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And that found 97 articles.
* Unauthorized bolts used to fix Fukushima nuclear reactor
September 11, 2002
* Tepco official suspected of giving damage coverup order
September 10, 2002
* Tepco put reactors back on line despite reports of over 20 faults
September 8, 2002
* Officials at Tepco HQ 'not aware' of coverups
September 7, 2002
* City passes resolution against nuke plan
September 7, 2002
* Tepco in-house probe reveals division chiefs' coverup role
September 6, 2002
* Mitsui scandals send top brass down the ladder
September 5, 2002
* Hiranuma sorry for delay in probe of Tepco scandal
September 4, 2002
* Radiation leak shuts down Tepco reactor
September 4, 2002
* Nuclear hosts demand investigation into Tepco
September 3, 2002
* Tepco chairman, president announce resignations over nuclear coverups
September 3, 2002
* Tepco executives to quit over atomic plant scandal
September 1, 2002
* Koizumi, Hiranuma blast Tepco over alleged nuclear-hazard coverup
August 31, 2002
* Buying into the idea of saving the planet
August 25, 2002
* Mizuho pays Tepco redress of 50 million yen
August 25, 2002
* Japan Telecom-Tepco deal denied
July 31, 2002
* Tepco says it cut CO2 emissions by 5.2% in '01
July 30, 2002
* PoweredCom, IIJ in tieup talks
July 19, 2002
* Fukushima panel OKs hike in nuclear tax
July 5, 2002
* MOX fuel's return just the start for Kepco
July 5, 2002
* Fukushima rejects nuclear tax petition
June 23, 2002
* Mizuho faults known: Tokyo Gas
April 24, 2002
* Fukushima panel eyes steep hike in nuclear fuel tax
April 19, 2002
* Fukuda talks tough on Mizuho glitches
April 16, 2002
* Fiber-optic Net surfing to cost less
April 13, 2002
* Nuclear Safety Commission urges MOX fuel use
April 10, 2002
* Upper House approves new BOJ board appointees
April 6, 2002
* Tepco ready for market liberalization
April 5, 2002
* Tepco plans 7% rate cut
March 5, 2002
* Tepco may muscle in on Tohoku power turf
February 21, 2002
* Tepco enters gas market in deal with Nippon Steel
January 23, 2002
* Getting to work with words
January 16, 2002
* Niigata plant suffers radiation leak
December 21, 2001
* Power utilities go overboard with water contract
November 6, 2001
* Nuclear firms not fearful of terrorism
October 14, 2001
* Toyota stays top earner for second year running on strong sales, cost cuts
August 21, 2001
* Firms seek protection from fickle weather that swings sales
August 14, 2001
* Heat of summer ups demand for electricity, beer
August 2, 2001
* Tokai nuke incident still shows afterglow
July 12, 2001
* Japan nuclear power firms refuse to buy British MOX fuel
July 1, 2001
* Hiranuma to visit Niigata over MOX rejection
June 27, 2001
* Nonutilities slow to light up newly opened market
June 19, 2001
* Solving Asia's nuclear-waste dilemma
June 14, 2001
* Tepco puts MOX debut on hold
June 2, 2001
* Koizumi plans to boost PR after town votes no on MOX
May 29, 2001
* Niigata village says no to MOX fuel use at nuke plant
May 28, 2001
* Plebiscite on MOX fuel due May 27
May 18, 2001
* Tepco, three banks buy into Recruit
May 18, 2001
* Saitama to get cheap, fast Internet service on May 25
April 27, 2001
* TTNet plans high-speed Internet access service
April 22, 2001
* Nuclear agency approves MOX fuel for Niigata plant
April 14, 2001
* Tepco delays MOX debut due to opposition in Fukushima
March 30, 2001
* MOX fuel unloaded in Niigata
March 25, 2001
* Court rejects request to halt MOX fuel use
March 24, 2001
* British MOX freighters near port
March 15, 2001
* Concerns expressed over plutonium stocks
February 28, 2001
* Governor suspends use of MOX fuel
February 27, 2001
* Tepco says nuclear plans will remain unchanged
February 10, 2001
* Tepco to put new plants on hold
February 9, 2001
* Ships carrying nuclear fuel leave France for Japan
January 21, 2001
* Mirroring the fundamental life force
January 21, 2001
* Kariwa MOX referendum killed
January 6, 2001
* Change of mind on MOX vote
January 3, 2001
* Fukushima reactor to debut pluthermal power
December 22, 2000
* Ship loads spent nuclear fuel for journey to Rokkasho
December 16, 2000
* Letting the genie of art out of its bottle
December 16, 2000
* Enron raises power stakes with thermal plant in Aomori
November 30, 2000
* Power firms agree on telecom integration
November 11, 2000
* Tepco, trading companies invest $20 million in APX
October 12, 2000
* Taiwan shift away from reactors may deal blow to Japanese firms
October 6, 2000
* Power firms turn to Net for parts
September 29, 2000
* Tepco gets green light for MOX nuclear fuel
August 11, 2000
* Diamond Power wins MITI contract
August 11, 2000
* Group asks for injunction on Tepco's MOX fuel use
August 10, 2000
* Acquitted Nepal man to stay in jail
August 9, 2000
* MITI to ask FTC to probe Tepco over power deals
August 8, 2000
* FTC probes Tepco over questionable practices
