Ashley Raster, an undergraduate student in nuclear engineering, has received a prize in the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Fuel and Supply Chain.
Raster presented the award-winning paper, titled “High Temperature Lead Cooled Fast Reactor for Advanced Drilling,” at the American Nuclear Society Virtual Student Conference in the spring. In addition to Raster, the paper’s co-authors include S&T students Cole Kostelac, Matthew Resz, Taylor Loftus, Mark Jewell, Samuel Foster, Zach Lassman and Emily Evans.