  The following is my understanding and is clearly my own 
     opinion and not that of my employer:  Mr. Hirsch is President of 
     Committee to Bridge the Gap, an LA-based anti-nuclear 
     organization.  CBG's recent claims-to-fame include their 
     'sponsorship' of the "Rocketdyne Health Study" in which 
     occupational worker exposure was purportedly linked to cancer 
     causation (in a very twisted statistical logic but unfortunately 
     with the credence of UCLA as the prime research tool).  CBG is 
     also the primary opponent to the proposed Ward Valley low level 
     radioactive waste disposal facility in California and has 
     attempted to derail the project several times via the courts.  
     CBG's past success (the only one that I know of) was the 
     never-ending delays to relicensing proceedings for the UCLA 
     research reactor (the reactor was eventually decommissioned).  By 
     the way, Mr. Hirsch does not have a scientific or engineering 
     degree and he was never an employee of UC Santa Cruz (rented 
     space there).
     
     Clearly my opinion, Eric Goldin

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