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The AIChE Nuclear Engineering Division (NED) serves engineers and scientists in the nuclear and nuclear chemical sectors. This website is updated frequently with information of potential interest and benefit to members and friends of the Division. For additional information, feel free to contact a relevant officer. For suggestions on enhancing this website, please contact the webmaster.
Dr. Ralph A. Leonard is the winner of the Robert E. Wilson Award for 2008. Dr. Leonard has a long history of introducing chemical engineering innovations to the nuclear field. He has also had a long-time association with the Nuclear Engineering Division of AIChE. A luncheon in Dr. Leonard's honor will be held in Philadelphia at the AIChE annual meeting on Tuesday, November 18, at the conference hotel, the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown hotel. You can sign-up for the luncheon during registration and the cost will be $10.
The NED officers for 2008 have been updated on the Officers page. Please consult it for the latest contact and program information.
The Nuclear Engineering Division is sponsoring or cosponsoring more than 20 sessions during the annual meeting in Philadelphia November 16-21, 2008. We encourage all NED members to support these sessions by chairing, presenting or attending one or more of these sessions in Philadelphia. For more information please click here.
NED annually awards the Robert E. Wilson award to recognize an individual for outstanding chemical engineering contributions and achievements in the nuclear industry, and promotes the objectives of the Nuclear Engineering Division of AIChE. Please send nominations to the Robert E. Wilson Award Committee Chair, Paul D. d'Entremont, Savannah River National Lab, 735-A, Aiken, SC 29808. Mr. d'Entremont's phone number is 803-725-6742 and his email is paul.dentremont@srnl.doe.gov. Deadline for application of this award during any calendar year is June 1.
Arlin Olson, our 2006 Robert E. Wilson award recipient, is leading the development of an NED position paper on reprocessing. If you are interested in supporting this effort, please contact Arlin at (208) 526-3852 or arlin.olson@icp.doe.gov . Also consider presenting at a session in Salt Lake City devoted to the development of this position paper.