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The spark of the Super: Teller–Ulam and the birth of the H-bomb—rivalry, credit, and legacy at 75 years
In early 1951, Los Alamos scientists Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam devised a breakthrough that would lead to the hydrogen bomb [1]. Their design gave the United States an initial advantage in the Cold War, though comparable progress was soon achieved independently in the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.
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Honors and Awards Program
Michael L. Corradini
Rob Frost
University of Wisconsin - Madison (Best Section)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Honorable Mention)
Candace Davison
W. David Pointer
Dr. Hans K. Fauske
Leonard J. Koch
Small Local SectionsNortheastern New York Local Section (Best Membership)Connecticut Local Section (Best Meetings and Programs, Best Section Management)Trinity Local Section (Best Public Information)Large Local SectionsSavannah River Local Section (Best Meetings and Programs)Idaho Local Section (Best Public Information, Best Membership, Best Section Management)
Ronald Allen Knief
Oszvald Glockler
Dr. Kyoung O. Lee
Lance L. Snead
Susana Reyes
Akio Sagara
Meredith J. AngwinSrikumar BanerjeeNuclear Engineering Department U. C. BerkeleyJacques BouchardJames O. Ellis Jr.Benjamin HoltzmanShreyans Kumar JainSharon KerrickSalomon LevyWilliam D. Magwood IVBrett D. RampalHoward C. Shaffer IIIKristine L. Svinicki
Richard E. Faw
Terry Kammash
Aris S. Candris
Margaret E. Harding
Patricia A. SchroederElizabeth Briggs Johnson (posthumously)
GraduateMichiganSteven Brown, Alexis Kaplan, and Joseph KarbowskiUndergraduateUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonAidan Boyle, Mary Alice Cusentino, Matthew King, and Amanda LangTexas A&M UniversityChristopher Chance, Steven Smiley, James Tutt, and Christopher WeberMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyRuaridh R. MacDonald, Alex Salazar, Derek A. Sutherland, and Aditi Verma
Hisashi Ninokata
Steve Clement
William E. Vesely
North Anna Power Station Dominion Virginia Power
Keith Moser (Exelon Corporation)
Elia Merzari
Thermal Hydraulics Division
