Nolan E. Hertel, PhD Biography
- Title:
- 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:
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“[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
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- 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:
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- PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1979
- MS, Texas A&M University, 1975
- BS, Texas A&M University, 1973
- Other:
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