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As an engineer and physicist, teacher and scholar, mentor and friend, he was steadfast in his desire for all of us -- family, friends, and colleagues -- to achieve our highest good, while at the same time he fought, unflinchingly, for the values he believed in. Whether designing the earliest nuclear reactors for research, commercial, or military use, or developing and participating in the United States regulatory structure, and indeed worldwide, Dave's guiding principle was the protection of the health and safety of the public and the environment.
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on issues of nuclear reactor safety and licensing. The accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI)
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Palladino, this area of investigation led to the ACRS Report on the Integrity of Reactor Vessels for Light-Water Power Reactors (1974) , formation of the AEC Heavy Section Steel Technology Program, and development of the field of fracture mechanics as a technical tool to analyze the safety of not only the pressure vessel but also piping and structural supports throughout the plant.
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And John Ahearne, former chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, noted that "Dave Okrent many times thought beyond the current problem. In the concept of safety goals, he was at least a decade, and probably more, ahead of the regulatory system." In 1971 Chauncey Starr, then Dean of Engineering, recruited David to UCLA to develop a nuclear engineering program.
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He was the recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships, the first Argonne Universities Association Distinguished Appointment Award in 1970, and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Distinguished Service Award in 1985. The American Nuclear Society honored him on three occasions: with the Tommy Thompson Award for nuclear safety in 1980, the Glenn Seaborg Medal for scientific and engineering research contributions to the development of peaceful uses of nuclear energy in 1987, and the George C
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236 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES assisted her. Many years later, he organized her inventory, got it appraised, and built and ran her website.
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