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American Nuclear Society
Radiation Protection &
Shielding Division (RPSD)
Presentation to the
ANS Board of Directors
John C. Wagner
June 11 2008, Anaheim CA
Division/TG Mission
The division promotes the interchange of
technology related to:
• the transport of particulate and electromagnetic
radiation in materials and biological systems;
• techniques and instrumentation to measure and
calculate radiation fields; and
• the quantification of radiation effects and nuclear heat
deposition within materials.
Radiation protection management, ALARA,
operation health physics, and radiation shield
design and evaluation are key subject areas.
RPSD Governance
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Executive Committee Structure
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Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
John Wagner
John Hendricks
Erik Shores
F. Arzu Alpan
(automatically becomes chair)
10 Members (3-year terms)
Past Chair: Andrew Hodgdon (Nominating Committee)
Board Liaison: Joe Colvin
Communications/Web, E-mail/Newsletter
RPSD Governance
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Membership Trends Last 5
Years/Composition
• ~12% of membership is students
• ~12% of ANS members are RPSD members
RPSD Annual Membership
1400
1350
1300
1334
1292
1252
1250
1327
1340
1344
2005
2006
1,328
1263
1200
1150
1100
1050
1000
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2007
RPSD Governance
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Budget
Carry Forward
Member Allocation
Division Income
Total Funds
Newsletters
Awards, Plaques
National Meeting Costs
Division Officer Expense
Student Support
Scholarship/NEED Funding
Other Expenses
Total Expenses
Excess
2007
Through 3/2008
21,229
17,302
1344
2,656
410
0
22,983
19,958
0
0
53
0
2,488
0
0
0
3,000
0
0
0
140
0
5,681
0
17,302
19,958
RPSD Governance
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Division Planning
• Organize multiple sessions for the ANS Annual and Winter
Meetings
• Organize RPSD topical meetings
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RPSD topicals in even-numbered years
Include code workshops for professional development
• Collaborate with other divisions
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Mathematics & Computation (MCD) topicals in odd-numbered
years
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD) topicals in
even-numbered years
Along with RPD and MCD support the activities of the Joint
Benchmark Committee
• Collaborate with the International Nuclear Community
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RPSD topical meeting is held in collaboration with the
International Conference on Radiation Shielding every ~6 years
Many non-US attendees at recent RPSD08/ICRS11 meeting
• Attract young members to ANS and RPSD
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Provide funds for travel to RPSD meetings
Support student conferences
RPSD Governance
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Communications
• Website: http://rpsd.ans.org
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Needs to be updated
• Newsletter:
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Two per year
E-mailed to members
(discontinued hardcopy mailing)
Also posted on RPSD website
• Executive Committee Listserver
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Used for communications among members
RPSD Contributions to ANS
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ANS Position Statements
• RPSD members, especially the members of the executive committee
and officers, have contributed to ANS position statements
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Participation with Other Professional Societies
• Mathematics & Computations Division
• Health Physics Society
• Co-sponsorship of meetings, e.g., International Conference on
Radiation Shielding (ICRS), Monte Carlo 2005 & 2010
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Society Leadership
• Our members serve on the ANS board and actively participate in many
standing committees
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Non-Meeting Publications
• Our members publish papers in Nuclear Science and Engineering,
Nuclear Technology, Annals of Nuclear Energy, Progress in Nuclear
Energy, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Medical Physics,
TTSP, SIAM Journals, IEEE Journals, ASTM Journals
RPSD Services to Membership
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Professional Development
• Numerous tutorials at national & topical meetings
• Roundtables just recently initiated at national meetings;
first one on “Analytical & Experimental Benchmarks”
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Scholarships
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Peer Recognition/Awards
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Everett P. Blizard Scholarship
ANS Fellow
Service Recognition Award
Professional Excellence Award
Rockwell “Lifetime Achievement” Award
(awarded to Enrico Sartori, April 2008)
Student Support
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Student Conference Support
RPSD Topical Conference Student Support
RPSD Meetings
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National Meeting Participation (substantial growth
in recent years)
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2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
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13 papers;
22 papers;
32 papers;
61 papers;
4 papers
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1
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RPSD2010 Las Vegas
RPSD2008/ICRS11 Atlanta
RPSD2006 – Carlsbad
MC2005 Chattanooga
RPSD2004/ICRS10 Madeira
RPSD2002 – Santa Fe
tutorials; 1 roundtable
tutorials
tutorials; 1 panel
tutorial
Topical Meetings
327
152
204
380
248
papers; 10 tutorials
papers; 4 tutorials
papers
papers
papers
RPSD Metrics
RPSD Vitality Measures - CY 2007
Division
Meetings
Division
Governance
Division
Contributions to
Society
Division
Services to
Membership
National
Meeting
Participation
Succession
Planning
ANS Position
Statements
Professional
Development
2007: 5session 2 tutorials
4 sessions 3 tutorials
Succession Plan in Place: updated 2006
19 Radon in Homes (BMD Action)
41 Health Effects of Low Level Radiation
(w/BMD & IRD current)
Topical and national meeting workshops/tutorials,
2007 National meetings; RPSD2008 Meeting
Class I, Class II
Topicals
Membership
Trends
Participation with
Outside Professional
Societies
Scholarships
No topical in 2007
RPSD2006 (152)
1340/1344 members +0.3% change 2006
1344/1328 members -1.2% change 2007
ENS & Health Physics
Blizzard
Landis Challenge 2005
Scholarship Contributions 2006
Class III
Topicals
Communications
Society
Leadership
Peer Recognition/
Awards
RPSD does not support Class III Topical mtgs.
2 newsletters & website updated in 2007
75% Exec Comm., 3 of 4 PDC & NPC
Rockwell, Div Service (annual), Fellows
Division
Planning
Non-Meeting
Publications
Student
Support
No Strategic Plan submitted to PDC Chair
RPSD No support in 2007
2007 Student Conference
Division’s Commitment to
YMG
(Did support YMG activity in 2007)
Summary
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Areas of Success
• Organization of successful topical meetings
• Substantial improvement in national meeting
participation
• Numerous code workshops/tutorials have been
organized and well attended
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Interactive, hands-on computer code tutorial sessions at national
meetings are an RPSD innovation and ANS first
Focus for Future Action
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RPSD Strategic Plan
Increase student/young member involvement
Update web-site information
Further develop new technical areas in which RPSD
members participate
• Continue our efforts in organization of quality meetings
• Continue to improve service to membership