2024 Recipient

The Commission selected Sydney Gordon to receive the 2024 Richard S. Hodes Award. Mr. Gordon has served the nuclear and waste management industry for over 40 years in a variety of technical and management positions. He has provided exemplary and impactful scientific,...

2023 Recipient

The Commission selected Mark Lewis to receive the 2023 Richard S. Hodes Award. Mr. Lewis has dedicated his career to the safe and compliant transportation, packaging, and disposal of radioactive material, radioactive waste, and mixed waste. He is principally...

2022 Recipient

The Commission selected Aldon (Al) Beale to receive the 2022 Richard S. Hodes Award. Mr. Beale was the inventor and first to patent soft-sided IP-1 rated waste packaging for containing and disposing of hazardous and radioactive materials. His career engineering soft...

2021 Recipient

The Commission (SECC) selected Frank Hahne to receive the 2021 Richard S. Hodes Award (Award) for the significant role he played in successfully designing, implementing and leading the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) successful uranium bartering program during the...

2020 Recipient

The Commission (SECC) selected Savannah River Remediation LLC (SRR) to receive the 2020 Richard S. Hodes Award (Award) for developing and implementing a technical, regulatory, and engineering strategy to work with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the removal...

2019 Recipient

The Commission recognized Mr. Clint Miller as the sixteenth recipient of the Hodes Honor Lecture Award for the significant role he has played in solving low-level radioactive waste management challenges in the United States. He has successfully pioneered and...