[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1131]
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                       TRIBUTE TO JOHN C. WAGNER

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                        HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 9, 2014

  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. 
John C. Wagner of Knoxville, TN, who this week received special 
recognition from the Department of Energy for exceptional research in 
nuclear energy.
  The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award has recognized esteemed scientists 
for the past fifty-four years, celebrating notable achievements and 
discoveries within the scientific community. Administered by the 
Department of Energy, the Lawrence Award is given to mid-career 
scientists and engineers for their exceptional contributions in 
research and development supporting the DOE and its mission to advance 
the national, economic, and energy security of the United States. The 
2014 winner of the E.O. Lawrence Award in Computer, Information, and 
Knowledge Sciences is Oak Ridge National Laboratory's John C. Wagner.
  Dr. Wagner is the Manager for Used Fuel Systems at Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory and serves as National Technical Director for the Department 
of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy's Nuclear Fuels Storage and 
Transportation Planning project. He joined Oak Ridge in 1999 as an R&D 
Staff Member to pursue his research in the area of hybrid radiation 
transport methods. His research interests include a wide range of 
issues associated with spent nuclear fuel storage, transportation, and 
disposal. Wagner was the original developer of computer codes that led 
to advanced hybrid transport methods. In 2012, he was elected a Fellow 
of the American Nuclear Society.
  Dr. Wagner is being honored with this prestigious award for his 
contributions to computationally-based studies of radiation transport 
in real-world complex systems, including safety, radiation shielding, 
and nuclear reactor analysis. Wagner's research significantly advances 
the methodology used to obtain accurate predictive solutions to 
challenging problems ranging from civilian nuclear energy to the 
Nation's nuclear security. Mr. Wagner is a great asset to the 
scientific community and to the nation.
  I want to thank Mr. Wagner for his years of dedicated service and his 
contributions to the safe and efficient use of nuclear energy and I 
wish him many more years of success.

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