This award recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to technical development, an improved regulatory climate or public acceptance of nuclear energy.
The William S. Lee award is presented, at the chairman's discretion, at NEI's Nuclear Energy Policy Forum. It is not necessarily awarded annually.
Past Recipients
2025 Shelley Moore Capito
2024 Joe Manchin
2023 Kristine Svinicki
2022 James Clyburn
2021 Lamar Alexander
2019 Mark MacManus
Sean McGarvey
Lonnie Stephenson
2018 Joseph Dominguez
2016 Jim Ellis
2014 Jerry Grandey
2013 Joe Colvin
2012 Richard Meserve
2010 David Ratcliffe
2009 James "Joe" Sheppard
2008 Robert McGehee (awarded posthumously)
2007 Don Hintz
Oliver Kingsley
2006 Sen. Jeff Bingaman
Sen. Pete V. Domenici
Rep. Joe Barton
Rep. John D. Dingell
2005 Erle Nye
2004 William Cavanaugh III
2003 The Honorable Spencer Abraham
2001 James Inhofe
2000 Christian Poindexter
1999 R. Patrick McDonald
1998 Zack T. Pate
1997 Lelan F. Sillin Jr.
Joseph M. Farley
1996 Jerry Farrington
1995 William S. Lee
Minoru Okabe