Re: Nuclear Expert

[ronaky <ronaky@npp.hu>]

ERIC GOLDIN wrote:

>      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

Interesting coincidence:There is a "nuclear expert" called Mr. Hirsch in
Germany, and he is a well-known antinuke, who prepared a lot of "independent
report" on European nuclear issues.
Jozsef Ronaky, Paks NPP Hungary

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