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NN Asks: Is the U.S. ready for nuclear construction to accelerate?
Craig Stover
Yes, but . . .
The United States is better positioned today for nuclear construction than it has been in decades. Some of that comes from the experience gained at Vogtle and V.C. Summer. I was part of the team that helped start the V.C. Summer project in 2008, and at that time we were trying to build a nuclear construction workforce from scratch. We learned a lot through that effort, and many of those lessons learned have since been studied, documented, and shared.
The nuclear industry is also benefiting from the wave of investment that started growing around 2020. Over the last five or six years, there has been a serious effort across the country to get ready for new nuclear builds. The U.S. government and the private sector are investing billions of dollars in new nuclear. Much of that work is happening before widespread commercial deployment contracts are signed. This is real, and we need to prepare.
Gene L. Woodruff
University of Florida (First Place)University of Lowell (Second Place)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Third Place)Oregon State University (Third Place)University of Washington (Honorable Mention)
Demetruis G. Jelatis
Kord S. Smith
John W. McKlveen
Idaho (Best Overall, Large)Trinity (Best Overall, Small)Richland (Exhibit, Membership, Public Information and Education)Virginia (Membership, Public Information and Education, Section Management)Central Pennsylvania (Membership, Public Information and Education)Eastern Carolinas (Membership, Meetings and Programs, Public Information and Education)Chicago (Meetings and Programs)Connecticut (Meetings and Programs, Public Information and Education, Section Management)Delaware Valley (Meetings and Programs)Oak Ridge (Public Information and Education)Northeastern New York (Section Management)
Richard J. Cashwell (University of Wisconsin)Harold W. Keiser (Pennsylvania Power & Light Company)
Yousry Youssef Azmy
Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor Materials Testing Reactor NRX (National Research Experimental) Reactor Peach Bottom High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR)SPERT I-IVEnrico Fermi Unit 1 Atomic Power Plant NRU Reactor Solomon A. Berson Laboratory Raleigh Research Reactor SEFOR S1W Prototype Shippingport Atomic Power Station West Milton Sphere
Donald J. Grove
Ernest G. Silver
Theodore Rockwell
Robert Avery
Glen J. SchoessowAlfred C. Tollison, Jr.James D. Vandergrift
GraduateUniversity of LowellBryon R. Frank, Barbara Y. Hubbard, Raheel J. Rae, Michael P. Rubin, Michael A. Trembly, Charles H. RobinsonUndergraduateNorth Carolina State UniversityScott Bowman, Todd Wilson, Bill Dogget, Bill Clark, Mark Pinkston, Pete MarsicoHonorable Mention - GraduateIowa State UniversityScott State, Craig Amundson, Mike WinterHonorable Mention - UndergraduateUniversity of Tennessee-KnoxvilleAmanda F. Renshaw, Riza C. Berkan, W.C. Jordan, Carlos March-Leuba, Daniele Ugolini, Roger L. Macklin
Long Sun Tong
RTNS-II Team; led by C.M. Logan, M.W. Guinan, and D.G. Doran
Pierre Y. Tanguy
William Cahil
