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      OPG completes Darlington refurbishment construction

      Ontario Power Generation, Canada's leading power generator, has completed construction work on its massive Darlington refurbishment project, the utility announced yesterday. The overall project is forecast to be delivered four months ahead of schedule and C$150 million (about $110 million) under budget, OPG stated, adding that station staff are now completing final testing on the Unit 4 reactor in preparation of its return to full commercial operation.

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Award Recipients

1993 1995

Walker Lee Cisler Medal

Harvey A. Wagner

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Michael M. R. Williams

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Florida (First Place)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Second Place)
Texas A&M University (Second Place)
University of Maryland (Honorable Mention)
University of Missouri-Rolla (Honorable Mention)

Ray Goertz Award (RRSD)

C. Harry Youngquist

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

James L. Acord

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Hussein S. Khalil

George C. Laurence Pioneering Award (NISD)

Warren E. Nyer

Leadership Award

Philip Anderson
Ronald K. Bayer
Eugene N. Cramer
Adolf S. Garcia
Brian Grimes
Walter Y. Kato
Robert G. Lacy
Edward (Ted) L. Quinn

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Small Local Sections

Long Island (Best Overall, Best Membership, Best Meetings and Programs, Best Public Information, Best Section Management)
Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Section Management)
Central Illinois, Northeastern (Meritorious Finalists)

Large Local Sections

Idaho (Best Overall)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

David I. Poston

Mishima Award

Leon C. Walters

Nuclear Historic Landmark Award

Molten Salt Reactor
Tower Shielding Facility
ZoƩ reactor (EL-1)

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Laural L. Briggs

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

John Gilleland
Nermin Uckan

Presidential Citations

William E. Burchill
J. Jason Chao

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Eugene P. (Dennis) Wilkinson

Special Award

Jerry D. Christian

Standards Service Award

George L. Wessman

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Tennessee
Jeff Banks, Ed Churnetski, Karani Gulec, Jerry Lichtenwalter, Ugur Mertyurek, Dan Smith

University of Virginia
Thomas D. Burns, Chae J. Han, John D. Muskopf, Lee C. Taylor, John W. Valentino, Reuel F. Villaflor

Undergraduate

Purdue University
Steven A. Hogsett, Michael E. O'Dea, Norha Z. Plumey

Georgia Institute of Technology
Dwayne P. Blaylock, Michelle L. Guzzardo, Peter G. Newby, Joseph J. Weismann

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Neil E. Todreas

Technical Accomplishment Award (FED)

Charles Bathke

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

Donald Hurst

Utility Achievement Award (OPD)

Surry
Virginia Power Company
North Anna
Virginia Power Company
Turkey Point
Florida Power & LightCompany

Utility Leadership Award (OPD)

Jim Schiffer Pacific Gas & Electric

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Raymond L. Murray

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Charles F. Jones

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