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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)

Herbert Goldstein

Ray Goertz Award (RRSD)

Melvin J. Feldman

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Helen Hubbard

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Michael L. Corradini

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Idaho (Meritorious, Large)
Eastern Carolinas (Meritorious, Small)
Eastern Carolinas (Best Membership)
Washington DC (Best Meetings and Programs)
Eastern Washington (Best Public Information and Education)
Idaho (Best Section Management)
Swiss (Best International Public Information and Education)

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Patrick Tierney and Eward L. Watzl (Northern States Power)
Henry D. Hukill
T. Gary Broughton and Michael J. Ross (GPU Nuclear Corp.)
Robert M. Brugger
Don M. Alger
J. Charles McKibben and Chester B. Edwards, Jr. (University of Missouri-Columbia)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Jaques Reifman

Nuclear Historic Landmark Award

K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Process Building
Los Alamos Water Boiler Reactor

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

John Sheffield

Presidential Citations

James F. Schumar

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Martin Berger

Seaborg Medal

Yoshitugu Mishima

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Remy L. Carle

Special Award

Jean Francois Pineau
Allain Rannou
Marie-Christine Robe

Standards Service Award

James F. Mallay

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

Pennsylvania State University
Manho Chung

University of Tennessee
Saleh Alafifi, Al Boshers, Faisal Al-Gutifan, William Newmyer, Kevin Reynolds

Undergraduate

Arizona State University
Katheryn A. Jarvis, Robert G. Metcalf, Valerie Ochoa, Christopher N. Passmore

University of Texas, Austin

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Novak Zuber

Technical Accomplishment Award (FED)

D-III Design Team

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

Robert Avery

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Eugene P. Wigner

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Bertram Wolfe

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