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 |
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2011
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ABACC - Agência Brasileiro-Argentina de Contabilidade e Materiais Nucleares |
International
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2012
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Laércio Antonio Vinhas |
Brazil
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2013
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Norma Luisa Boero |
Argentina
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2014
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José Luis Antúnez |
Argentina
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2016
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Aquilino Senra Martinez Country |
Brazil
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2017
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Lydia C. Paredes Gutiérrez |
Mexico
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2018
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IBQN – Instituto Brasileiro de Qualidade Nuclear |
Brazil
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2019
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Osvaldo Alberto Calzetta Larrieu |
Argentina
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2020
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Bento Costa Leite de Albuquerque Junior |
Brazil
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2021
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Rafael Mariano Grossi |
Argentina
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2022
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Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte |
Brazil
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2023
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Abel González |
Argentina
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2024
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Anna Maria Campos de Araújo |
Brazil
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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 |
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2011
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L. Paredes A., J. Azorín B., M. Balcázar A. e J.L. François C. | Neutron kerma coefficient: Reference tissue for tumours |
Mexico
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2017
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Andrés Rodríguez Hernández, Armando Miguel Gómez Torres, Edmundo del Valle Gallegos | HPC implementation in the time-dependent neutron diffusion code AZKIND |
Mexico
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2019
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Jorge Spitalnik | Nuclear Use for Baseload Power |
Brazil
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2020
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Marco Antonio Saraiva Marzo | Introducción a la Contabilidad y Control de Materiales Nucleares |
Brazil
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2021
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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
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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 |
| 2024 | Demétrio Magnoli | Article on “O Tabu dos Verdes”, published on Oct. 02. 2023 - Jornal O Globo, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil |
