Charles H. Eccleston is an American author , consultant and lecturer in US National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA ) . Dr. Eccleston has received many awards including the National Association of Environmental Professional 's ( NAEP ) Outstanding Achievement Award ( 2001 ) , the NAEP 's Outstanding Environmental Leadership Award ( 2010 ) , and his college 's Outstanding Alumni Award . He is listed in Marquis ’ '' Who ’s Who in the World '' and '' Who ’s Who in America '' as one of the leading authorities on preparing Environmental Impact Statements ( EIS ) and the NEPA . He has written 10 books and authored over 70 environmental and scientific publications . His books are used by professionals and in university curriculum . His recent works include : '' The EIS Book '' , '' NEPA and Environmental Planning '' , '' Global Environmental Policy '' , '' Inside Energy '' , and '' Preparing NEPA Environmental Assessments '' . He developed a suite of peer-reviewed tools and techniques for improving and streamlining NEPA . Many of these tools are used by government agencies and in legal cases : He was an employee of the United States Energy Department ( DOE ) , and later worked at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) . Eccleston charged that to minimize public concern and opposition , NRC management had intentionally mislead the public by dismissing significant nuclear safety and environmental issues in the EISs prepared for re-licensing the nation 's fleet of nuclear power reactors ; specifically , NRC management stated that the risk posed by a nuclear accident , such as a full-scale meltdown , was so small that the agency could dismiss the issue from its EIS analysis . Using the '' Risk-Uncertainty Test '' , Eccleston concluded that such a sweeping assertion was scientifically irresponsible , particularly given the Three Mile Island , Chernobyl , and Fukushima accidents . He further concluded that NRC management concealed the actual risk posed to the nation , at large , by disregarding one of the basic EIS requirements to assess the cumulative risk of a major nuclear accident ; specifically , he charged that NRC management had intentionally underestimated the actual the risk posed from over 100 operating nuclear reactors by approximately two orders of magnitude ( 100 times ) . A special Washington State Legislature Nuclear Power Task corroborated his findings in a section of their final report titled , " Does n’t NRC address consequences of severe accident in EIS for relicensing ? " ( September 24 , 2014 )
Three Mile Island
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Charles H. Eccleston