Past Recipients
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...
2018 Recipient
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Off-Site Source Recovery Program (OSRP) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) received the 2018 Richard S. Hodes, M.D. Honor Lecture Award on Monday, March 19, 2018 in recognition of the program’s innovative...
2017 Recipient
Scott Kirk has more than 25 years of experience in the nuclear industry and recently joined BWX Technologies, Inc. as a Director of Regulatory Affairs. In this capacity, Scott provides guidance on a variety of regulatory affairs matters, focusing on radioactive waste...
2016 Recipient
Louis F. Centofanti, Ph.D. has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. since February 1991. The Commission recognized Dr. Centofanti for his innovative efforts in developing critical new technologies, facilities,...
2015 Recipient
The Division of Radiation Control (DRC) of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality is the Utah program responsible for licensing and regulating the Clive, UT disposal facility. EnergySolutions is an international nuclear services company that operates the...
2014 Recipient
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is an independent, nonprofit organization that conducts research, development and demonstration relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public. The organization brings together...
2013 Recipient
Mr. James Kennedy is a Senior Project Manager at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and has held positions as a senior staff member and a manager in NRC’s low-level waste (LLW) program for over 20 years. In these roles, he has been the principal spokesperson...
2012 Recipient
Lawrence R. “Rick” Jacobi is the principal consultant with the firm Jacobi Consulting. As a licensed nuclear engineer, health physicist, and attorney, he brings a unique perspective to providing technical and regulatory assistance in the management of radioactive...
2011 Recipient
Christine Gelles is the Director of the Office of Disposal Operations within the Environmental Management Program (EM) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) where she is responsible for ensuring that disposal paths are defined and available for all radioactive waste...
2010 Recipient
Larry Camper is the Director of NRC’s Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection. He has over 36 years of experience within the nuclear industry, having served in a number of management positions within both the private and public sectors. He currently...
2009 Recipient
Susan Jablonski is the Director of the Radioactive Materials Division at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). She manages Texas’ regulatory programs for the disposal of commercial radioactive material, source material (uranium) recovery, and...
2008 Recipient
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...
2007 Recipient
Larry McNamara is the Chief Operating Officer of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. and previously served as the Chief of the Department of Defense LLRW Office. The Commission recognized Mr. McNamara as the fourth recipient of the Hodes Honor Lecture Award for his...
2006 Recipient
The California Radioactive Materials Management Forum (CalRad) was created by users of radioactive materials in the Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact in1983 to assist the State of California, the host state for the compact region, in developing a...
2005 Recipient
William P. Dornsife, currently Vice President for Nuclear Affairs and Corporate Radiation Safety Officer of Waste Control Specialists, LLC., served as the Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection, and was an instructor at Penn State University’s...
2004 Recipients
H. W. “Bud” Arrowsmith, founder of the Scientific Ecology Group (SEG), was the first recipient of the Hodes Honor Lecture Award. He and SEG developed and implemented numerous technical innovations in the field of radioactive waste management, including compaction,...