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  2026 ANS Annual Conference
  May 31–June 3, 2026
  Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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  The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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  Jul 2025
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  January 2026
  Nuclear Technology
  December 2025
  Fusion Science and Technology
  November 2025
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Award Recipients

1980 1982

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Merril Eisenbud

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology First Place
Iowa State University First Place
University of Maryland First Place
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Second Place

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Everett E. Bloom

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Eastern Idaho (Best Overall)
Richland (Best Member Program)
Missouri/Kansas (Best Public Information Program)
Taiwan (Best Member Growth)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

William C. Horak

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Weston M. Stacey, Jr.
Fred L. Ribe

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Howard O. Menlove

Special Award

Loft/Semiscale Project and D.O. Campbell
A.P. Malinauskas
W.R. Stratton

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Missouri-Columbia
A. Chung, B. Fard, S. Gharagozloo, E. Pereira, J. Sohl, R. Tomson, N. Weaver

Undergraduate

North Carolina State University
G. H. Hobson, W. P. Evans, W. M. Cabaniss, T. W. Laws

Honorable Mention - Graduate

University of Tennessee
K. L. Hill, M. D. Mulheim, B. J. Weber, R. T. Wood

Honorable Mention - Undergraduate

University of Tennessee
M. Abdalla, M. Bentley, F. Hoyos, K. Phifer

Theos J. ("Tommy") Thompson Award For Reactor Safety (NISD)

Norman C. Rasmussen

Walter H. Zinn Medal

George A. Vendryes