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  New X-ray imaging for ITER-supporting tokamaks
  As researchers continue to seek ways to better understand the plasma inside fusion machines to fully harness fusion energy, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is leading a project to provide new X-ray imaging systems to two international tokamak projects: WEST, in southern France, and JT-60SA, in Japan—both of which are designed to support the development of ITER.
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Award Recipients

1979 1981

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

John R. Lamarsh

Distinguished Public Service Award

Congressman Michael McCor

Milton Levenson Distinguished Service Award

James F. Schumar

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology First Category
University of Texas-Austin Second Category

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

John R. Gilleland

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Trinity (New Mexico)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Robert Burke Campbell

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Robert W. Conn & Gerald L. Kulcinski (team award)

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

William S. Lyon, Jr.

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Andre Giraud

Special Award

Cyril Comar (posthumous)

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Tennessee
D. H. Cook, R. W. Hobbs, Davis A. Reed

Undergraduate

University of Illinois
Michael Childerson, James Durham, John Peters, Patricia Garner, Bradley Radl, Edward Rowley, Gary Taylor, Deborah Wojtowicz

Honorable Mention - Graduate

Ohio State University
Michael R. Savage, L. M. Gundy, Elliot R. Kennel

Honorable Mention - Undergraduate

Purdue University
Patrick O'Leary, Joan Beach, Patricia Steinhauer

Theos J. ("Tommy") Thompson Award For Reactor Safety (NISD)

David Okrent

Walter H. Zinn Medal

William S. Lee