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3 unusual facts about American Nuclear Society


American Nuclear Society

To be eligible for student membership, a person must be regularly enrolled and pursuing an approved scientific or engineering curriculum in a school having, or eligible to have, a Student Section of the Society, or in the Naval Nuclear Power School, or in a similar institution approved by the Board of Directors.

Raymond Goertz

In 1985 the American Nuclear Society established the 'Ray Goertz Award' to recognize and honor members who have made outstanding contributions to the field of remote technology.

Samuel Untermyer II

This was eventually responsible for the BORAX Experiments and in recognition of his fundamental development work on safe, water-cooled reactors the American Nuclear Society now has an award named after him for work in this field.


Lew Kowarski

A staff member of CERN (Geneva) since participating in its formation in 1953, he was a Decorated Officer Legion of Honor, Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, and a recipient of citation and prize from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Romney Duffey

Duffey is an ASME Fellow, former Chair of ASME Nuclear Engineering Division, former Chair of American Nuclear Society Thermal-Hydraulics Division, the Chief Scientist of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, member of New York Academy of Sciences, member of American, Canadian and British Nuclear Associations.


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