Last updated on:
4/1/2009 |
Author: ProCon.org
David Lochbaum Biography
- Title:
- Reactor Technology Instructor at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Technical Training Center
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Can Alternative Energy Effectively Replace Fossil Fuels?"
- Reasoning:
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“Roughly 86 percent of the energy Americans consumed in 2005 was generated from fossil fuels, which produce global warming emissions. Nuclear power supplied 8 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States, while hydroelectric power plants and other forms of renewable energy, including biomass, geothermal, wind, and solar, provided the remaining 6 percent…
Of the electricity used in the United States in 2005, fossil fuels generated 70 percent, nuclear power supplied roughly 21 percent, and hydroelectric dams and other renewable energy sources provided 9 percent…”
Cowritten with L. Gronlund and E. Lyman, “Nuclear Power in a Warming World: Assessing the Risks, Addressing the Challenges,” www.ucusa.org, Dec. 2007
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Reactor Technology Instructor, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Technical Training Center, Mar. 2, 2009-present
- Director, Nuclear Safety Project, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), 1996-2008
- Former Senior Engineer, Enercon Services, Inc.
- Former System Engineer, General Technical Services
- Former Reactor Engineer, Tenessee Valley Authority
- Former Junior Engineer, Georgia Power
- Education:
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- BS, Nuclear Engineering, University of Tenessee, 1979
- Other:
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- None found
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