August 6, 2000
* Pipe broken in quake caused closure of Tepco nuclear plant
August 3, 2000
* Crack found in oil duct at nuclear power plant
July 25, 2000
* Strong earthquake rocks much of eastern Japan
July 22, 2000
* Lower 6-level temblor shakes Izu Island chain
July 16, 2000
* Japan looks to cleaner sources of energy
July 3, 2000
* Nuclear fuel plant starts tests
June 30, 2000
* Tepco's net profit declines on loss
May 23, 2000
* SpeedNet boss to take blame
May 20, 2000
* Tepco, Sony plan unit to sell solar, wind power
April 27, 2000
* Pioneer TTNet seeks power alliance
April 3, 2000
* Tepco cuts capital outlay 17% for 2000
March 30, 2000
* Power industry to get a jolt of competition
March 21, 2000
* Two die in ASDF jet crash; power cut to 800,000
November 22, 1999
* Storm-delayed MOX ship docks amid tight security
September 27, 1999
* Japan grabs for promise of MOX
September 22, 1999
* High waves hamper MOX fuel delivery
September 22, 1999
* Nuclear utilities' Y2K assurances difficult to sell
September 17, 1999
* Fukui OKs use of MOX fuel at Takahama plant
June 17, 1999
* Tepco investors lose lawsuit over atomic reactor
March 25, 1999
* U.S. shown plan to ship MOX fuel unescorted from overseas
January 29, 1999
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Dr. Edward Siegel
Metallurgist / Physicist / Whistleblower
messages: c/o (858) 270-5111
(best: A. M. & Nights - 7 days- PACIFIC-time - NO-voicemail; NO-call-waiting; often dialup-online)
tat@tnl-online.com
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Seeking
Creative challenging position in alloy metallurgy/NDT/ceramics/materials/process engineering/ utilizing my diverse heuristic skills: problem-solving, incisive analysis, and optimization, reasoning with: ambiguity, uncertainty, analogy, induction, deduction, via insightful disambiguation for decisive implementation with applications in: metallurgy/NDT/ materials/process-engineering: failure-analysis, troubleshooting, yield-enhancement, reliability, testing, QC, QA in both fab/R.& D. environments.
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Skills-Set and Accomplishments
· Initiating Failure-Analysis of: utility power-plants (nuclear and fossil), pipelines: gas, water, naptha, hydrogen,....
· Implementing Yield-Enhancement of: utility power-plants (nuclear and fossil), pipelines: gas, water, naptha, hydrogen,....
· Troubleshooting of development and fab process bottlenecks; in-process testing during fabrication.
· Consulting within organizations on materials/process-specific problems in development and fabrication processes.
· Developing real-time Q.A. and interactive Q.C. during processing for process yield-optimization.
· Managing international-programs including: planning, reporting, staffing, vendor-liaison, foreign-government liaison, consulting, troubleshooting, failure-analysis, yield-enhancement, Q.C., Q.A., databases,..., in both fab, and R.& D.
· Consulting/Troubleshooting/Qualifying ferrous/nonferrous alloys in high stress and/or high corrosion environments fabrication techniques and quality parameters
· Qualifying selection of optimum materials of construction/fabrication practices for commodity items to maximize cost effectiveness
· Determining cause and required remedial action for metallurgical failures in electrical/gas distribution/ transmission components: pipelines, valves, pumps, rotating/reciprocating equipment: compressors, structural facilities, pressure vessels,...
· Anticipating potential alloy metallurgy problems: corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, fracture, hydrogen embrittlement, hydrogen sulfide cracking, brittle failure, plastic collapse, cyclic fatigue, corrosion fatigue failures.
· Managed/Directed failure analysis of electricity/gas generating/transmission equipment/tools
· Qualified/Monitored/Recommended Changes to existing: weld-alloys, welding-procedures, welder- qualification practices, industry codes/methods
· Provided support to operations: maintainance/engineering/design/fabrication/construction firms on large capital intensive generation/transmission plants/facilities
· Developed/Qualified alloy processing: welding, machining, forging, casting, powder-metallurgy: ball-milling, hot pressing, cold isostatic pressing, sintering, consolidation...
· Managed/Performed: failure analysis of failure mechanisms corrosion, environmental cracking, fatigue, brittle failure, plastic collapse,...
· Analyzed/Managed/Selected appropriate analysis methods: fracture mechanics, metallography, macrophotography, SEM, EDAX, mechanical testing, NDT (especially acoustic-emission, ultrasonics)
· Developed/Managed/Implemented testing/inspection methodology: component analysis methods, destructive and non-destructive testing (radiography, acoustic-emission, ultrasonics, magnetic particle, dye penetrant,...
