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'''Samuel Untermyer II''', (25 November 1912 – 26 January 2001) was an American [[Nuclear science|nuclear scientist]]. He was the son of notable [[New York City]] jurist [[Irwin Untermyer]] and grandson of attorney [[Samuel Untermyer]].

Samuel Untermyer II theorized that steam bubble formation in a [[nuclear reactor]] core would not produce unstable reactions, but would instead result in an inherently stable and self-controlling reactor design. This was  eventually proved in the [[BORAX experiments]], which led to the design of the [[Boiling water reactor]]. In recognition of his fundamental development work on  water-cooled reactors, the [[American Nuclear Society]] now has an award named after him for work in this field.

Untermyer was awarded the [[Franklin Institute#Awards|Newcomen Medal]] in 1980.

==External links==
*[http://www.ans.org/honors/va-untermyer Samuel Untermyer II Award] page at American Nuclear Society
*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E4DE163EF932A05752C0A9679C8B63 Paid Notice: Deaths Untermyer, Samuel II] (The New York Times)
*[http://www.iaea.org/NuclearPower/Downloads/Simulators/Advanced.BWR.Manual.2009-10.pdf "Boiling Water Reactor Simulator with Passive Safety Systems - IAEA"] On page 14 there is a brief summary of Samuel Untermyer's work at [[Argonne National Laboratory]] on the BORAX experiments; (PDF, 11 MB).
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926070303/http://www.inl.gov/proving-the-principle/chapter_14.pdf Chapter on Untermyer and the BORAX experiments] in the [[Idaho National Laboratory]]'s history [https://web.archive.org/web/20061014033028/http://www.inl.gov/proving-the-principle/ ''Proving the Principle''].

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