Award Winners

Each year, WM and its supporters recognize and present awards to several individuals based on their contributions in radioactive waste and radioactive material management. Below is the list of award winners that have been recognized at the Honors & Awards Session, held at the annual WM Symposia Conference.

2024 Wendell D. Weart Lifetime Achievement Award recipient

Hiroyuki Umeki, Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO)

Past Recipients

2024 WM Symposia Fellow Award recipients

Scott Dam | Spectrum, Inc.

Kurt Gerdes, Consultant

Kurt Gerdes | Consultant

Rick Dearholt, American DND

Leonel Lagos, Applied Research Center FIU

Susan Stiger, Bechtel

Past Recipients

2024 Program Advisory Committee (PAC) Award recipient

Robert Berry | Foxfire Scientific Inc

Past Recipients

2024 WM/ASME Sarge Ozker Award recipient

Dave Malkmus | AVANTech

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2024 WM Young Professional Award recipient

William Jolin | Savannah River National Laboratory

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