Bal-Raj Sehgal Memorial Award

The Bal-Raj Sehgal Memorial Award recognizes an early-career to mid-career individual for exceptional or sustained contributions to the thermal-hydraulics field, with emphasis on applications to nuclear reactor safety. The award includes an engraved plaque and a monetary award of $2,000. It is awarded every two years and presented at the nearest NURETH conference, where the recipient is expected to deliver a keynote lecture. Nominations are reviewed by the Thermal Hydraulics Division (THD) Honors & Awards Committee.

Engraved plaque; monetary award of $2,000; opportunity to deliver a keynote lecture at the NURETH conference where the award is presented.

The award is for early-career to mid-career individuals who have received their highest degree within 20 years of the date of nomination and who have demonstrated significant innovative or sustained contributions to thermal-hydraulics, particularly as applied to nuclear reactor safety. Nominees must have published at least five articles in specified venues and have presentations at a minimum of two different NURETH meetings.

Nominations submitted via a completed nomination form and supporting documents (nominator letter, narrative summary, ANS activities list, publications list, CV, and optional letters of support). Nominations may be submitted by THD members or others in the technical community.