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  Chernobyl at 40 years: Looking back at Nuclear News
  Sunday, April 26, at 1:23 a.m. local time will mark 40 years since the most severe nuclear accident in history: the meltdown of Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union.
  In the ensuing four decades, countless books, documentaries, articles, and conference sessions have examined Chernobyl’s history and impact from various angles. There is a similar abundance of outlooks in the archives of Nuclear News, where hundreds of scientists, advocates, critics, and politicians have shared their thoughts on Chernobyl over the years. Today, we will take a look at some highlights from the pages of NN to see how the story of Chernobyl evolved over the decades.
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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