LAS/ANS Annual Award

Personality of the Year for Nuclear Energy Development in Latin America


Year Name Country
1985 Oscar Armando Quihillalt Argentina
1986 Carlos Syllus Martins Pinto Brazil
1987 Juan Eibenschutz Mexico
1988 Carlos Vélez Ocón Mexico
1989 Hervásio Guimarães de Carvalho Brazil
1990 Carlos Castro Madero Argentina
1991 Dan Beninson Argentina
1992 Ronaldo Arthur Cruz Fabrício Brazil
1993 José Israel Vargas Brazil
1994 Rafael Fernández de la Garza Mexico
1995 Octave Du Temple U.S.A.
1996 Jorge A. Coll Argentina
1997 Gerold Herzog Germany
1998 Jaime Pahissa-Campá Argentina
1999 Pablo Mulás Mexico
2000 Firmino Sampaio Brazil
2001 Renato Radicella Argentina
2002 Miguel Medina Vaillard Mexico
2003 Luis Winter Igualt Chile
2004 Jose Luis Delgado Guardado Mexico
2005 Jorge Spitalnik Brazil
2006 José Pablo Abriata Argentina
2007 José Raúl Ortiz Magaña Mexico
2008 Sérgio Machado Rezende Brazil
2009 Elsa Diana Rosa Kelly Argentina
2010 Othon Luiz Pinheiro da Silva Brazil
2011
ABACC - Agência Brasileiro-Argentina de Contabilidade e Materiais Nucleares
International
2012
Laércio Antonio Vinhas
Brazil
2013
Norma Luisa Boero
Argentina
2014
José Luis Antúnez
Argentina
2016
Aquilino Senra Martinez Country
Brazil
2017
Lydia C. Paredes Gutiérrez
Mexico
2018
IBQN – Instituto Brasileiro de Qualidade Nuclear
Brazil
2019
Osvaldo Alberto Calzetta Larrieu
Argentina
2020
Bento Costa Leite de Albuquerque Junior
Brazil
2021
Rafael Mariano Grossi
Argentina
2022
Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte
Brazil
2023
Abel González
Argentina

