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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
Thomas A. Tamblyn, Edward A. Cederborg
Nuclear Technology | Volume 25 | Number 4 | April 1975 | Pages 598-606
Technical Paper | Reactor Siting | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A16115
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Since passage of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, power plant siting procedures have undergone extensive change. The “environmental assessment matrix” was developed for use as an active tool in an ongoing nuclear power plant siting study. Its use is not intended to eliminate engineering judgment and ingenuity from the plant siting process, but rather to document the procedures used and conclusions drawn. When used in an iterative manner during a site-selection study, the environmental assess ment matrix provides valuable insight into a complex evaluation problem, documentation of the logic used, and a graphic display that can be used for presentation at open meetings.