Michael T. Ryan serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Health Physics Journal, the official journal of the Health Physics Society, and as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste and Materials for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The Commission recognized Dr. Ryan as the fifth recipient of the Hodes Honor Lecture Award for his contributions to the nuclear industry in the application of a risk-based approach to the disposal of low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) in the United States.