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      Joint NEA project performs high-burnup test

      An article in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s July news bulletin noted that a first test has been completed for the High Burnup Experiments in Reactivity Initiated Accident (HERA) project. The project aim is to understand the performance of light water reactor fuel at high burnup under reactivity-initiated accidents (RIA).

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Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Michael L. Corradini

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Wisconsin - Madison (Best Section)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Honorable Mention)

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

W. David Pointer

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Candace Davison

George C. Laurence Pioneering Award (NISD)

Dr. Hans K. Fauske

W. Bennett Lewis Award (DESD)

Leonard J. Koch

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Northeastern New York Local Section (Best Membership)
Connecticut Local Section (Best Meetings and Programs, Best Section Management)
Trinity Local Section (Best Public Information)

Large Local Sections

Savannah River Local Section (Best Meetings and Programs)
Idaho Local Section (Best Public Information, Best Membership, Best Section Management)

Robert L. Long Training Excellence Award (ETWDD)

Ronald Allen Knief

Don Miller Award (HFICD)

Oszvald Glockler

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Dr. Kyoung O. Lee

Mishima Award

Lance L. Snead

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Susana Reyes

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Akio Sagara

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Meredith J. Angwin
Srikumar Banerjee
Nuclear Engineering Department U. C. Berkeley
Jacques Bouchard
James O. Ellis Jr.
Benjamin Holtzman
Shreyans Kumar Jain
Sharon Kerrick
Salomon Levy
William D. Magwood IV
Brett D. Rampal
Howard C. Shaffer III
Kristine L. Svinicki

Rockwell Lifetime Achievement Award (RPSD)

Richard E. Faw

Seaborg Medal

Terry Kammash

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Aris S. Candris

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Margaret E. Harding

Standards Service Award

Patricia A. Schroeder
Elizabeth Briggs Johnson (posthumously)

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Michigan
Steven Brown, Alexis Kaplan, and Joseph Karbowski

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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Aidan Boyle, Mary Alice Cusentino, Matthew King, and Amanda Lang

Texas A&M University
Christopher Chance, Steven Smiley, James Tutt, and Christopher Weber

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ruaridh R. MacDonald, Alex Salazar, Derek A. Sutherland, and Aditi Verma

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Hisashi Ninokata

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

William E. Vesely

Utility Achievement Award (OPD)

North Anna Power Station Dominion Virginia Power

Utility Leadership Award (OPD)

Keith Moser (Exelon Corporation)

Young Member Excellence Award

Elia Merzari

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Thermal Hydraulics Division

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