History of TRTR
Most of the historical information on this page is provided by Tawfik Raby. Many thanks Tawfik.
| Year | Chair | Meeting | Notes |
| 1960s – 1974 | Participation was limited to plate type fuel reactors licensed to 1 MW and above. It was called the Reactor Managers Group. | ||
| 1974 | Tawfik 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. |
| 1975 | Frank DiMeglio, Rhode Island | Narragansett, RI | |
| 1976 | Tawfik 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. |
| 1977 | Lincoln Clark, MIT | MIT, Cambridge, MA | |
| 1978 | Bob Burn, Univ. of Michigan | Spring: Rockwell Int’l, Canoga Park, CA Fall: U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1979 | Tawfik 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. |
| 1980 | Bob Brugger and Charlie McKibben, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO | |
| 1981 | Bryce Shriver, Univ. of Virginia | Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA | |
| 1982 | John Randall, Texas A&M | Texas A&M, College Station, TX | John Randall completed TRTR expansion into a national organization encompassing all non-power reactors. |
| 1983 | Lincoln Clark, MIT | MIT, Cambidge, MA | |
| 1984 | Frank DiMeglio, Rhode Island | McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario | |
| 1985 | Frank DiMeglio, Rhode Island | ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN | |
| 1986 | Don Alger, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | Brookhaven, Upton, NY | |
| 1987 | Tawfik Raby, NBS (NIST) | NBS (NIST) Gaithersburg, MD | Executive Committee formally established. Participants at the meeting reached 168. |
| 1988 | Art Johnson, Oregon State Univ. | Newport, OR | |
| 1989 | Marc Voth, Penn State Univ. | North Carolina State, Raleigh, NC | TRTR Newsletter established under the direction of Bill Vernetson of the University of Florida. |
| 1990 | Frank 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. |
| 1991 | John Bernard, MIT | MIT, Cambridge, MA | |
| 1992 | Charlie McKibben, Univ. of Missouri – Columbia | Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO | |
| 1993 | Bill Vernetson, Univ. of Florida | Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL | |
| 1994 | Wade Richards, DOD | McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA | |
| 1995 | Mark Moore, AFRRI | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 1996 | Tom 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 |
| 1997 | Brian Dodd, Oregon State Univ. | Newport, OR | TRTR incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. TRTR web pages created. |
| 1998 | John Bernard, MIT | MIT, Cambridge, MA | |
| 1999 | Tawfik Raby, NIST | NIST, Gaithersburg, MD | First DOE Day. |
| 2000 | Pedro Perez, North Carolina State | North Carolina State Raleigh, NC | |
| 2001 | Wade Richards, Univ. of California Davis | TBA CA | |
| 2002 | Mike Slaughter, University of Utah | University fo Utah Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 2003 | Leo Bobek, University of Massachusetts, Lowell | McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | |
| 2004 | Ralph Butler, University of Missouri | University of Missouri Columbia, MO | |
| 2005 | Tawfik Raby / Seymour Weiss NIST | NIST Gaithersburg, MD | Joint with IGORR |
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| 2007 | Steve Reese, OSU | Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR | |
| 2008 | John Bernard, MIT | ||
| 2009 | Ralph Bultler, MURR | Bethesda, MD | |
| 2010 | Jere Jenkins, Purdue | ORNL | Joint with IGORR |
| 2011 | ISU/INL | Idaho Falls, ID | |
| 2012 | Leo Bobek, University of Massachusetts, Lowell | UC Irvine, CA | |
| 2013 | Ralph Butler, MURR | ||
| 2014 | Melinda Krahenbul, Reed | Portland, OR | |
| 2015 | Tom Newton/Ed Lau, MIT | Cape Cod, MA | |
| 2016 | Jere Jenkins, Thermo Fisher | Sandia | |
| 2017 | Ralph Butler, MURR | San Diego, CA | |
| 2018 | Cameron Goodwin, RINSC | Newport, RI | Tawfik Raby Memorial Scholarship established |
| 2019 | Sean O’Kelly, ATR | Idaho Falls, ID | |
| 2020 | Clive Townsend, Purdue | virtual | |
| 2021 | Ayman Hawari, NC State | virtual | |
| 2022 | Jeff Geuther, Penn State University | State College, PA | |
| 2023 | Jere Jenkins, Texas A&M | College Park, MD | Joint with IGORR |
| 2024 | Steve Reese, OSU | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 2025 | Jonathan Wallick, USGS | College Station, TX |