Honours And Awards

The CNS and CNA jointly recognize outstanding contributions within the Canadian nuclear industry, and the Canadian nuclear research and academic communities, through several honours and awards.

The CNS and CNA would like to congratulate the 2024 Canadian Nuclear Achievement Awards recipients. The awards were presented during the 2024 CNS Annual Conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

2025 CNS/CNA Honours and Awards Committee

Kamal Verma – Chair / Présidente 

Ujjal Mondal – Co-Chair 

Daniel Gammage 

George Christidis / Jill Baker (CNA)

Mohinder Grover 

Guy Hotte 

William (Bill) Kupferschmidt

Derek Mullin 

Ovidiu Nainer

Robert Walker 

Jeremy Whitlock 

Doddy Kastanya

Aman Usmani 

Peter Ottensmeyer

For questions/queries, please contact:

Honours & Awards Chair: Kamal Verma (kdngverma@gmail.com)

Honours & Awards Co-Chair: Ujjal Mondal (Ujjal@rogers.com)

Submissions of Nominations

The Call for Nominations for the 2025 Canadian Nuclear Achievement Awards is now open.

This year’s recipients will be announced during the 44th CNS Annual Conference to be held in Toronto, Ontario from June 8-11 2025.

The deadline for submissions of nominations is March 31th, 2025.

Nominations for all of the above awards will be reviewed by the joint CNS/CNA Honours and Awards Committee.

Call for Nominations – for information related to the categories of awards and eligiblity criteria, please use the following document.

Any questions should be sent to: Kamal Verma (kdngverma@gmail.com) and Ujjal Mondal (Ujjal@rogers.com)

This year the nomination package is to be completed online. 

Canadian Nuclear Achievement Awards Past Winners and Photos

The CNS and CNA would like to congratulate the Canadian Nuclear Achievement Awards recipients.

Ceremony Photos

List of Awards

W.B. Lewis Awards

Ian McRae Award

Harold A. Smith Outstanding Contribution Award

Fellow of the Canadian Nuclear Society

Innovative Achievement Award

John S. Hewitt Team Achievement Award

Education and Communication Award

George C. Laurence Award for Nuclear Safety

R.E Jervis Award

CNA International Award

CNS President’s Award

Nuclear Fuel Technology and Development Award