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Edwin S. Lyman is a physicist and the Director of Nuclear Power Safety with the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). He specializes in nuclear proliferation, nuclear terrorism, and nuclear power safety. Lyman has published extensively in journals and magazines, testified before Congress and advised other government groups, and been cited in many news stories. He acted as an expert analyst for damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and co-authored Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster (New Press, 2014).