Transcript American Marketing Association Membership

American Nuclear Society
Nuclear Criticality
Safety Division
Presentation to the
ANS Board of Directors
Fitz Trumble
June 2008 Anaheim, CA
NCSD Mission

NCSD focuses on the prevention of
criticality accidents in areas outside of
nuclear reactors
• Promote the safe handling of fissionable
materials outside reactors
• Promote the arts and sciences of nuclear
criticality safety
• Provide exchange of technical information
among NCS professionals through




development of standards
evolution of training methods and materials
presentation of technical data and procedures
creation of specialty publications
NCSD Executive Committee





Chair: Fitz Trumble, WSMS.
Vice Chair: David Hayes, Los Alamos National
Lab.
Secretary: Brad Rearden, Oak Ridge National
Lab.
Treasurer: Robert Frost, NSA.
Executive Committee members
• Larry Berg (DOE-CTA), Tom Burns (Parsons), Chuck
Harmon (LANL), 2008
• John A. Miller (LANL), Sedat Goluoglu (ORNL), Sandra L.
Larson (Nuc. Saf. Assoc.), (2009)
• Peter L. Angelo (Y-12), Darby S. Kimball (Bechtel),
Donna M. D’Aquila (USEC), (2010)

BOD Liaison: Marvin Fertel
NCSD Membership Trends
850
820
800
777
749
748
2003
2004
750
793
700
650
600
2005
2006
2007
Professional Demographics
NCSEngineers
Division, By Position
42%
Middle Management
17%
Educators
2%
Others (not identified)
2%
Students
8%
Retired
9%
Other professionals
10%
Top Management
10%
Industrial Demographics
NCS Division, By Industry
Consulting
Company
15%
National Lab
20%
Government
Agency
14%
Private Research
Test Lab 0%
Construction 0%
Retired
9%
Supplier 3%
Educators 3%
Other (not
identified) 4%
Architectural
Service Co. 4%
Engineering Co.
5%
Utility
6%
Students
8%
Manufacturer
9%
NCSD Budget
Current Year Member Allocation
Carry Forward from Previous Year
Other Budget Funds
Total Funds
777
11389
9137
793
19076
175
750
18071
0
21303
20044
18821
0
0
0
50
600
53
0
0
100
600
200
200
250
0
Budget Expenses
Newsletters / Brochures
Awards & Plaques
Best Paper Awards
Two NCSD Special Awards
Miscellaneous Awards & Plaques
Student Paper Awards
National Meeting Costs
Division Officer Expenses
Student Support
Student Travel Support June
Student Travel Support November
Student Conference
Scholarship/NEED Funding
IYNC Conference
Other Expenses
Total Expenses
Total Funds Minus Expenses
0
600
72
55
0
0
500
500
500
0
0
0
250
250
500
0
270
500
500
700
6175
500
500
2227
1973
10225
19076
18071
8596
NCSD Planning

Strategic and Succession Plans
• One-year and five-year plans modeled
after current ANS strategic plan
NCSD Contributions to ANS

ANS Position Statements / White Papers
• Fact Sheet about criticality accidents for
public/news media, white papers on good NCS
practices (currently 6 approved white papers)

Other Professional Societies
• EFCOG (SAWG)
• International collaborations, including
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality,
Russia 2007

Non-Meeting Publication efforts are
primarily in ANSI/ANS Standards
Importance of Standards







These are a vital part of the information
sharing that has led to fewer criticality
accidents
Continuing dialogue among subject matter
experts
Accepted by DOE and NRC
De facto rules for this discipline
Provide value to industry – leads to
industry participation
Involves many volunteers
Opportunities for young members
Criticality Safety Standards







ANSI/ANS-8.1, Operations with Fissionable Materials
Outside Reactors.
ANSI/ANS-8.3, Criticality Accident Alarm System
ANSI/ANS-8.5, Borosilicate-Glass Raschig Rings
ANSI/ANS-8.6, In-Situ Measurements for Criticality
Safety
ANSI/ANS-8.7, Storage of Fissile Materials.
ANSI/ANS-8.10, Safety controls With Shielding and
Confinement
ANSI/ANS-8.12, Plutonium-Uranium Fuel Mixtures
Criticality Safety Standards