LAS/ANS Award for Best Publication of the Year


Year Awardee Publication Title Country
1992 Jose de Jesus Rivero Oliva ANCON Code for VVER Safety Assessment Cuba
1993 Jair A. M. Souza Nuclear Energy for Environmental Protection Brazil
1994 Miguel Angel Blesa, Alberto Jorge Gerardo Maroto and Alberto Ernesto Regazzoni Inorganic Chemistry of the Decontamination of Steel Surfaces Argentina
1995 Ana Claudia Raffo and Marco Antônio Marzo Safeguards and ABACC System used for nuclear materials control in Brazilian and Argentinean NPPs Brazil
1996 Alberto López, Vicente Cepeda, Ignacio Maldonado and Robert A. Dameron Ultimate capacity of a Mark II primary containment using new probabilistic failure criteria Mexico
1997 Jorge Spitalnik Financial Requirements and Manpower Needs for the Next Fifty Years of Nuclear Power Brazil
1998 M. Higa, R. Perez, J. Piñeyro, J. Sidelnik, J.A. Casario, L. Alvarez and J. Fink Operational experience with the first slightly enriched uranium fuel assemblies in the Atucha-1 nuclear power plant Argentina
1999 J. Spitalnik, J.A. M. de Souza and W.P.S. Lepecki Sustainable Energy Supply: the Case of Brazil Brazil
2002 P. Florido, M. Rivarola, D. Brasnaroj, J. Bergallo, L. Juanocó, K. Kyung, J. Gonzáles and H. Davero Sigma: The next generation of Uranium Enrichment Technology Argentina
2003 Roberto Cirimello and Dario Delmastro Innovation in nuclear reactors and related technologies Argentina
2004 Juan Luis Francois , Cecilia Martin del Campo and Antonio Tavares Development of a BWR control rod pattern design system based on fuzzy logic and knowledge Mexico
2006 R.G. Esteves, S.S. Gomes, R. Dotto, M. Silva, L. Carrilho, F. Palheiros, L. Sadde , E. Faria, S.J. King,  Kyeong-Lak Jeon Development of an advanced 16x16 PWR-type fuel element for Angra 1, called 16NGF Brazil
2007 J. R. Ramírez, G. Alonso, R. T. Perry & J. Ortiz Assessment of a MOX Fuel Assembly Design for a BWR Mixed Reload   Mexico
2008 Bertrand Barré, José M. Aragonés, Barrie Frederick Hill, Andrew C. Kadak , Donald F. Schutz and Jorge Spitalnik FEBRAE/ WFEO - Nuclear Power Feasibility 2007 Brazil
2009 Maria E.C. Roselato, Paulo R. Rela, Carlos A. Zeituni, Anselmo Feher, José E. Manzoli, João A. Moura, Eduardo S. Moura and Constância P. G. Silva Development and production of radioactive sources used for cancer treatment in Brazil Brazil
2010 Cesar A. B. Nava Ortiz, Guillermina Burillo, Ángel Concheiro, Emilio Bucio, Nele Matthijs, Hans nelis, Tom Coenye, Carmen Ávarez Lorenzo Cyclodextrin-functionalized biomaterials loaded with microazole prevent Candida albicans biofilm formation in-vitro Mexico
2011
L. Paredes A., J. Azorín B., M. Balcázar A. e J.L. François C. Neutron kerma coefficient: Reference tissue for tumours
Mexico
2017
Andrés Rodríguez Hernández, Armando Miguel Gómez Torres, Edmundo del Valle Gallegos HPC implementation in the time-dependent neutron diffusion code AZKIND
Mexico
2019
Jorge Spitalnik Nuclear Use for Baseload Power
Brazil
2020
Marco Antonio Saraiva Marzo Introducción a la Contabilidad y Control de Materiales Nucleares
Brazil
2021
Julián Durán González, Edmundo del Valle Gallegos, Melisa Reyes Fuentes, Armando Gómez Torres, Vicente Xolocostli Munguía Development, verification and validation of the parallel transport code AZTRAN
Mexico

LAS/ANS Award for Best Press Coverage of the Year


Year Name Country
1995 Editorial Page of Jornal do Brasil Editorial on "Nuclear Energy" of 12th June 1994
1996 George Vidor Article on "If it would operate..." of 13th May 1996
1997 Miguel Castillo Chávez Articles on "Multiple Options offered by Nuclear Technology for Peaceful Uses" of 16 th
1998 Paulo Cintura TV coverage on "An Ecological Visit to Angra" of 21st & 28th December 199
2002 Chiara Luzzati Broadcast of 12th December 2001 reporting on "Nuclear Energy" directly from Angra dos Reis NPP
2003 Alexandre Arruda Article on " Brazil , New Member of a Restricted Club" of 2nd November 2002
2004 Nicolas Luco Rojas Reporting on Nuclear Energy in Chile in year 2003
2008 Agostinho Alípio, Alessandro Meirelles, Denise Rocha, Luciano Nascimento & Fabiano Síryo TV coverage on "Nuclear Energy" from 1st to 4th April 2008
2009 Ernesto de Paola Article on “CNEA started the construction implementation of CAREM, a national designed reactor“ of 16th January 2009
2010 Editorial Page of Jornal O Globo Editorial on Nuclear Recovery of 16th October 2009
2012 Editorial Page of Jornal O Globo Editorial entitled Carefulness with the Nuclear Moratorium of 15th May 2012
2013 Alejandro Leonardo Tancredi TV programs on Argentinean Nuclear Facilities Atucha 2, Embalse, 4th NPP & CAREM in April and May 2013
2015 Editorial Page of Jornal O Globo Editorial statements on Nuclear Energy published on 5th April 2015 and 13th June 2015 Jornal O Globo, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
2019 Daniel E. Arias Presupuesto de CAREM. Su historia y nuestro futuro AgendAR, Buenos Aires, 12 April 2019 Argentina
2022 Editorial Page of Jornal O Globo It’s time for Brazil to discuss the pros and cons of nuclear power, published on Nov. 25, 2021 - Jornal O Globo, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil