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Honors and Awards

The Materials Science and Technology Division presents a variety of awards and scholarships at its biennial awards luncheon held in conjunction with the ANS Winter Meeting. The awards honor specific contributions to the literature or condition of the nuclear fuels and materials field. The awards, selection criteria, and past recipients are listed below for all awards presented through at least the 2006 ANS Winter Meeting. If you are interested in serving on the MSTD Honors and Awards Committee or in nominating a candidate for an award, please contact Jim Stubbins, MSTD Honors and Awards Committee Chair.

·         Mishima Award

·         Special Achievement Award

·         Outstanding Achievement Award

·         Literary Award

·         Significant Contribution Award

·         Past Chair Award

·         25 Year Award

·         Student Literary Award

·         Schumar Scholarship

 

 

Mishima Award

The Mishima Award is named in honor of Dr. Mishima Yoshitsugu, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo. It is presented annually to recognize outstanding contributions in research and development on nuclear fuels and materials. More information and nomination materials may be obtained on the American Nuclear Society Honors and Awards web site.

 

 

 

2007

Steven J. Zinkle

 

2006

Donald R. Olander

 

2005

Everett E. Bloom

 

2004

J. Stephen Herring

 

2002

Gerard L. Hofman

 

2001

James J. Laidler

 

2000

Gary L. Rinehart

 

1998

G. Robert Odette

 

1997

James S. Tulenko

 

1996

Ronald B. Adamson

For outstanding contributions to the development of PCI-resistant zirconium liner fuel for BWRs and to the understanding of the radiation growth, corrosion, microstructures and reliability of LWR fuel cladding.

1995

Ersel A. Evans

For outstanding achievements and inspirational leadership in the development of the nation's nuclear fuels and materials technology.

1994

Leon C. Walters

For technical contributions illustrating the viability of metallic fuel for liquid metal cooled fast reactor applications.

1993

A. Burtron Johnson, Jr.

For meritorious contributions to the understanding of in-reactor and post-irradiation behavior of fuels and materials important to the development of the international light water reactor industry.

1993

K. Linga Murty

For outstanding contributions in understanding the deformation, creep and formability of hcp metals Zr, Ti, Mg, and their alloys; in the application of textures in predicting in-reactor cladding performance; in understanding radiation effects on the fracture behavior of nuclear reactor structural alloys and synergistic effects of radiation-induced defects and impurities.

 

Special Achievement Award

The Special Achievement Award is presented to recognize an individual that has made a single and unique special achievement in the field of materials science and technology by contributing an outstanding book, an innovative concept, or an entity or product that has had significant impact on the direction or success of nuclear materials technology.

 

 

 

2004

Ronald L. Klueh and Donald R. Harries

High-Chromium Ferritic and Martensitic Steels for Nuclear Applications (American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, 2001)

1999

Henri Bailly, Denise Menessier and Claude Prunier

For editing the book entitled The Nuclear Fuel of Pressurized Water Reactors and Fast Reactors: Design and Behavior.

1995

Norbert E. Hoppe

For his significant pioneering and sustained contributions to understanding and modeling nuclear fuel rod performance and his continued development of modern fuel rod performance codes.

1994 

Howard Ocken

For his significant and sustained contributions to the development of cobalt-free hardfacing alloys that match or exceed the properties of equivalent materials used in nuclear plants.

1985

J.T. Adrian Roberts

For the book Structural Materials in Nuclear Power Systems.

1976

Donald R. Olander

In recognition of his book Fundamental Aspects of Nuclear Fuel Reactor Elements.

 

Outstanding Achievement Award

The Outstanding Achievement Award is presented to recognize those individuals that have made unique or sustained outstanding achievements in the field of materials science and technology contributing to the development of nuclear energy.

 

 

 

2005

Steven J. Zinkle

For significant and sustained contributions to the understanding of metals and ceramics materials behavior for fusion and advanced fission reactor applications.

2004

Francis A. Garner

For significant and sustained contributions to the field of structural materials behavior for nuclear fission and fusion systems

2003

Gary Was

For his significant and sustained contributions to the understanding and modeling of the relationship between microstructure development and Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking.

2002

Everett Bloom

For his significant and sustained contributions to the development of materials for advanced nuclear fission and fusion systems.

2001

Arden L. Bement Jr.

For his significant and sustained contributions to the understanding of materials behavior in nuclear systems and contributions and leadership in the field of materials science.

