Operations & Power Division Awards
Meritorious Performance in Operations Award
Established in 1984 to recognize and honor outstanding achievement in the field of nuclear reactor operations. The recipient may be a team or an individual. The award is intended for licensed and unlicensed personnel who comprise an active part of the operation of a nuclear facility and who have performed these duties in an exemplary manner. They need not be ANS members.
Following are several activities that may qualify the candidate for outstanding performance in the operation of nuclear facilities:
- Long-term, superior performance in the discharge of normal operations.
- New or novel effective solutions to problems pertaining to nuclear operations.
- Outstanding and/or innovative applications of nuclear facilities to contribute to enhanced education, research, development or training programs.
- Long-term, safe operations with a high availability factor.
- Development and implementation of novel operating, maintenance or surveillance techniques and procedures.
- Development of a new or novel application of the nuclear facility or its by-products, or
- Any significant action worthy of national attention.
Nomination Deadline: March 1
Presented: Annual Meeting
Submit nominations in Word or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format to honors@ans.org.
Hard copies can be mailed to:
Chair, OPD Honors and Awards
American Nuclear Society
555 N. Kensington Avenue
La Grange Park, IL 60526
Utility Achievement Award
This award was established in 1994 by the Operations and Power Division (OPD) and became a national award in 2005 to recognize the commercial nuclear power plant(s) that demonstrate outstanding achievements in performance. The criteria are non-specific, but the achievement may be either sustained outstanding performance or outstanding improvement in performance. Nomination must provide supporting details.
Nomination Deadline: March 1
Presented: ANS Utility Working Conference
Submit nominations in Word or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format to meetings@ans.org.
Hard copies can be mailed to:
Chair, OPD Honors and Awards
American Nuclear Society
555 N. Kensington Avenue
La Grange Park, IL 60526
Utility Leadership Award
This award was established in 1994 by the Operations and Power Division (OPD) and became a national award in 2005 to recognize an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and has contributed greatly to the success of the nuclear power industry. The criteria are non-specific. Therefore the nomination must provide supporting details and enough facts for the selection committee to make an informed decision.
Nomination Deadline: March 1
Presented: ANS Utility Working Conference
Submit nominations in Word or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format to meetings@ans.org .
Hard copies can be mailed to:
Chair, OPD Honors and Awards
American Nuclear Society
555 N. Kensington Avenue
La Grange Park, IL 60526
Walter H. Zinn Award
Established in 1976, this award is administered by the Operations and Power Division to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of nuclear power. It honors Walter H. Zinn, the Society’s first president.
This award is granted to an individual for a notable and sustained contribution to the nuclear power industry that has not been wide ly recognized. It may be a technical contribution, one of leadership, or other notable service to the industry.
Zinn Award recipients are selected by the Operations and Power Division Honors and Awards Committee. Nominations (candidate names and supporting information) for the Zinn Award can be submitted throughout the year by Operations and Power Division members to the division Honors and Awards Committee chair. Nominees need not be ANS members. An appropriately inscribed plaque is p resented at the Operations and Power Division luncheon during the ANS Annual Meeting.
Nomination Deadline: March 1st
Presented: OPD Luncheon – Annual Meeting
Submit nominations in Word or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format to honors@ans.org
Hard copies can be mailed to:
Chair, OPD Honors and Awards
American Nuclear Society
555 North Kensington Avenue
La Grange Park, IL 60526
2016 Meritorious Performance in Operations
Advanced Test Reactor
2016 Utility Achievement Award Winner
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant
2016 Utility Leadership Award Winner
Randall K. Edington
2017 Walter H. Zinn Award Winner
Tom Miller
