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Plea ke eaert ge bry ins Paall s. ent ed esetting filbeen acci al typhave ginay orim he ors m terr ot frophic na er book, me typogr p ao ps original ed, and he ain m tret oe ated frnnot b ea es crer, c L filwev Mo Xh m g, ed fromattin en recomposg-specific forn. eno ation of the original work has bding styles, and other typesettiauthoritative version for attributi epresentaks, hean as the digital rord breblicatio e: This new e lengths, won of this pu PDF filnal; linnt versi About this to the origiuse the pri ee us v s are trd. Plea ke eaert ge bry ins Committee on Nuclear Engineering Education Paall es. dent Chairman esetting filbeen acci GregFolroyr iRda. Choppin, R.O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, al typhave ginay Members m the orierrors m PatriLciiav eArm. oBrea,i sCdaelnif, oGrnrioaup Leader, Inorganic Chemistry Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, ot frophic WSuael lEac. eB Be.r rByemhannk,e D, Diriercetcotro,r Nanadti oRneatli rCede nVteicr eo Cn hEaidrumcaanti,o Cn oamnmd oEnmwpelaolythm Eendti,s oCno Cluommbpiaa nUy,n Civheircsaitgyo, , NIleliwno Yisork, na er book, me typogr JWohilnliN aWmew. C MYrao. wrkJfaocrodb, iC, oVniscuel taPnrte, sRidoecnktv iallned, MGaernyelaranld M{uanntialg Oerc,t oGbeorv e2r4n, m19en8t9 }Operations, Westinghouse Electric p ao Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ps he original ained, and EMGdaiwillt oiHnn . E LM.e Kvareicnnutsnso,en rO,, EfEfxixceeecc uoutftii vvCeeo EmVnimgceiins Pseieroern,s eiBdre eKcnhte,tn eGnl ePPtUho w RNeourg cCelerosar,rp UCor.oSart.pi Noonrua,c tSlieoaannr, FRPraeargnsucipliaspctaoonr,y yC ,C aNloiemfwomr nJieisarssieoyn m tret Warren F. Miller, Jr., Deputy Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico oe ated frnnot b ea es crer, c L filwev Mo Xh m g, ed fromattin en recomposg-specific forn. eno ation of the original work has bding styles, and other typesettiauthoritative version for attributi epresentaks, hean as the digital rord breblicatio e: This new e lengths, won of this pu PDF filnal; linnt versi About this to the origiuse the pri ee us vi s are trd. Plea eakerte Robert L. Seale, Head, Department of Nuclear and Energy Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona ge bry ins Robert E. Uhrig, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee Paall s. ent Consultants ed esetting filbeen acci LJWuanirlrelyi aS Bm. lC aNhirae,u wSgnchiitneongnc,, e CC/Eoonnmsguminltoeanenrwti,n eWga lEathsd hEuicndagisttiooonnn , C DDoi.mvCi.psiaonny, ,O Cahki cRaigdog, eI lAlisnsooicsiated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee al typhave ginay Liaison with Energy Engineering Board orim he ors Arthur E. Humphrey, Provost Emeritus, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania m terr ot frophic Staff na er book, me typogr RJaombeesr tJ L. Z. Cucochheent,t oS,t uSdtuyd Dy iDreicrteocrt o(ru n(ftriol mJa nJuanaruya,r y1,9 19909)0) apo Theresa M. Fisher, Study Administrative Assistant ps original ed, and he ain m tret oe ated frnnot b ea es crer, c L filwev Mo Xh m g, ed fromattin en recomposg-specific forn. eno ation of the original work has bding styles, and other typesettiauthoritative version for attributi epresentaks, hean as the digital rord breblicatio e: This new e lengths, won of this pu PDF filnal; linnt versi About this to the origiuse the pri ee us vii s are trd. Plea ke eaert ge bry ins Energy Engineering Board (as of June 1990) Paall es. dent Chairman esetting filbeen acci John A. Tillinghast, President, Tiltec, Portsmouth, New Hampshire al typhave Members ginay Donald B. Anthony, Consultant, Houston, Texas m the orierrors m RichCaradl ifEo.r nBiaalzhiser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, ot frophic BJoahrnb aAra. CRa. sBaazrzkao, vPircehs,i dCeonnt,s uClStaAnt E, nBeargrkyo Cviocnhs