History

History of TRTR

Most of the historical information on this page is provided by Tawfik Raby. Many thanks Tawfik.

YearChairMeetingNotes
1960s – 1974Participation was limited to plate type fuel reactors licensed to 1 MW and above. It was called the Reactor Managers Group.
1974Tawfik Raby,
NBS (NIST)
NBS (NIST),
Gaithersburg, MD
Two Pulstars, Buffalo, and NC State were invited to join, along with smaller plate type reactors and all test reactors. Representatives from some of the National Labs also attended. NRC and DOE participated for the first time.
1975Frank DiMeglio,
Rhode Island
Narragansett, RI
1976Tawfik Raby,
NSB (NIST)
Spring: NBS (NIST),
Gaithersburg, MD

Fall: NBS (NIST),
Gaithersburg, MD
National Laboratory reactors and other unlicensed facilities joined. The name “TRTR” was coined by Bob Brugger of the University of Missouri. Although some TRIGA facilities attended this year, Bill Wittemore of GA suggested that the group be called the ‘Non-TRIGA’ group rather than TRTR, since TRIGA reactors had a separate meeting.
1977Lincoln Clark,
MIT
MIT,
Cambridge, MA
1978Bob Burn,
Univ. of Michigan
Spring: Rockwell Int’l,
Canoga Park, CA

Fall: U. of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI
1979Tawfik Raby,
NBS (NIST)
Spring: Rockwell Int’l,
Canoga Park, CA

Fall: NBS (NIST),
Gaithersburg, MD
All TRIGAs were invited and many attended. Representatives from foreign facilities, organizations and governments began to attend.
1980Bob Brugger and
Charlie McKibben,
Univ. of Missouri-Columbia
Univ. of Missouri,
Columbia, MO
1981Bryce Shriver,
Univ. of Virginia
Univ. of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA
1982John Randall,
Texas A&M
Texas A&M,
College Station, TX
John Randall completed TRTR expansion into a national organization encompassing all non-power reactors.
1983Lincoln Clark,
MIT
MIT,
Cambidge, MA
1984Frank DiMeglio,
Rhode Island
McMaster Univ.,
Hamilton, Ontario
1985Frank DiMeglio,
Rhode Island
ORNL,
Oak Ridge, TN
1986Don Alger,
Univ. of Missouri-Columbia
Brookhaven,
Upton, NY
1987Tawfik Raby,
NBS (NIST)
NBS (NIST)
Gaithersburg, MD
Executive Committee formally established. Participants at the meeting reached 168.
1988Art Johnson,
Oregon State Univ.
Newport, OR
1989Marc Voth,
Penn State Univ.
North Carolina State,
Raleigh, NC
TRTR Newsletter established under the direction of Bill Vernetson of the University of Florida.
1990Frank DiMeglio,
Rhode Island
Penn State Univ.,
Univ. Park, PA
First NRC Seminar Day. Chairman-Elect George Nelson of the University of Florida resigned because of illness.
1991John Bernard,
MIT
MIT,
Cambridge, MA
1992Charlie McKibben,
Univ. of Missouri – Columbia
Univ. of Missouri,
Columbia, MO
1993Bill Vernetson,
Univ. of Florida
Univ. of Florida,
Gainesville, FL
1994Wade Richards,
DOD
McClellan AFB,
Sacramento, CA
1995Mark Moore,
AFRRI
Albuquerque, NM
1996Tom Bauer and
Bernie Wehring,
Univ. of Texas
Univ. of Texas,
Austin, TX
Carter Award Started: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.2807667
1997Brian Dodd,
Oregon State Univ.
Newport, ORTRTR incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. TRTR web pages created.
1998John Bernard,
MIT
MIT,
Cambridge, MA
1999Tawfik Raby,
NIST
NIST,
Gaithersburg, MD
First DOE Day.
2000Pedro Perez,
North Carolina State
North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
2001Wade Richards,
Univ. of California Davis
TBA
CA
2002Mike Slaughter,
University of Utah
University fo Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
2003Leo Bobek,
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2004Ralph Butler,
University of Missouri
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
2005Tawfik Raby / Seymour Weiss
NIST
NIST
Gaithersburg, MD
Joint with IGORR
2006
2007Steve Reese, OSUOregon State University, Corvalis, OR
2008John Bernard, MIT
2009Ralph Bultler, MURRBethesda, MD
2010Jere Jenkins, PurdueORNLJoint with IGORR
2011ISU/INLIdaho Falls, ID
2012Leo Bobek, University of Massachusetts, LowellUC Irvine, CA
2013Ralph Butler, MURR
2014Melinda Krahenbul, ReedPortland, OR
2015 Tom Newton/Ed Lau, MITCape Cod, MA
2016Jere Jenkins, Thermo FisherSandia
2017Ralph Butler, MURRSan Diego, CA
2018Cameron Goodwin, RINSCNewport, RITawfik Raby Memorial Scholarship established
2019Sean O’Kelly, ATRIdaho Falls, ID
2020Clive Townsend, Purduevirtual
2021Ayman Hawari, NC Statevirtual
2022Jeff Geuther, Penn State UniversityState College, PA
2023Jere Jenkins, Texas A&MCollege Park, MDJoint with IGORR
* Proposed