Aris Candris honored with Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award

May 24, 2012, 6:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe

Aris Candris

Aris Candris, Ph.D., senior advisor and a member of the Westinghouse Electric Company Board of Directors, is the recipient of the 2012 Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award. Established in 1972 by the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute, the Smyth Award recognizes outstanding and statesmanlike service in the development and safe management of nuclear energy science. The award commemorates a lifetime's achievement in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Loewen

"Aris Candris is an international leader in nuclear science and technology innovation," said ANS President Eric Loewen, who presented the award yesterday at the Nuclear Energy Assembly held in Charlotte, N.C. "His dedication to developing and deploying advanced reactor designs will benefit people worldwide for generations by expanding the use of clean, safe, and reliable nuclear energy.

"Aris Candris has helped instill a commitment to excellence in the nuclear energy industry that extends far beyond the offices and production facilities of Westinghouse Electric. His leadership has been instrumental in the strides made by the company and by our industry over the past three decades," said Marvin Fertel, president and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute.

Fertel

"I have no doubt that our industry will continue to owe him and the Westinghouse reactor design team a debt of gratitude in the decades ahead for their pioneering work to bring to market a new-generation technology to produce low-carbon electricity. The culture of innovation that Aris has fostered will help reassert American leadership in the export of nuclear energy technologies and services for many, many years to come."

Candris has had a distinguished career in nuclear services with Westinghouse Electric Company. He is the former president and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company, a position he held from July 2008 to April 2012. Prior to serving as president and CEO, he held a variety of leadership positions. He began his Westinghouse career in 1975 as a senior engineer in the former Advanced Reactor Division.

Smyth

Henry DeWolf Smyth was a Princeton University physicist, served on the Atomic Energy Commission from 1949-54, and was a U.S. representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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