2000

Jack Carpenter

For his significant and sustained contributions to the development and application of neutron sources for the understanding of materials structure.

1999

James J. Laidler

 

1998

Monroe Wechsler

 

1997

R.J. Price

For his pioneering work in the characterization of silicon carbide irradiation performance and behavior for advanced fission and fusion reactors.

1993

Massoud T. Simnad

For his pioneering work in the development of uranium-zirconium hydride fuels for TRIGA reactors and of coated-particle fuels for high temperature gas cooled reactors.

1993

 G. Robert Odette

For his significant and sustained contributions to the understanding and modeling of the effects of irradiation on the microstructure and mechanical behavior of structural materials for fission and fusion reactors.

1988

Leon C. Walters

For his pioneering work in irradiation creep and the development of metallic fuels for liquid metal reactors.

1985

Jack Belle

For pioneering efforts in the development of uranium oxide and thorium oxide fuels.

1985

Donald E. Thomas

For his pioneering work in the development of zircaloy.

1983

Peter Murray

For pioneering work in the development of oxide fuels for thermal and fast reactors.

1981

Maxwell D. Freshley

For his work leading to establishment of performance characteristics for urania and Pu-recycle mixed oxide thermal reactor fuels, which includes the identification of means to mitigate the deleterious effects of irradiation induced fuel densification and pellet-cladding interaction and the characterization of fission gas release, fuel thermal behavior and fuel restructuring.

1979

Charles M. Walter

For application of materials technology at EBR-II to extend EBR-II driver fuel lifetime, to enable reprocessing of 42,000 driver rods, and to enable a greater than 75% capacity factor at EBR-II over the past several years.

1979

J. Howard Kittel

For redesign of EBR-II fuel pins based on experimental observations that extended life of driver metal fuel pins to above 8% burnup.

1979

W. Nelson Beck

For experimental demonstration that swelling in metal fuels is diminished after porosity becomes interconnected and 75% of fission gas is released allowing for sodium penetration to reduce temperatures.

1979

William G. Johnston

For work providing the basis for developing new swelling resistant alloys when exposed to neutron and charged particle environments.

1979

J. Russel Hawthorne

For demonstration of improved irradiated pressure vessel steel performance by removal of copper impurity.

1979

James A. Christensen

For his work leading to the instructional chart Structural Evolution in an Irradiated Oxide Fuel Pin.

1979

Edward A. Aitken

For his work leading to the instructional chart Chemical Evolution in an Irradiated Oxide Fuel Pin.

 

 

Literary Award 

The Literary Award is intended to recognize authors that have contributed the best full-length materials-oriented paper or review article in the field of materials science and technology contributing to the development of nuclear energy.

 

 

 

2005

Lance L. Snead

L.L. Snead, S. J. Zinkle, and D. P. White, “Thermal conductivity degradation of ceramic materials due to low temperature low dose neutron irradiation”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 340 (2005) 187-202

2004

Thak Sang Byun

T. S. Byun and K. Farrell, “Plastic instability in polycrystalline metals after low temperature irradiation,” Acta Materialia, 52 (2004) 1597-1608

2003

G. R. Odette, T. Yamamotoa, H. J. Rathbuna, M. Y. Hea, M. L. Hribernika and J. W. Rensman

“Cleavage fracture and irradiation embrittlement of fusion reactor alloys: mechanisms, multiscale models, toughness measurements and implications to structural integrity assessment”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 323 (2003)313

2002

Jeremy T. Busby, G. S. Was, E. A. Kenik

“Isolating the effect of radiation-induced segregation in irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking of austenitic stainless steel”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 302 (2002) 20

2001

Brian Wirth, M. J. Caturla, T. Diaz de la Rubia, T. Khraishi and H. Zbib

“Mechanical property degradation in irradiated materials: A multiscale modeling approach” in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Volume 180, Issues 1-4(2001) 23-31

2000

Todd R. Allen, E. A. Kenik, and G.S. Was

"Variability of Radiation-Induced Segregation in Iron-Chromium-Nickel Alloys," J. Nucl. Mater. 278 (2000) 149-163.

1999

K.E. Sickafus, Hj. Matzke, Th. Hartmann, K. Tasuda, J.A. Valdez, P. Chodak, M. Natasi, R.A. Verrall

"Radiation Damage Effects in Zirconia," J. Nucl. Mater. 274:66 (1999)

1998

T.R. Allen, et al.

