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LEONARD J. KOCH
LEONARD J. KOCH
Pages 228-233
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SHANAHAN SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY LEONARD JOHN KOCH, an internationally recognized pioneer in the development of breeder reactor nuclear power technology, died May 15, 2015, at the age of 95 as a result of complications from a fall. His father, Philip, was a machinist and his mother, Christine, a homemaker.
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Len became director of ANL's Reactor Engineering Division in 1963, responsible for engineering development and "the next step" in the advancement of nuclear power. Unfortunately -- for Len and for nuclear power in the United States -- the Atomic Energy Commission revised its nuclear development organizational structure in 1972.
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Len persisted, and continued to stump for "real nuclear power" breeder reactors, but when it became obvious that he would not be able to finish the plant before his retirement, he retired in 1983. From then until his passing in 2015, Len was active with many other pioneering scientists and engineers in promoting public education about nuclear power.
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With a friendly smile and firm voice, he described how nuclear power had been his life's work, avocation, and obsession. He said he hoped that America would embrace nuclear energy and not let false alarmists and politicians force the country to think it can rely on wind and solar.
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