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      Anna Bradford to lead NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

      Anna Bradford has been named the new head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. NRC Chair Ho Nieh called Bradford “a superb candidate to lead the team that oversees the safety of our nuclear reactor operating fleet. We are eager to have someone of her experience both here and abroad back at the NRC.” Her appointment will become effective in May.

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Award Recipients

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Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Dieter Smidt

Milton Levenson Distinguished Service Award

A. Dixon Callihan

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (First Place)
University of Florida (First Place)
University of Maryland (First Place)
University of Virginia (Second Place)
New Jersey Institute of Technology (Third Place)

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Robert M. Jefferson

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

John H. Bickel

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Idaho (Best Overall)
Richland (Operations and Management)
Mississippi (Membership)
San Diego (Meetings and Programs)
Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Public Information)

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Peter Martin

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Stanley K. Borowski

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Robert L. Hirsch

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Harold E. Johns

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Chauncey Starr

Special Award

Jack E. Vessely and John M. Armaral
Team of Leonard Reichle
Benjamin Tenzer
Bertrand Mazo
Honorable Mention to Maurice G. Silk and team of Gary Dau
William J. Collins
Mohamed Behravesh

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

Purdue University
David M. Zumbrunnen

Undergraduate

North Carolina State University
Lemuel Brown, Andy Holland, Mike Hall

Honorable Mention - Graduate

Ohio State University
Andrew Clark, Mahbubul Hassan, Jahan-Bayat Mikhtari

Honorable Mention - Undergraduate

North Carolina State University
Mark Browne-Middleton, Samuel D. Burke, Charles F. Myers, Jerry Espy

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

Herbert J.C. Kouts

Walter H. Zinn Medal

W. Kenneth Davis

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