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  November 9–12, 2025
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  It’s almost been a full year since the American Nuclear Society held its inaugural section of Nuclear 101, a comprehensive certificate course on the basics of the nuclear field. Offered at the 2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo, that first sold-out course marked a massive milestone in the Society’s expanding work in professional development and certification.
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Award Recipients

1998 2000

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Harold L. Dodds

Ray Goertz Award (RRSD)

Howard W. Harvey

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Rizwan-uddin

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Fredric C. Olds

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Small Local Sections

Colorado (Meritorious, Best Management and Programs, Best Public Information and Education, Best Section Management)
Virginia (Best Membership)

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Louis F. Storz

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Douglas E. Peplow

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

C. Ruth Kempf

Presidential Citations

Peter V. Domenici
John E. Price
Thomas H. Row

Reactor Technology Award (Atomic Energy Society of Japan)

Herbert Estrada

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Joseph Farley

Special Award

Bertrand Tavitian

Standards Service Award

Dimitrios Cokinos

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Massachusetts
A. Jirapngmed, K. Randall, R. Tooker

University of Tennessee
B. Rsmussen, J. Getty

Undergraduate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
R. Cohen, V. Curran, N. Kutsuzawa, A. Novak, K. Noyes

Purdue University
B. Horner, M. Riemer, S. Spillane, D. Wenzel

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Victor H. Ransom

Edward Teller Award (FED)

Larry R. Foreman
Steven W. Haan
Dov Shvarts

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

George Apostolakis

Utility Achievement Award (OPD)

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Arizona Public Services
V.C. Summer Nuclear Station
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Utility Leadership Award (OPD)

Michael S. Tuckman Duke Power Company

Alvin M. Weinberg Medal

Wolf Haefele

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

John J. Dorning

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Corbin A. McNeill, Jr.