"On the Mechanisms of Radiation-Induced Segregation in Austenitic Fe-Cr-Ni Alloys," J. Nucl. Mater., 255:44 (1998)

1997

B.J. Lewis, et al.

"Ion Spiking Model for Pressurized Water Reactors," J. Nucl. Mater., 244:153 (1997)

1996

J.E. Pawel, A.F. Rowcliffe, G.E. Lucas, S.J. Zinkle

"Irradiation Performance of Stainless Steels for ITER Application," J. Nucl. Mater., 239:126 (1996)

1996

S.M. McDeavitt, A.A. Solomon

"HIP of U-10Zr by a Coupled Grain Boundary Diffusion and Creep Cavitation Mechanism," J. Nucl. Mater., 228:184 (1996)

1995

S. Uchida, E. Ibe, K. Nakata, M. Fuse, K. Ohsumi, Y. Takashima

"Application of Hydrogen Water Chemistry to Moderate Corrosive Circumstances Around the Reactor Pressure Vessel Bottom of Boiling Water Reactors," Nucl. Tech., 110, 2 (1995) 250-257

1994

D.A. Petti, R.R. Hobbins, D.L. Hagrman

"The Composition of Aerosols Generated During a Severe Reactor Accident: Experimental Results from the Power Burst Facility Severe Fuel Damage Test 1-4," Nucl. Tech., 105, (1994) 334-345

1993

D.T. Peters, K.J. A. Kundig, D.F. Medley, P.A. Enders

"Multibarrier Copper-Base Containers for High-Level Waste Disposal," Nucl. Tech., 104, 2 (1993) 219-232

1993

W. Goll, H.P. Fuchs, R. Manzel, F.U. Schlemmer

"Irradiation Behavior of UO2/PuO2 Fuel in Light Water Reactors," Nucl. Tech., 102, 1 (1993) 29-46

1992

J.H. Kittel, B.R.T. Frost, J.P. Mustelier, K.Q. Bagley, C.C. Crittenden, J. van Dievot

"History of Fast Reactor Fuel Development," J. Nucl. Mater., 204:1 (1993)

1991

A.A. Strasser, D.R. O'Boyle, K. Otoha, T. Kishida, S. Sandklef

"Fuel for the 90's--A Utility Perspective," Proc. ANS/ENS International Topical Meeting on LWR Fuel Performance, Avignon, France (1991)

1990

T.H. Bauer, A.E. Wright, W. R. Robinson, J.W. Holland, E.A. Rhodes

"Behavior of Modern Metallic Fuel in TREAT Transient Overpower Tests," Nucl. Tech., 92:325 (1990)

1990

B.J. Lewis, F.C. Iglesias, D.S. Cox, E. Gheorghiu

"A Model for Fission Gas Release and Fuel Oxidation Behavior for Defected UO2 Fuel Elements," Nucl. Tech., 92:353 (1990)

1989 

D.A. Petti, J.P. Adams, J.L. Anderson, R.R. Hobbins

"Analysis of Fission Product Release Behavior from the Three-Mile Island Unit 2 Core," Nucl. Tech., 87:243 (1989)

1988

J.L. Collins, M.F. Osborne, R.A. Lorenz, A.P. Malinauskas

"Fission Product Iodine and Cesium Release Behavior Under Light Water Reactor Accident Conditions," Nucl. Tech., 81:78 (1988)

1987

M.F. Osborne, J.L. Collins, R.A. Lorenz

"Experimental Studies of Fission Product Release from Commercial Light Water Reactor Fuel Under Accident Conditions," Nucl. Tech. 78:157 (1987)

1987

M.G. Adamson, W.H. Reineking, M. Kangilaski, S. Vaidyanathan

"Screening Alternative LMFBR Cladding Alloys for Fission-Product Induced LME and FCCI," Proc. Intl. Conf. on Fast Breeder Reactor Fuel Performance, Tucson, Arizona (1987)

1986

P.M. Scott

"Stress Corrosion and Corrosion Fatigue in Water Reactor Environments - Chemical Viewpoint," Proc. Second Intl. Symp. Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems, Monterey, CA (1985)

1986

R.E. Einziger, R.V. Strain

"Behavior of Breached Pressurized Water Reactor Spent-Fuel Rods in an Air Atmosphere Between 250 and 360 C," Nucl. Tech., 75:82 (1986)

1985

J.H. Davies

"Fission Product Release from Artificially Perforated Fuel Rods Operating in a Test Reactor Loop," Proc. Fission Product Behavior and Source Term Research Conference, Park City, UT (1984)

