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  May 31–June 3, 2026
  Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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  From SPARC to ARC: CFS prepares for a first-of-a-kind fusion plant
  Commonwealth Fusion Systems makes no small plans. The company wants to build a 400-MWe magnetic confinement fusion power plant called ARC near Richmond, Va., and begin operating it in the early 2030s. And the plans don’t end there. CFS wants to deploy “thousands” of fusion power plants capable of accelerating a global energy transition.
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Award Recipients

1978 1980

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Mohammed M. El-Wakil

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Maryland (First Place)
University of Missouri-Rolla (Second Place)
North Carolina State University (Honorable Mention)
University of Lowell (Honorable Mention)

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Missouri-Kansas

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Richard D. Lawrence

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

John W. Cleland

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Manson Benedict

Special Award

Yankee Atomic Electric Company

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Tennessee
J. Johnson, E. Machado, R. McLeod, J. Young

Undergraduate

North Carolina State University
Bill Daugherty, Joel Leviner, Ken McArthur, Tom Moore, Mohammed Omar, Mike Scherer

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Chauncey Starr