Gordon Edwards is a Canadian scientist and nuclear consultant. Edwards was born in Canada in 1940, and graduated from the

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in 1961 with a gold medal in Mathematics and Physics and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. At the

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he obtained two master's degrees, one in Mathematics (1962) and one in English Literature (1964). In 1972, he obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Queen's University.Nuclear Waste Management in Sweden
/ref> From 1970 to 1974, he was the editor of ''Survival'' magazine. In 1975 he co-founded the

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, and has been its president since 1978. Edwards has worked widely as a consultant on nuclear issues and has been qualified as a nuclear expert by courts in

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and elsewhere. In 1972–73, Edwards was the assistant director of a nationwide study of the Mathematical Sciences in Canada conducted under the auspices of the Science Council of Canada. Edwards has written articles and reports on radiation standards,

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, the economics of nuclear power, non-nuclear energy strategies. He has been featured on radio and television programs including

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's ''

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'',

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's ''The Great Debate'', and many others. He has worked as consultant for governmental bodies such as the

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, the Select Committee on Ontario Hydro Affairs, and the Ontario Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning. In 2006, Edwards received the

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. He has also been awarded the Rosalie Bertell Lifetime Achievement Award and the YMCA Peacemaker Medallion. He is a retired teacher of

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and science at

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The Great Debate: Gordon Edwards vs Edward TellerHow I Became a Nuclear Skeptic
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Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
1940 births Living people Canadian anti–nuclear power activists University of Toronto alumni University of Chicago alumni Canadian expatriates in the United States {{montreal-stub

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