ANSI/ANS-8.14, Soluble Neutron Absorbers
ANSI/ANS-8.15, Special Actinide Elements
ANSI/ANS-8.17, Handling, Storage and Transportation of
LWR Fuel Outside Reactors
ANSI/ANS-8.19, Administrative Practices
ANSI/ANS-8.20, Nuclear Criticality Safety Training
ANSI/ANS-8.21, Fixed Neutron Absorbers
ANSI/ANS-8.22, Limiting and Controlling Moderators
ANSI/ANS-8.23, Emergency Planning and Response
Criticality Safety
Recently Issued and Proposed Standards

ANSI/ANS-8.24, Validation of Calculational
Methods (approved 2006)

ANSI/ANS-8.26, Criticality Safety Engineer
Training and Qualification (approved 2007)

ANSI/ANS-8.27, Burnup Credit

ANSI/ANS-8.25, Criticality Safety Postings
NCSD Services to Membership






Professional Development
Leadership Development
Scholarships
Peer Recognition/Awards
Student Support
Standards
Professional Development

Professional development workshops
• Issue: high costs lead to lower attendance,
particularly of young members



Continuing education certificates to
attendees of NCSD technical sessions
ANSI/ANS-8.26 national standard on
criticality safety engineer (CSE) training
and qualification issued
NCSD Awards Technical Excellence and
Service to NCSD each year
NCSD Meeting Participation



Average 5-6 sessions at national meeting
Topical meetings every 4 years
Tremendously successful 2005 topical
• 170 attendees, $37K profit
• Strong international attendance
• Still had 5 sessions at this ANS Winter Meeting only 2
months later

Leadership Development
• Opportunity to get involved
• Strengthening leadership skills
• 50-70 people in governance sessions on Sundays

Made presentation to National Program
Committee on “Why NCSD is so Successful”
Topical Meetings





NCSD 2001 Embedded Topical, Reno,
NV
International Criticality Nuclear
Conference (ICNC) 2003, Japan
NCSD 2005 Topical, Sept. 2005,
Knoxville, TN – 75 papers and 170
attendees
ICNC 2007, St. Petersburg, Russia
NCSD 2009 Topical – Richland, WA
NCSD Metrics 2007
Division
Meetings
National
Meeting
Participation
2007 Summer: 2 sessions / 1 forum
2007 Winter: 2 sessions / 1 forum /
1 panel
Class I
Class II
Topicals
Nuclear Crit Safety Topical – Sept 05
150/186
Division Governance
Division Contributions to
Society
Division Services to
Membership
Succession
Planning
ANS Position
Statements
Professional
Development
2007 Succession Plan submitted 2007 (Annual
Submission)
Nuc Crit Accidents in Work Place (fact sheet)
(Revised 2006)
Tutorial on SCALE code system Nov. 07
6 Education White Papers issued and posted on
Web Site
Not responsible for Position Statements
Membership
Trends
Participation with
Outside Professional
Societies
777/793 members +2.1% change 2006
793/820 members +3.4% change 2007
Scholarships
NCSD Pioneers Scholarship
EFCOG (safety analysis working group)
Workshop at 2007 meeting
Russian Nuclear Society Support for the 2007
International Conference of Nuclear
Criticality
Class III
Topicals
Communications
Society
Leadership
Peer Recognition/
Awards
+/- 25% attendance (145/150)
Nuclear Crit Safety Topical – Nov 01
Embedded
2 newsletters in 2007
website updated in 2007
4 of 4 PDC & All NPC; 75%Exec Comm
attendance
NCSD provides Technical Excellence,
Distinguished Services awards annually
Division
Planning
Non-Meeting
Publications
Student
Support
5-yr Strategic Plan submitted to PDC Chair in May
2007
Continued support of 15 active ANS-8
Standards and issued 2 new standards
ANS 8-24 Issued
ANS-8.26 Issued
ANS 8-27 Sent to ANS 8
2007 National Meetings
2007 Student Conf
2007 Other
Division’s Commitment to YMG
Supported YMG mixer with NCSD officers
Provided multiple panel members to YMG
workshop on Early Career
Awarded 2007 Young Members
Advancement Award
Summary





Very successful topical meeting in 2005
Diverse membership, good international
participation
Strong standards committees
1st NCSD Scholarship awarded in 2008
Strong support for young members
recognized with ANS Young Member
Advancement Award in 2007
NCSD Requests to BOD




Larger room for governance meetings
Continued support by NPC to assure
adequate room size for technical sessions
based on sustained high attendance
figures
Lower cost for professional development
workshops – increases attendance,
particularly young members
Larger per member distribution