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Associate Director of Argonne National Lab, Director of Nuclear Power, Electric Power Research Institute Vice President Bechtel International

Milton Levenson is a chemical engineer with 65 years of experience in nuclear energy and related fields. His technical experience includes work related to nuclear safety, fuel cycle, water reactors, advanced reactors, and remote control. His professional experience includes research and operations positions at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Argonne National Laboratory, the Electric Power Research Institute, and Bechtel. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1976. Mr. Levenson is a fellow and past president of the American Nuclear Society, a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and recipient of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Robert E. Wilson Award in Nuclear Chemical Engineering. He is the author of more than 150 publications and presentations and holds three U.S. patents. Mr. Levenson has served as chairman or committee member for several National Academies studies. He received his B.Ch.E degree from the University of Minnesota.

Recent Comments by Milton Levenson

• "Natural gas can be very sympathetic, especially if used as fill in for thermal solar plants. However the down side environmental risks are very large."
  Can Natural Gas and Renewables Be Synergistic, Not Competitive?
• " Any discussion of natural gas should include its global warming effect and the fact that each molecule of methane is equal to 25-50 molecules"
  The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study
• "The reply that natural gas plants have similar capacity factors overlooks a very key point--natural gas plants most often operate as p"
  Discussion Catalyst: Wind
• "Capacity is not the useful number for an intermittent source, we need production rates in KWHr to evaluate contribution.Milt L"
  Discussion Catalyst: Wind