Bucklin

Ernest Levi Bucklin was a native of Alexandria, N.H., and a 1950 education graduate of what is now Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H. He was an elementary school teacher in New Hampshire before moving to the Washington region in 1955.

Obituary: Ernest Bucklin, former Fairfax schools reading specialist, dies at 86 Post 2010

Ernest L. Bucklin, 86, a reading specialist for Fairfax County Public Schools from the mid-1960s until he retired in 1990, died Sept. 24 at his home in Falls Church.

Obituary: Ernest Bucklin, former Fairfax schools reading specialist, dies at 86 Post 2010

It's scary, but it's more scary to think about, Dr. Bucklin said.

Experts Assess Risks of Crisis 2011

Some years ago, my friend Nate Bucklin and I went to visit a friend in the psych ward of a hospital.

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Those living near the Fukushima Daiichi facility would be at risk, but they appeared to be evacuated before the radioactive release could cause harm, said Dr. Bucklin.

Experts Assess Risks of Crisis 2011

"There are some radioactive elements that will get out there, but it's not going to be huge, and for most people, it's not going to be what we consider dangerous," said Dr. Bucklin, now a regional medical director at U.S. HealthWorks Medical Group Inc., a closely held firm based in Valencia, Calif., which runs clinics around the U.S. treating workplace injuries.

Experts Assess Risks of Crisis 2011

The health risk to most Japanese is minimal because the faltering plant in Japan has been releasing small quantities of radioactive material and trade winds have been carrying those particles out to sea predominantly, says Dr. Bucklin.

Experts Assess Risks of Crisis 2011

Dr. Bucklin, who worked at the Palo Verde nuclear plant 50 miles west of Phoenix from 1995 to 2005, expects to see a slight increase in the cancer rate in Japan in 30 years, given the fact that there was a release of radioactive particles.

Experts Assess Risks of Crisis 2011

No one will be able to live within miles of the damaged plant after the immediate danger subsides, and farmers won't be able to grow crops beyond that, Dr. Bucklin said, but there won't be enough stray radioactive particles that travel even farther in Japan to present a danger.

Experts Assess Risks of Crisis 2011

"This was a field in need of a revolution," said Ann Bucklin, who heads the marine sciences department at the University of Connecticut.

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