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  Task force charts growing interest in civilian maritime nuclear applications
  Readers of Nuclear News will have heard of historical applications of civilian maritime nuclear power, like the merchant ship NS Savannah and the USS Sturgis floating power plant. With a few exceptions there has been little action in this area for over 50 years, and there are plenty of reasons and opinions as to why, but over the last few years the dramatic increase in interest from the maritime industry and its stakeholders has been undeniable.
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Award Recipients

1998 2000

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Harold L. Dodds

Ray Goertz Award (RRSD)

Howard W. Harvey

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Fredric C. Olds

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Rizwan-uddin

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Small Local Sections

Colorado (Meritorious, Best Management and Programs, Best Public Information and Education, Best Section Management)
Virginia (Best Membership)

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Louis F. Storz

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Douglas E. Peplow

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

C. Ruth Kempf

Presidential Citations

Peter V. Domenici
John E. Price
Thomas H. Row

Reactor Technology Award (Atomic Energy Society of Japan)

Herbert Estrada

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Joseph Farley

Special Award

Bertrand Tavitian

Standards Service Award

Dimitrios Cokinos

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Massachusetts
A. Jirapngmed, K. Randall, R. Tooker

University of Tennessee
B. Rsmussen, J. Getty

Undergraduate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
R. Cohen, V. Curran, N. Kutsuzawa, A. Novak, K. Noyes

Purdue University
B. Horner, M. Riemer, S. Spillane, D. Wenzel

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Victor H. Ransom

Edward Teller Award (FED)

Larry R. Foreman
Steven W. Haan
Dov Shvarts

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

George Apostolakis

Utility Achievement Award (OPD)

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Arizona Public Services
V.C. Summer Nuclear Station
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Utility Leadership Award (OPD)

Michael S. Tuckman Duke Power Company

Alvin M. Weinberg Medal

Wolf Haefele

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

John J. Dorning

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Corbin A. McNeill, Jr.