1985

D.J. Osetek, A.W. Cronenberg, R.R. Hobbins, K. Vinjamuri

"Fission Product Behavior During the First Two PBF Severe Fuel Damage Tests," Proc. Fission Product Behavior and Source Term Research Conference, Park City, UT (1984)

1983

F. Tinti

"Uniaxial In-Reactor Creep of Zircaloy-2: Stress, Flux, and Temperature Dependence," Nucl. Tech., 60:109 (1983)

1983

F.A. Garner

"Recent Insights on the Swelling and Creep of Irradiated Austenitic Alloys," J. Nucl. Mater., 122-123:459 (1984)

1982

J.H. Davies, H.S. Rosenbaum, J.S. Armijo, E. Rosicky, E.L. Esch, S.B. Wisner

"Irradiation Tests on Barrier Fuel in Support of a Large-Scale Demonstration," Proc. LWR Extended Burnup Fuel Performance and Utilities, Williamsburg, VA (1982)

1981

P.Berge, J.R. Donati

"Materials Requirements for Pressurized Water Reactor Steam Generator Tubing," Nucl. Tech., 55:88 (1981)

1980

H.A. Ocken

"An Improved Evaluation Model for Zircaloy Oxidation," Nucl. Tech., 47:343 (1980)

1980

W.H. Yunker

"Silicon Mass Transfer in Sodium Loops and the Resulting Thermal/Hydraulic Effects," Proc. Second Intl. Conf. Liquid Metal Technology in Energy Production (1980)

1979

R.S. Ondrejcin, S.R. Rideout, J.A. Donovan

"Control of Stress Corrosion Cracking in Storage Tanks Containing Radioactive Waste," Nucl. Tech., 44:297 (1979)

1979

J.H. Davies, J.S. Armijo, R.A. Proebstle, G.R. Parkos, R.L. Schreck, W.L. Esch, J.M. Isaacson, L.D. Noble, H.S. Rosenbaum

"Power Ramp Tests of Potential PCI Remedies," Proc. LWR Fuel Performance, Portland, OR (1979)

1978

T.A. Whipple, D.L. Olson, W.L. Bradley, D.K. Matlock

"Corrosion and Mechanical Behavior of Iron in Liquid Lithium," Nucl. Tech., 39:75 (1978)

1977

B.J. Wrona, J.T.A. Roberts, T.M. Galvin, G.T. Higgins

"Mechanical Response of UO2 Subjected to Transient Heating," Nucl. Tech., 32:376 (1977)

 

 

Significant Contribution Award

The Significant Contribution Award recognizes the authors that have presented the best materials-oriented paper at either the Annual or Winter ANS Meetings in the field of materials science and technology contributing to the development of nuclear energy.

 

 

 

2005

Paul A. Demkowicz

P. A. Demkowicz, D. A. Petti, J. A. Kopp, “Fission Product Corrosion of Carbide and Nitride Materials”, ANS 2005 Winter Meeting

2004

Pavel G. Medvedev

P. G. Medvedv, S. M. Frank, M. J. Lambregts, A. P. Maddison, T. P. O’Holleran, and M. K. Meyer, “Dual Phase Magnesia-Zirconia Ceramics for Light Water Reactor Inert Matrix Fuel”, ANS 2004 Winter Meeting

2003

Ji Hyun Kim, Si-hyoung Oh and Il Soon Hwang

“Mitigation of primary water stress corrosion cracking by nickel-plating methodology” at the ANS Winter Meeting in 2003 (ANS Trans Vol 89 )

2002

Sean M. McDeavitt, T. J. Downar, A. A. Solomon

Cermet Fuel for the Thorium Fuel Cycle” at the ANS Annual Meeting in 2002 (ANS Trans Vol 86)

2001

Travis W. Knight, Samim Anghaie

“Tri-Carbide Nuclear Fuel Processing and Characterization for Space Nuclear Applications” at the ANS Winter Meeting in 2001 (ANS Trans Vol 85)

1999

M.A. Pouchon, C. Degueldre, P. Tissot

Properties of Zirconia-Based Fuels for Plutonium Utilization in Reactors

1999

B.A. Hilton, R.T. Klann

Hydrogen Measurement in Cladding Material by Neutron Transmission Analysis

1998

K. Katsuyama, T. Mitsugi, T. Asaga

Evaluation of Helium Gas Release Behavior in MOX Fuel

1997

A. Cohen, D.D. Keiser

Interaction Layers Between Metal Alloy Fuel and Stainless Steel Cladding in Irradiated Fuel Elements

