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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
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Downloads: Download Nomination Form
Nomination Deadline
Anytime
Presented at the
Topical Meeting of Fusion Energy (TOFE) or the ANS Annual Conference
Monetary Award
TBD
The Fusion Energy Division Technical Accomplishment Award recognizes individuals for a specific exemplary technical accomplishment requiring professional excellence and leadership of a high caliber in the fusion science and engineering area. The purpose of this award is to promote to others that the ANS Fusion Energy Division encourages such technical accomplishment and recognizes its importance to fusion.
The award consists of an engraved plaque or an object of ornamental or useful type with intrinsic value. The award is presented at Topical Meeting of Fusion Energy (TOFE) or the ANS Annual Conference.
Nominees must be an ANS member, in the Fusion Energy Division, and must be living at the time of award selection. Specific criteria include:
The FED Technical Accomplishment Award was established in 1982 as a Division-Administered award by the ANS Fusion Energy Division.
Nominations are solicited through a bi-annual announcement in ANS publications and independent efforts of the Fusion Energy Division and through the channels of the Fusion Energy Division Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy (TOFE).
Nominations must include the completed nomination form accompanied by the following supporting documents:
Nomination forms and supporting documents (in Word or Adobe Acrobat) should be emailed to Jake Blanchard at jake.blanchard@wisc.edu and cc'd to honors@ans.org.
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