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      The top 10 states of nuclear

      The past few years have seen a concerted effort from many U.S. states to encourage nuclear development. The momentum behind nuclear-friendly policies has grown considerably, with many states repealing moratoriums, courting nuclear developers and suppliers, and in some cases creating advisory groups and road maps to push deployment of new nuclear reactors.

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Award Recipients

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Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Pietro F. (Pete) Pasqua

Milton Levenson Distinguished Service Award

Morton E. Wacks
Karl E. J. Wirtz

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Maryland (First Place)
University of Florida (Second Place)
Mississippi State University (Third Place)
Kansas State University (Honorable Mention)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Honorable Mention)
University of Illinois (Honorable Mention)

Ray Goertz Award (RRSD)

Donald F. Melton

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Wanda I. Munn

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Daniel G. Cacuci

George C. Laurence Pioneering Award (NISD)

George C. Laurence posthumously

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Eastern Washington (Best Overall, Large)
Eastern Carolinas (Best Overall, Small, Best Meetings and Programs)
Eastern Washington (ANS Local Section Exhibit)
Idaho (Best Section Management)
Arizona (Best Membership)
Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Public Information and Education)

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Donald R. Harris (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
William A. Haller (Duke Power Company)
Richard M. Smith (Carolina Power & Light Company)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

David Norman Smithe

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Mohamed A. Abdou
Robert A. Krakowski

Presidential Citations

Jacques Leclercq

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Ari Brynjolfsson

Seaborg Medal

Leo Yaffe

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Hans Blix
Keith Glennen

Special Award

Bruce D. Kenyon

Standards Service Award

A. Dixon Callihan
Ralph G. Chalker
Miles C. Leverett

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Tennessee
Gypsy Tweed, David Auslander, Itacil Gomes, Luisa Gomes, Lamartime Guimaraes, Brian Rooney, Tanju Sofu

Undergraduate

University of California-Berkeley
James Liu, Vinh Dang, Matt Enmark

Honorable Mention - Graduate

Ohio State University
Jeff Woollard, Todd Hilsmeier, Hassan Basha, Hua Shao

Honorable Mention - Undergraduate

University of Tennessee
Steven P. Cerne, Anthony L. Hurst, Faisal Algutifan, Syed Maswood

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Sanjoy Banerjee

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

Chauncey Starr

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Floyd L. Culler

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