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2014 Awardees

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research & Development Student Competition ​

Open Competition

Kale Stephenson

Kale Stephenson

First Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Michigan

Crack Initiation Behavior of Neutron Irradiated Model and Commercial Stainless Steels in High Temperature Water​

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Daniel Walter

Daniel Walter

Second Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Michigan

High Fidelity Simulation of Crud Deposition on a PWR Fuel Cell with Spacer Grids over a 500 Day Depletion Cycle​

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TImothy Ault

Timothy Ault

First Place, Energy Policy, Vanderbilt University

Potential Synergy: The Thorium Fuel Cycle and Rare Earths Processing​

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Matthew Gidden

Matthew Gidden

Second Place, Energy Policy, University of Wisconsin at Madison

An Agent-Based Framework for Fuel Cycle Simulation with Recycling​

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Alexis Kaplan

Alexis Kaplan

First Place, Material, Protection, Control and Accountancy, University of Michigan

Accountancy, University of Michigan EJ-309 Pulse Shape Discrimination Performance with a High Gamma-Ray-to-Neutron Ration and Low Threshold​

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Troy Unruh

Troy Unruh

Second Place, Material, Protection, Control and Accountancy, Idaho State University

In-core Flux Sensor Evaluations at the ATR Critical Facility​

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Andrew Pavlou

Andrew Pavlou

First Place, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

High Fidelity Simulation on Crud Deposition on a PWR Fuel Cell with Spacer Grids over a 500 Day Depletion Cycle​

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Jonathan Walsh

Second Place, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Accelerated Sampling of the Free Gas Resonance Elastic Scattering Kernel​

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Carter Abney

Carter Abney

First Place, Separations and Waste Forms, University of Chicago

Highly Porous and Stable Metal-organic Frameworks for Uranium Extraction​

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T. Gannon Parker

T. Gannon Parker

Second Place, Separations and Waste Forms, Florida State University

Ionothermal and Hydrothermal Flux Syntheses of Five New Uranyl Phosphonates​

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Alex Salazar

Alex Salazar

First Place, Used Fuel Disposition, University of California at Berkeley

Effect of Temperature on Permeability of Cement Sealant for Deep Borehole Repositories​

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Hilary Emerson

Hilary Emerson

Second Place, Used Fuel Disposition, Clemson University

Geochemical Controls of Iodine Uptake and Transport in Savannah River Site Subsurface Sediments​

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Competition for Students Who Attend Universities with Less Than $600 Million in 20011 R&D Expenditures

Devin Rappleye

Devin Rappleye

University of Utah

A Method for Monitoring Depositions at a Solid Cathode in an Electrorefiner for a Two-Species System Using Electrode Potentials​

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Danil Smiles

Danil Smiles

University of California at Santa Barbara

Synthesis of Uranium-Ligand Multiple Bonds by Cleavage of a Trityl Protecting Group​

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Ammon Williams

Ammon Williams

Virginia Commonwealth University

Synthesis of Uranium-Lingand Multiple Bonds by Cleavage of a Trityl Protecting Group​

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Catherine Riddle

Catherine Riddle

University of Nevada at Las Vegas

Characterization of Bismuthate Oxidized Americium (V, VI) in Acidic Solution using X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy​

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Matthew Swenson

Matthew Swenson

Boise State University

Correlation between the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Irradiated Fe-9Cr ODS​

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Undergraduate Competition

David Harding

David Harding

University of Texas at Austin

Improving Inert Matrix Fuel Burnup Using a Linear Model​

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Michael Perlin

Michael Perlin

Oregon State University

Options for a Sustainable MOX Fuel Cycle in PWRs for Rapid Utilization of Recycled Plutonium​​

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Timothy Smith

Timothy Smith

University of Texas at Austin

Comparison of Actinide Production in Traveling Wave and Pressurized Water Reactors​

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