PURPOSE OF THE AWARD: This awards aims at recognizing the recipients for “outstanding team achievements in the introduction or bringing into effect new concepts or the attainment of difficult goals in the nuclear field in Canada”. AWARD DESCRIPTION: The John S. Hewitt Team Achievement Award was established by the CNS in 1994. The award is named in honour of a founding member of the Canadian Nuclear Society, who gave strong support to the Society over many years. The award is in the form of an engraved plaque or certificate presented to members of the team at the CNS annual conference. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: The team nominated should represent those involved in a key effort that has made possible the introduction or the implementation of new concepts, or the attainment of difficult goals, in the nuclear field in Canada. The nomination letter should include a description of the particular achievement for which the award is proposed and how the team relates to the subject activity. The letter should be signed by three individuals and preferably supported by letters from other individuals knowledgeable of the work.

Past recipients of the John S. Hewitt Team Achievement Award:

• 2020 – Canadian EPREV Working Committee
• 2020 – Pickering Radiation Protection Team
• 2019 – Pickering Whole-Site Risk Assessment Team
• 2019 – Darlington RP and Training Team
• 2019 – CANDU Owners Group (COG) Team
• 2019 – Vault Access Software Tracking Team
• 2018 – Bruce B Cobalt Harvest Team
• 2018 – CNL Physics and Economics of Thorium-Based Fuel Research Team
• 2017 – CWEST Team
• 2016 – 37M Fuel Bundle Development Team
• 2015 – NB Power and Atlantic Nuclear Inc. Fuel Handling Simulator Team
• 2014 – CNSC Radicon Team
• 2011 – AECL MFMI Team
• 2011 – NRU 2009-2010 Return-to-Service Team
• 2011 – CNSC NRU Return-to-Service Team
• 2009 – The Past and Present Team of the Nuclear
  Research Universal (NRU) Reactor
• 2006 – Kincardine Council / OPG Underground Storage Team
• 2006 – The McMaster Nuclear Reactor Team
• 2005 – The AECL Finned Strainer Team developed a finned strainer that enhances safety at CANDU and other nuclear plants.
• 2005 – The AECL International Tunnel Sealing Experiment Team performed the first in situ test and demonstration of full-scale repository seal components.
• 2003 – The Bruce A Restart Safety Analysis Team has made a crucial contribution to the success of Bruce Power in receiving a licence for the restart of Bruce A Units 3 and 4
• 2003 – AECL’s Hydrogen Recombiner Development Team developed a passive autocatalytic hydrogen recombiner and has attained commercial success.
• 2000 – The Korean-Canadian Wolsong 2,3 & 4 Project Team (KEPCO, KOPEC, KAERI, DAEWOO, HANJUNG, HYUNDAI, AECL and CANATOM NPM) for outstanding teamwork in completing the Wolsong 2,3 & 4 Project on schedule.
• 2000 – T. Cousins, T.A. Jones, J.R. Brisson (DREO); J.E. McFee (DRES); T.J. Jamieson, E.J. Waller, F.J. Lemay (SAIC) and H. Ing, E.T.H. Clifford, E.B. Selkirk (BTI) for the creative conceptualization and innovative application of a thermal-neutron-activation-based system for detecting non-metallic land mines, allowing the effective detection and removal of these deadly devices.
• 1998 – Mr. John Skears, Dr. Charles Chang and Mr. Tung Toong, for the development of the SOPHT Computer Code.
• 1997 – C.C. Davison, K.W. Dormuth, P. Gillespie, M.A. Greber, K. Johansen, L.H. Johnson, G.R. Simmons, S. Whitaker, A.G. Wikjord, R. Zach, and all team members at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and Ontario Hydro , for Development of the Concept, and Preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement for Disposal of Canada’s Used Nuclear Fuel.
• 1996 – Staff of Point Lepreau G.S., for excellence in nuclear power plant operation and exceptional sustained plant performance.
• 1996 – Charles Kittmer, Roger Joynes and Larry Green, for the development and demonstration of micro-sampling of pressure tubes.
• 1995 – Don McLean, Bill Morgan and Mitch Ohta, for the development and demonstration of dry spent-fuel storage.