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Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Noel R. Corngold

Milton Levenson Distinguished Service Award

John W. Landis

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Wisconsin-Madison (Best Section)
Texas A&M University (Honorable Mention)

Ray Goertz Award (RRSD)

Clyde R. Ward

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Jeremy T. Busby

George C. Laurence Pioneering Award (NISD)

Chauncey Starr

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Small Local Sections

Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Membership)
Virginia (Best Meetings and Programs)
Virginia (Best Public Information and Education)
Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Section Management)

Large Local Sections

Idaho (Best Overall)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Xiaogang Han

Mishima Award

Donald R. Orlander

Nuclear Historic Landmark Award

Experimental Fast Reactor JOYO Approved August
Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator (ORELA) Approved August
Reactor F-1 Approved August

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Nancy M. Larson

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Said Abdel-Khalik

Presidential Citations

Robert D. Busch
Jeffrey Clay
Kevin Cook
Nils J. Diaz
Jonathan Epstein
Thomas J. Hirons
Peter B. Lyons
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness (CNTA) & James M. (Mal) McKibben, Executive Director
Edward L. (Ted) Quinn
Kristine L. Svinicki
Loyd A. Wright

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Gunter H.R. Kegel

Seaborg Medal

William T. Sha

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

C. Paul Robinson

Special Award

Chien Chang (Johnny) Lin

Standards Service Award

Robert J. Budnitz

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University Of California - Berkeley
M. Fratoni, Lance Kim, Sara Mattafirri, Robert Petroski

University of Texas at Austin
Scott Whitney, Derek Haas, Kevin Jackman, Emilio Alvarez, Stephen Wilson

Undergraduate

University of California - Berkeley
Martin Robel, Lydia Im, H. Kim, Paul Monasterio, Robert Petroski, Adam Tan, Beth Ellen Rosenberg

Penn State University
A. S. Bielen, M. J. Meholic, D.J. Skilone

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Fan-Bill Cheung

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

Joseph A. Murphy

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Beaver Valley Power Station
FirstEnergy
Limerick Generating Station
Exelon

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Scotty Hinnant Progress Energy

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William Cavanaugh, III

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