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Strong performances across the board
Craig Piercycpiercy@ans.org
Another year, another stellar performance by America’s nuclear plants. We’ve come to expect high capacity factors, and it’s a credit to the men and women of the profession. They’ve made routine something that was unimaginable not so long ago.
The decadal challenge for the nuclear enterprise now is to maintain this high level of operational excellence for the current fleet, while at the same time ushering in a new generation of technologies at scale. It will be a big job—but one that seems more and more likely with each passing day.
Robert D. BuschNolan E. Hertel
Sara A. Pozzi
Robert F. Penn, Jr.
Jack Law
Ernest J. Moniz
Mr. Bradley J. AdamsMr. Jeffrey L. Bradfute, PE, MBADr. William E. BurchillDr. Alex R. Burkart, PEDr. Mark B. ChadwickProf. Igor JovanovicDr. Stuart A. Maloy PhD, PEDr. Robert P. Martin, PEDr. Kathryn Ann McCarthyDr. Todd S. PalmerDr. Jean C. RagusaDr. Monica C RegalbutoDr. Xiaodong Sun
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (Best Section)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Second Place)University of New Mexico (Third Place)Oregon State University (Honorable Mention)
Mark W. Noakes
Sacit M. Cetiner
Nicholas R. BrownPaul K. Romano
Michael W. McCrackenJoshua L. Vajda
Steven A. ArndtHarsh S. Desai
Terry Todd
Northeastern Section (Best Recruiting Program)Savannah River Section (Best Meetings and Programs)Idaho Section (Best Public Information and Education)Idaho Section (Best Local Section Management)Idaho Section (Best Overall Meritorious Local Section)
Lawrence E. Boing
Ronald L. BoringRizwan Uddin
Dylan Hoagland & Raffi A. YessayanYan-Ru Lin
Robin William Grimes
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), Aircraft Carrier
Madeline A. FeltusRaluca O. Scarlat
Matthew R. DenmanKatrina M. Groth
Christina A. BackCarol L. BerriganDaniel L. ChurchmanMichael L. CorradiniPaul T. DickmanDaniel J. DoranJames (Vince) V. GilbertDeborah Ann HillAlyse S. HuffmanMark T. Peters
Fan Zhang
Anna S. Erickson
Mohamed S. El-Genk
Lawrence H. Heilbronn
Caroline Delbert
John C. Browne
Elia Merzari
Kristine L. Svinicki
Tennessee-85 students and the Secretary of Energy
D. V. Rao
Stanley H. Levinson
UNDERGRADUATETexas A&M University - A Modular Molten Salt Reactor for DesalinationAuthors: Sebastian Tchakerian, Phillip Olivarez, Robert Kollman David Swindall, and David Nguyen Advisors: Mauricio Eduardo Tano Retamales and Karen Vierow KirklandUniversity of Florida - Micro-HTGR for Military InstallationsAuthors: Cindy Marie McCabe, Jonathan Simoes Arnaud, Cesar Arturo Pozas, Steven Lester, and Micah TroyerAdvisor: DuWayne SchubringUniversity of Tennessee - Knoxville - Production of Carbon-14 Radioisotope using an Aluminum Nitride Target in HFIRAuthors: Austin Welsh, Christopher Busch, Kayla Noelle Sims, and Madison Kathryn TippetAdvisor: Jason Hayward GRADUATEColorado School of Mines - Design of a Low Enrichment Uranium Nuclear Reactor to Power a Future Martian ColonyAuthors: Jacob Tellez, Joffrey Dorville, Conner Glatt, and Jeffrey C. KingAdvisor: Jeffrey C. King
Francesco D'AuriaChul-Hwa Song
Omar HurricaneRyosuke Kodama
Karl N. Fleming
Kenneth L. Peddicord
Imre Pázsit
Steven P. Hamilton
Harsh S. Desai
Ben Holtzman
Jose N. Reyes, Jr