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      Launching into tomorrow: NRIC guides new era of research and deployment

      In June 2025, the Department of Energy announced the Reactor Pilot Program, an authorization pathway that allowed reactor developers to partner with the DOE to get first-of-a-kind (FOAK) reactors built and tested. Soon after, the DOE rolled out a complementary Fuel Line Pilot Program, which aimed to fast-track fuel projects. In all, 20 projects were accepted into the new programs.

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Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Dr. John G. Gilligan

NCSD Distinguished Service Award (NCSD)

Jerry E. Hicks

Early Career Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Dr. Florent Heidet

Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal

Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker
Sen. Richard G. Lugar
Sen. Samuel A. Nunn, Jr.

Fellow of ANS

Prof. Jacopo Buongiorno
Prof. Sara A. Pozzi
Prof. Poong Hyun Seong
Dr. Richard Wood
Dr. Brian N. Aviles
Dr. Guillermo Daniel Del Cul
Prof. Ronald M. Gilgenbach
Mr. Donald R. Hoffman
Dr. Seungjin Kim
Dr. Stephen P. Schultz
Dr. Brian D. Wirth

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Wisconsin – Madison Student Section (Best Section)
Texas A&M University – Kingsville (2nd Runner Up)
University of Florida Student Section (2nd Runner Up)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Student Section (Honorable Mention)

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Dr. Yang Zhang

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

James L. Conca

Leadership Award

Dr. William Burchill

W. Bennett Lewis Award (DESD)

Mr. Kazuaki Matsui

FCWMD Lifetime Achievement Award (FCWMD)

Dr. Ruth F. Weiner

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Small Local Sections

Washington, DC (Best Membership)
Michigan-Ohio (Best Meetings and Programs)
Wilmington (Best Public Information)
Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Section Management)

Large Local Sections

Savannah River (Best Overall)

Don Miller Award (HFICD)

Dr. Joseph Naser
Mr. Ted Quinn

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Mr. Timothy P. Burke

Mishima Award

Prof. Gary S. Was

Nuclear Historic Landmark Award

Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (PNNL)
Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (ORNL)

NURETH Scholar Award (THD)

NURETH-17
Dominique Bestion
Francesco D’Auria
Nam Dinh

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Kathryn D. Huff

Gerald C. Pomraning Memorial Award (MCD)

Dr. Jim E. Morel

Presidential Citations

Mr. Joshua Freed
Ms. Rachel Pritzker
Ms. Vanice Perin
Mr. John Kotek
Dr. Nermin Uckan
Dr. Nicholas Tsoulfanidis
Steve Arndt

Ted Quinn Early Career Award (HFICD)

Dr. Jamie Coble

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Prof. Lawrence W. Townsend

Reactor Technology Award (Atomic Energy Society of Japan)

Bruce Bingman

Rockwell Lifetime Achievement Award (RPSD)

Dr. Kimberlee Jane Kearfott

Darlene Schmidt Science News Award

Miles O'Brien

FCWMD Significant Contribution Award (FCWMD)

Dr. Robert Einziger

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Mr. William D. Magwood

Standards Service Award

Dr. Abraham Weitzberg

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Michigan: Two-stage Cargo Scanning using Active Interrogation
Kris Ogren, Felicia Sutanto, Valerie Nwadeyi, Adam Withers

Colorado School of Mines: Proliferation Resistant 1 GWe Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor (PRMSR)
Matthew Urban, Russell Jarmer, Francesca Mallett

Undergraduate

University of Wisconsin-Madison: Conceptual Design for a Molten Salt Test Reactor
Brandon Little, Calvin Parkin, Ken Zander

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: RadLock: Radiation Smart Safe
Caroline Colbert, Alexandra Delmore, Jonathan Morrell, Luisa Kenausis

NCSD Technical Excellence Award (NCSD)

Cecil V. Parks
Stephen M. Bowman
Bradley T. Rearden

Edward Teller Award (FED)

R. Paul Drake
Vladimir Tikhonchuk

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

Bill T. Williamson

Alvin M. Weinberg Medal

Mr. William D. Magwood IV

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Dr. Nam Zin Cho

Young Member Excellence Award

Shikha Prasad

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Mr. Tom Miller

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