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Article: Letters to the Editor.
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- The Progressive
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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Sam Day Made a Difference
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Sam Day was my mentor, my editor, and, at times, my co-author on articles for The Progressive about the dangers of commercial nuclear power plants and nuclear proliferation ("Sam Day, 1926-2001," Editor's Note, March issue).
He guided me through the scientific jargon of this formidable field so readers could understand the myriad problems faced by radiation workers and the public in this country riddled with leaking radioactive waste dumps, accident-prone nuclear reactors, and spent fuel pools.
Sam was an expert at cutting through mounds of research to the essence of a story. And he ...