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Division Spotlight
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
James J. Duderstadt
University of Arizona (First Place)University of Florida (First Place)Ohio State University (First Place)Kansas State University (Honorable Mention)University of Lowell (Honorable Mention)University of Maryland (Honorable Mention)
Theodore M. Besmann
Michael R. Fox
Latin America (Best Overall, Large)Missouri-Kansas (Best Overall, Small)Chicago (Membership Promotion, Meetings and Program)Los Angeles (Membership Promotion)Atlanta (Membership Promotion)Northeastern (Membership Promotion)Eastern Carolinas (Meetings and Programs)Idaho (Meetings and Programs)Virginia (Management)
Charles R. Dietz (Carolina Power and Light Co. Brunswick Nuclear Project)Team of: Roland N. Smith (Argonne National LaboratoryID) and William H. Perry (EBR II)Team of: Efford H. Pierce (Yankee Atomic Electric Co.)Edward A. WalshEdwin R. TaylorDonald B. VassarKarl E. Jurentkuff
Jose March-Leuba
Ames Laboratory Uranium Purification Approved NovemberChicago Pile 1 Approved NovemberExperimental Breeder Reactor-I Approved NovemberIsotopes Development Laboratory Approved NovemberLady Godiva Approved NovemberSodium Reactor Experiment Approved NovemberTRIGA MARK I Approved NovemberVallecitos Nuclear Center Approved NovemberYankee Nuclear Power Station Approved November
John H. Hubbell
Manson Benedict
Lord Walter Marshall of Goring
Milton LevensonWilliam R. StrattonEdward Warman
GraduateUniversity of TennesseeKeith E. Holbert, Mohammed H. Abu-Shehadeh, Jose A. PereyraUndergraduateUniversity of TennesseeMichael W. Roberts, Ahmed M. Bakhsh, Richard W. Boyd, Phyllis A. Mincy, Steven D. Whaley, Jotty R. WinesetteHonorable Mention - GraduateOregon State UniversityJeffrey W. Samuels, Steven K. Chidester, Beato T. ChengHonorable Mention - UndergraduateGeorgia Institute of TechnologyDavid Hammond, Jeffrey Jerrell, Barbara Wofford, Lee Keller
R. T. Lahey, Jr.
Robert E. Henry
William G. Morrison
