The Arthur Holly Compton award, 2011, American Nuclear Society (ANS).
Member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006
Doctor Honoris Causa, Technical University of Moldavia, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 2003
The Diploma of Honor of The Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldavia, Chisinau, Republic of Moldavia, 2003
The Air Products Distinguished Lecturer, Penn State University, USA, 2003
Doctor Honoris Causa, Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 2002
The Eugene P. Wigner Distinguished Reactor Physicist award, American Nuclear Society, 2001
The Glenn Seaborg Medal awarded at the Joint American Nuclear Society/European Nuclear Societies Meeting in Washington, DC, November 2000.