Professor of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Position:
Con to the question "Can alternative energy effectively replace fossil fuels?"
Reasoning:
"[R]enewable energy sources are essentially a cottage industry. They can help provide some of the clean energy that's needed, but their role is severely limited by the vast amounts of land that they require for large-scale deployment, and their lack of reliability.
Solar and wind account for only 2 percent of the nation's electricity. Their roles should increase — but as they grow, we will have to build conventional power plants to back them up."
"Hitch Our Future to Nuclear Power," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 19, 2004
Experts Individuals with PhDs, heads of government, members of state or federal legislative bodies, and individuals with graduate degrees and significant post-graduate involvement in alternative energy or fossil fuel issues. [Note: Experts definition varies by site.]
Involvement and Affiliations:
Professor of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993-present
Member, Los Alamos Neutron Science Center Nuclear Science Program Advisory Committee, 2006-present
Member, Board of Directors, Health Physics Society, 2006-present
Chairman, US Department of Energy Scientific Review Group of the Russian Health Studies Program, 2005-present
Member, International Commission of Radiological Protection Committee, 2002-present
Project Manager, US Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
Coordinator, Georgia Institute of Technology Focused Research Program on Pioneer Research in Nuclear Detection
Faculty Affiliate, Sam Nunn Security Program, Georgia Institute of Technology
1st Vice-President, Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards, 2007-2008
General Chair, 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding, 2007-2008
Recipient, Technical Acheivement Award, American Nuclear Society, 2006
Recipient, Nuclear Engineering Division Glenn Murphy Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 2004
Recipient, Certificate of Appreciation, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2001
Former Assistant and Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Education:
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1979
"Has the Time Come for Nuclear Power? Yes: It's Safe, Clean, Cost-Effective," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 27, 2008
Cowritten with R. Manger, "Use of a Geiger-Mueller Detector to Assess Internal Dose After a Radiological Dispersion Device," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 2007
Cowritten with K.G. Veinot, "Photon Extremity Absorbed Dose and Kerma Conversion Coefficients," Health Physics, Feb. 2007
"Hitch Our Future to Nuclear Power," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 19, 2004
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