· Developed/Managed/Implemented/Mitigated corrosion: testing, prevention, mitigation engineering via corrosion resistant fab/construction materials: metallic/ceramic/polymer/composite/cermet coatings for corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, hydrogen sulfide cracking, corrosion fatigue deceleration/prevention
· Analyzed/Managed/Selected/Assessed fracture mechanics: Charpy V-notch/ CTOD testing, brittle failure prevention, plastic collapse failure criteria, corrosion-damage, mechanical-damage,..., especially superalloy (INCO-182/82), HASTELLOY-X,... magnetic-testing discovery/calibration and heat-treatment reversal
· Managed international transnational ANSI, API, NACE, codes/standards compliance.
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Experience
· ENTREPRENEURIAL new-ventures/start-ups and CONSULTANT [Silicon Valley, CA.: Dysan, Memorex, I.B.M., Systron-Donner,..., MA: Trillenium, and E.C. (Italy & Vienna): I.A.E.A./I.C.T.P., OPEC, Petrobras, A. G. A., Proton-Diamant, Excalibur, Eureka, and in former Eastern Bloc, ]:
· "Digit-counting" QA/QC/Auditing on-average statistical inter-digit correlations logarithmic-law ["fraud detection"] inversion and expansion to reveal its/digits’ hidden quantum-physics with extensive applications to: auditing, Q.C., Q.A., accounting, fraud-detection, systematic-bias error-detection, digital-computing correction, quantum-computing implementations, software-packages,... [popular refs: M. Browne, N.Y.T. (8/4/98)-front page/Science section; T. Hill, Am. Sci. (7-8/98); R. Mathews, New Sci (7/10/99)]
· "Fuzzyics" & "Rough-Stoffe" Fuzzy-Logic & Rough-Sets Artificial-Intelligence packages.
· "Static-Synergetics": real-time/during processing Q.A. and interactive Q.C. for yield-enhancement optimization.
· Proton-Diamant: Proton-in-Diamond optimal heat-sink ion-implantation/diffusion interconnects.
· Solar-Hydrogen-Water: solar-energy production of water via hydrogen/hydride-storage and gravity.
· "ThermAlloy-Technology"(TAT):Ni-based superalloys/Fe-based stainless-steels thermal overageing-embrittlement catastrophic-failure preclusion via magnetic-N.D.T. real-time Q.A./alloy-rejuvenation heat-treatment Q.C.for forced-outage/maintenance/accident minimization process yield-optimization.
· "Excalibur": earthquake sub-Hertz sub-audio infra-sonic/electromagnetic early-warning alarm sensors.
· "Eureka"/"Shazam": Neural-Network Automatic Optimization via "Fuzzyics" & "Rough-Stoffe" A.-I.
· "Bucky-Ball" Fullerine/Fulleride versus Cuprate versus Magnesium Diboride High-Temperature Superconductivity enhancement.
· Bioelectronic nerve pain-analgesia, cardiology-therapy, DNA-control by 1/f-noise nonlinear-dynamics
_______________________________________Experience
· SENIOR ALLOY METALLURGIST, WABB, Westinghouse Atomic-Power/Nuclear Energy Systems.
· NDT SENSOR/DETECTOR PHYSICIST/ENGINEER National Research Council, Space Agency, São Paulo, BRAZIL
· ALLOY METALLURGY NDT CONSULTANT, Petrobras, São Paulo, BRAZIL
· NDT SENSOR/ DETECTOR PHYSICIST/ENGINEER, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK
· POLYMER-ALLOY-CERAMICS ELECTROCHEMIST, Molecular Energy Research Co, Westwood, NJ
· NUCLEAR ALLOYS/CERAMICS CONSULTANT, International Atomic Energy Agency, INDONESIA/ AUSTRIA.
· MANAGER: METALLURGY, MATERIALS, NDT, QC, QA, Public Service Electric & Gas. Co., Newark, NJ
· SENIOR ALLOY METALLURGIST, Westinghouse Atomic-Power/Nuclear Energy Systems., Pittsburgh, PA
· SENIOR ALLOY METALLURGIST, General Motors Technical Center, Manufacturing Development, Warren, MI
· ALLOY METALLURGICAL ENGINEER Ford Motor Company Scientific Research Staff, Dearborn, MI.
· ALLOY METALLURGICAL ENGINEER Weston Instruments Div.of Schlumberger, Newark, NJ
· ALLOY PLASMA-SPRAY COATINGS ENGINEER Dewey Space Physics Laboratory, NY, NY
· ALLOY METALLURGICAL ENGINEER/FAB MANAGER Silicon Transistor Corp., Carle Place, NY
· CERAMICS/COMPOSITE/ALLOYS ENGINEER US Army Materials Research Agency, Watertown, MA
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Education
· DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Metallurgy
· MASTER OF SCIENCE University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Physics.
[ attended: University of Pennsylvania Materials-Science/Metallurgy; New York University, Physics ]
· BACHELOR OF SCIENCE City College of New York (C.C.N.Y.), NY,NY, Physics.
[ attended: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Geophysics ]
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