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  November 9–12, 2025
  Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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  DOE, NNSA open process to select energy suppliers for AI data centers
  The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management and Office of Science and the National Nuclear Security Administration issued requests for proposals last month, seeking plans from companies to build AI data centers at the Oak Ridge Reservation, the Savannah River Site, and Idaho National Laboratory.
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Award Recipients

1980 1982

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Merril Eisenbud

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology First Place
Iowa State University First Place
University of Maryland First Place
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Second Place

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Everett E. Bloom

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Eastern Idaho (Best Overall)
Richland (Best Member Program)
Missouri/Kansas (Best Public Information Program)
Taiwan (Best Member Growth)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

William C. Horak

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Weston M. Stacey, Jr.
Fred L. Ribe

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Howard O. Menlove

Special Award

Loft/Semiscale Project and D.O. Campbell
A.P. Malinauskas
W.R. Stratton

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Missouri-Columbia
A. Chung, B. Fard, S. Gharagozloo, E. Pereira, J. Sohl, R. Tomson, N. Weaver

Undergraduate

North Carolina State University
G. H. Hobson, W. P. Evans, W. M. Cabaniss, T. W. Laws

Honorable Mention - Graduate

University of Tennessee
K. L. Hill, M. D. Mulheim, B. J. Weber, R. T. Wood

Honorable Mention - Undergraduate

University of Tennessee
M. Abdalla, M. Bentley, F. Hoyos, K. Phifer

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

Norman C. Rasmussen

Walter H. Zinn Medal

George A. Vendryes