uanltda nYtsa,p A Crloinngsutoltna,n Vtsi,r Sgianni aRafael, California na er book, me typogr RDaalvpiAhd rCbE.o. Cr,C aMovlaiecn,ha igDghia,rn eScetnoiro, rC Setanftfe rA fttoorr ntheye , SNtautduyr alo fR eAsoutuormceost iDveef eTnrsaen Cspoourntactiilo, nS,a nU Fnrivanercsiistcyo ,o Cf aMlifiocrhniigaan, Ann p ao H. M. (Hub) Hubbard, Executive Vice-President, Midwest Research Institute, Golden, Colorado ps he original ained, and AChrtahrBuleri so tIEemc. hbnrHeoculhomtg,p yCh, hrLeaeyihr,m igaThn .UL, C.n iavDliefiroasrmintyoia,n BdEe ntehPrlrgeoyhf eeCmsos,om Prm eniasnnssdiyo lnvD,a Sniraieaccrtaomr, enCtoe,n Ctearl ifofornr iaMolecular Bioscience and m tret oe ated frnnot b ea es crer, c L filwev Mo Xh m g, ed fromattin en recomposg-specific forn. eno ation of the original work has bding styles, and other typesettiauthoritative version for attributi epresentaks, hean as the digital rord breblicatio e: This new e lengths, won of this pu PDF filnal; linnt versi About this to the origiuse the pri ee us viii s are trd. Plea eakerte Charles D. Kolstad, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Studies and Department of Economics, ge bry ins HenrUy nRiv. eLrsiintdye onf, IMllianxo iMs, cUGrrbaawna P, rIollfiensosiosr of Energy & Power Engineering and Management; Director, Energy s. Paentall and Power Center, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois ed James J. Markowsky, Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer, American Electric Power Service Corporation, esetting filbeen acci SD.a Lvi.C d( oCLlyu.) m MMbouersirs, ieOslo,h nVi,o icTee cPhrnesicidael nDt,i Rreecsteoar,r cEhn (eRrgetyi,r eRd)e,s Mouorcbeil aRn&d DE nCvoirrpoonrmateinotna,l PSriynscteetmosn , DNievwis iJoenr,s eTyhe MITRE al typhave Corporation, McLean, Virginia ginay Marc H. Ross, Professor, Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan orim Maxine L. Savitz, Managing Director, Garrett Ceramic Component Division, Torrance, California he ors Harold H. Schobert, Chairman, Fuel Sciences Program, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The m terr Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania ot frophic Glenn A. Schurman, Vice President, Production (Retired), Chevron Corporation, San Francisco, California er book, nme typogra JBoenr tMram. V Weigoelfle, ,P Vreiscied Penret,s iOdaekn tR ainddg eG Aensesroacli aMteadn aUgneirv, eGrsEit iNesu,c Oleaakr ERnidegrgey, ,T Seannn eJsosseee, California p paso Ex-Officio Board Member original ed, and Richard Wilson, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts he ain m tret Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems Liaison Member to the Energy Engineering Board oe ated frnnot b KentC Fa.m Hbarindsgeen,, MPraosfseascshours eotft sNuclear Engineering, Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ea es crer, c L filwev Mo Xh m g, ed fromattin en recomposg-specific forn. eno ation of the original work has bding styles, and other typesettiauthoritative version for attributi epresentaks, hean as the digital rord breblicatio e: This new e lengths, won of this pu PDF filnal; linnt versi About this to the origiuse the pri ee us ix s are trd. Plea eakerte Staff ge bry ins Archie L. Wood, Director Paall Mahadevan (Dev) Mani, Associate Director, Energy Engineering Board s. ent Kamal J. Araj, Senior Program Officer ed esetting filbeen acci RJJauomdbietehsr t JA L. .Z. ACumcochrhie,en tA,t oSd,me Snieinonirsi otPrrar Potigrvoreag maran mdO FfOfiinfcfaeincrecrial Assistant al typhave TJahne rCe.s aK Mron. Fenisbhuerrg, ,A Addmmiinniissttrraattiivvee S Seeccrreettaarryy a anndd S Seenniioorr P Prroojjeecctt A Assssiissttaanntt ginay Philomina Mammen, Administrative Secretary and Senior Project Assistant orim he ors m terr Consultants ot frophic Norman M. Hailer na er book, me typogr George T. 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