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PETER MURRAY
PETER MURRAY
Pages 186-195
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DON RUSSELL, JR., AND JOHN J TAYLOR PETER MURRAY has been recognized internationally for his contributions to the development of nuclear energy for the production of electricity and for the recycling of nuclear fuel with the potential to increase dramatically nuclear fuel resources for the centuries ahead.
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He was also a member of the powder and metallurgy and nuclear energy committees of the Institute of Metals and a fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Ceramics. By the mid-1960s the United States was building more nuclear power plants for electricity production than any other country.
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oxide–uranium dioxide fuels, based on the FFTF fuel design, which would fuel future breeder reactors as well as water-cooled reactors. A demonstration fabrication facility was built at the ARD, and plans were laid to build a commercial fabrication plant in the southeastern United States.
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Westinghouse's plan for commercial mixed-oxide fuel fabrication also was discontinued. Westinghouse realized the need for a greater technical presence with the federal government on nuclear power matters, so Peter was asked to fulfill this role and was appointed director of the nuclear programs of the Government Affairs Office of Westinghouse in Washington, D.C., in 1981.
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As work on the design certification program progressed from 1990 to 1994, it become evident that the AP600 had the potential to be a key element in a nuclear energy renaissance, not only in the United States but around the world as well. Nevertheless, there remained much work to be done on the nonsafety aspects of the plant -- an expensive undertaking for any given organization.
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He was broadly recognized professionally in the United States for his technical achievements: the Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Nuclear Society, Materials Science and Technology Division in 1983 "for pioneering work on the development of oxide fuels for thermal and fast reactors"; the Order of Merit Award from
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In the early 1950s, when Churchill was in his second stint as prime minister, he visited a confidential site that was being used to develop civilian nuclear power. Peter was assigned as one of the technical hosts who was to answer any questions the prime minister might have.
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, and Alexander Murray (of Gaithersburg, Maryland) ; four grandchildren -- Robert Weston, Jamie Weston, Peter Murray, and Krista Murray; a great-granddaughter, Julia Jane Weston; and a great-grandson, Peter Alan Gerard Weston.
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