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“Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Promise”
Craig Piercycpiercy@ans.org
The title for this year’s waste management issue of Nuclear News is, in my opinion, the perfect framing to consider spent fuel and waste management as we know it now and how we imagine it could look in the future. So, let’s break it down.
What really is “today’s challenge”? It’s certainly not safety. Since 1955, we have conducted more than 2,500 cask shipments without a single radiological release or incidence of harm to a member of the public. Despite what antinuclear evangelists (in dwindling numbers) might shriek, the industry’s record of storing and transporting used fuel is unassailable.
The Pittsburgh Local Section Undergraduate Scholarship was established in 1999 by the Pittsburgh Local Section for an undergraduate student in the greater Pittsburgh area or western Pennsylvania pursuing a degree in nuclear science and engineering, or related field.
In 2001, the scholarship fund yielded a larger return and a second undergraduate scholarship was created.
Pittsburgh Local Section
A selection committee will be established by the Pittsburgh Local Section.
Scholarship awards will be determined by a majority vote.
Decisions of the scholarship committee are final unless the recipient refuses.
Undergraduate
1 awarded annually @ $2,000/each
Preference is given to:
Areas further defined:
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