1994

S.K. Iskander, M.A. Sokolov, R.K. Nansted

Some Aspects of the Role of Annealing in Plant Life Extension 

1992

Y.Y. Liu, H. Tsai, M.C. Billone, J.M. Kramer

Behavior of EBR-II Mk-V-Type Fuel Elements in Simulated Loss of Flow Tests

1992

K. Yamamoto, T. Hirosawa, K. Morozumi, S. Nomura

Melting Temperature and Thermal Conductivity of Irradiated (U,Pu)O2 Fuel

1991

T.C. Rowland, H.S. Rosenbaum, R. Iwasaki, M. Nakasuka, Y. Iwano, A. Maru, T. Matsumato, A. Yoshizawa

Power Cycling Operation Tests of Zr-Barrier Fuel

1991

G.E. Lucas, G.R. Odette, E. Mader

Low Temperature Hardening and Embrittlement of Nuclear Structural Steels

1990

M.R. Elmore, E.D. Waters

Erosion-Corrosion of Waste Storage Tanks During Waste Retrieval

1990

M.S. Nagorka, C.G. Levi, G.E. Lucas

Dispersion Strengthened Cu-Y2O3 Alloys for High-Heat-Flux Applications

1989

W. Meyer and W.H. Miller

 Nondestructive Analysis for Hydrogen in Steel Using Neutron Scattering

1989

P.J. Maziasz

Microstructural Evolution of Martensitic Steels During Fast Neutron Irradiation

1989

T. Nakagawa, T. Ogata, M. Tokiwai

Simulation of the Injection Casting of Metallic Fuels

1988

J.H. Bottcher, J.D.B. Lambert, R.V. Strain, S. Ukai, S. Shibahara

Fuel/Sodium Reaction Product Formation in Breached Mixed-Oxide Fuel

1987

C.J. McHargue

The Effects of Ion Implantation on the Mechanical Properties of Ceramics

1987

M.L. Grossbeck, J.A. Horak

Effect of Helium on the Irradiation Creep in an Austenitic Stainless Steel

1986

L.A. Lawrence

Fuel/Cladding Chemical Interaction Correlation for Mixed-Oxide Fuel Pins

1986

R.J. Reda, S.L. Akers, J.L. Kelly

Radiation-Enhanced Corrosion of Mild Steel

1985

M.G. Adamson, W.H. Reineking, S. Vaidyanathan

Evidence for Liquid Cesium and Tellurium-Induced Fatigue Embrittlement of Cold-Worked AISI Type 316 Stainless Steel

1985

Z. Tomczuk, D.S. Poa, W.E. Miller, R.K. Steunenberg

Electrorefining of Uranium and Plutonium from Liquid Cadmium

1984

K.T. Gillian, R.L. Clough

Kinetic Model for Extrapolation of Combined Radiation-Thermal Accelerated Aging Experiments

1984

B.R. Seidel, L.C. Walters, J.H. Kittel

Performance of Metallic Fuels in Liquid-Metal Fast Reactors

1984

T.M. Bessman, T.B. Lindemer

Thermochemical Modeling of the Plutonium and Uranium-Plutonium Dioxides

1983

H.M. Chung

Structure of High-Burnup Fuel Zircaloy Cladding

1982

S. Vaidyanathan, M.G. Adamson

Mechanisms of Fuel Adjacency Effect in LMFBR Oxide Fuel Pins

1982

E.L. Burley, T.L. Wong, R.J. Law, R.L. Cowan

Oxygen Suppression in BWR Reactor Water by Hydrogen Additions

1982

R.W. Stratton

Development of Advanced Fuels in Switzerland

1981

R.W. Stratton, M. Nicolet, J. Reindl, K.L. Peddicord

Sphere-Pac Carbide Fuel Pin Thermal Calculations Compared with Post-Irradiation Observations

1981

F.M. Haggag, G.E. Lucas

Determination of Flow Properties of Steel from an Instrumented Hardness Test

1981

S. Vaidyanathan, M.G. Adamson

Preliminary Model for Fission Product Assisted Crack Growth in LMFBR Oxide Fuel Pin Cladding

1980

C.A. Calder, E.C. Draney, W.W. Wilcox

Noncontact Measurement of the Elastic Constants of Plutonium at Elevated Temperatures

1980