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      The Board of Directors of the American Nuclear Society, along with the ANS Public Policy Committee (PPC), recently approved revisions to Position Statement #35: Advanced Reactors and Position Statement #47: Management of Surplus U.S. Nuclear Material.

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Award Recipients

1997 1999

Walker Lee Cisler Medal

Ray A. Hunter

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

John J. Dorning

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Wisconsin-Madison (First Place)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Second Place)
Texas A&M Third Place

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Robert E. Schenter
Donald H. Williams

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Timothy E. Valentine

George C. Laurence Pioneering Award (NISD)

Joseph M. Hendrie

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Small Local Sections

Long Island (Meritorious, Best Public Information and Education, Best Section Management)
Eastern Washington (Best Membership)
Washington DC (Best Meetings and Programs)

Large Local Sections

Idaho (Meritorious)

International Local Sections

Japan (Best Meetings and Programs, Best Section Management)

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

FFTF Operations
Maintenance
Engineering
in recognition of disciplined defueling operations and storage operations of spent mixed oxide fuel

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Christopher L. Castrianni

Mishima Award

G. Robert Odette

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Bernadette L. Kirk
Martine Griffon-Fouco

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Nasr Ghoniem

Presidential Citations

Hyman G. Rickover
Robert R. Seidel
United States Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
Gerald Woodcock

Reactor Technology Award (Atomic Energy Society of Japan)

Pierre Lecocq
Herve Freslon

Seaborg Medal

Seymour Katcoff

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Ambassador Richard T. Kennedy

Special Award

Raymond W. Durante

Standards Service Award

Marilyn D. Weber

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

Georgia Institute of Technology
L. aldridge, R. Beilke, L. Bryson, E. Davidson, T. Deterding, J. Evans, E. Fort, R. Jeffcoat, S. Klima, M. McLain, A. Nielsen, M. O'Neill, G. Poe, H. Rehman, B. Rose, G. Roach, A. Rodriguez, R. Still, D. Thomas, M. Valenzano

University of Tennessee
L. Attieh, D. Bentizinger, L. Berg, D. Evans, D. Pointer, M. Wyatt

Undergraduate

Purdue University
Michael Bartel, Robert Miller, Benjamin Wilson

University of Tennessee
W. Bird, S. Brame, C. Duck, M. Eakin, D. Ho

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Wolfgang Wulff

Technical Accomplishment Award (FED)

John Wesley

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

Harold W. Lewis

Utility Achievement Award (OPD)

Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
GPU Nuclear
Crystal River 3
Florida Power Corporation

Utility Leadership Award (OPD)

Harold B. Ray Southern California Edison

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Dr. Gerald C. Pomraning posthumously
Rafael B. Perez

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Eugene P. Wilkinson

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