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Recipients of the 2023 Michael T. Ryan Outstanding Paper of the Year Award, clockwise from top left, Arthur Rood, Helen Grogan, Justin Mohler, John Till, Emily Caffrey, and Colby Mangini
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The Editorial Board of the Health Physics Journal has selected the paper "Potential Airborne Releases and Deposition of Radionuclides From the Santa Susana Field Laboratory During the Woolsey Fire" as the 2023 winner of the Michael T. Ryan Outstanding Paper of the Year Award. Authored by Arthur S. Rood, H. Justin Mohler, Helen A. Grogan, Colby Mangini, Emily A. Caffrey, and John E. Till, this paper was selected from among all those published in Health Physics in 2023. The papers were judged on scientific merit, accuracy, balance, innovation, and impact.

The Michael T. Ryan Outstanding Paper of the Year Award is named in honor of the late Michael T. Ryan, who served as editor in chief of the Health Physics Journal from 1999 to 2017.

"Potential Airborne Releases and Deposition of Radionuclides From the Santa Susana Field Laboratory During the Woolsey Fire" is available to Health Physics Society members on the Health Physics website.

Congratulations to the authors!

Paper authors hiking at Smith Rocks in Oregon, left to right, Justin Mohler, Emily Caffrey, John Till, Helen Grogan, Shawn Mohler, Colby Mangini, and Art Rood.
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