American Nuclear Society Reactor Physics Division

Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors Baard Johansen November 17, 2004 Washington, DC

RPD Mission

The Reactor Physics Division has been organized to 1. promote the advancement of theoretical, applied and experimental research in reactor physics, 2. seek a better understanding of reactor physics, 3. seek a better understanding of reactor operations and in-core fuel management through the development and application of fundamental tools, 4. improve basic physical data, 5. test both tools and data in reactor experiments.

Technical meetings and papers are encouraged and supported.

Key Priorities: • • • Technical Program Honors and Awards International Participation Henry / Greebler Scholarship Standards Student Support

RPD Governance

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Executive & Standing Committees Membership Budget Division Planning (Strategic Plan, Succession Plan) Communications (Web, Newsletter)

RPD Executive Committee

Chair Vice-Chair Treasurer Secretary EC (2005) EC (2006) EC (2007) Board Liason Baard Johansen Jess Gehin Benjamin Rouben Farzad Rahnema Gray Chang Etsuro Saji Temitope Taiwo Atul Karve, Brian Aviles Jeff Borkowski Jeffrey Bradfute William Charlton Juan-Luis Francois Bertrand Barr é Westinghouse Electric Company ORNL AECL Georgia Tech University INEEL TEPCO ANL Global Nuclear Fuel KAPL Studsvik Westinghouse Electric Company Texas A&M University Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico COGEMA

Demographics: Industry – 46%; Nat’l Lab – 31%; University – 23%; Non-US – 23%

RPD Standing Committees

Program Honors & Awards Standards Scholarships Ivan Maldonado, U. Cincinnati

(transitioned from Jess Gehin, ORNL, in ‘03)

Dimitrios Cokinos, BNL Dimitrios Cokinos, BNL Phillip Finck, ANL

(transitioned from Kord Smith in ‘04)

Phillip Finck, ANL (past-Chair) Goals & Planning, Membership, Nominating Website Farzad Rahnema, Georgia Tech U.

RPD Membership Trend

RPD Annual Membership 1600 1500 1400 1300 1200 1100 1000 1185 1109 1051 1048 1188 1283 1311 1457 1480 (forecast) 1437 (thru Sep) Added 101 students & 45 professionals in 2003 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Overall, RPD membership has increased by 37% in 5 years

RPD Demographics

Reactor Physics Division by Industry, 2004

Utility 17% Students 19% National Lab 17%

Supplier 2% Service Co 2% Not Identified 4% Educators 9% Other 4% Consulting Company 6% Manufacturer 6% Government Agency 7% Retired 9% •

53% represented by Students, Utility and National Lab

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Since ‘02, added 92 students, 28 Nat’l Lab, 15 educators; lost 15 Utility members

RPD Budget

BUDGET FUNDS

CURRENT YEAR MEMBER ALLOC.

CARRY FORWARD, PRIOR YEAR OTHER BUDGET FUNDS National Meeting Participation AFM-III Topical Meeting PHYSOR-2004 Topical Meeting (75% profit share) M&C 2003 Topical Meeting (25% profit share) M&C 2005 Topical Meeting (Class 2) TOTAL BUDGET FUNDS

BUDGET EXPENSES

NEWSLETTERS AWARDS, PLAQUES (Wigner Award & Luncheon) NATIONAL MEETING COSTS (A/V equipment) DIVISION OFFICER EXPENSE STUDENT SUPPORT Student Travel, National Meetings Annual Student Conference SCHOLARSHIP (Henry / Greebler) OTHER EXPENSES TOTAL EXPENSES

TOTAL BUDGET FUNDS OVER EXPENSE ACTUAL 2003

1311 16751 690 18752

BUDGET FORECAST 2004 2004 PROPOSED 2005

1150 8995 500 2839 0 875 14359 1457 8995 900 3167 7964 875 23358 1500 10717 500 0 12717 0 257 0 0 500 1500 7500 0 9757 8995 0 175 0 0 500 1500 2000 0 4175 10184

10000

PENDING

0 175 466 0 500 1500 0 12641 10717 0 200 0 0 2000 2000 0 4200 8517

RPD Planning

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5 Year Operational Plan

– Overhauled in 2002 to align with ANS 5-year Goals documents – 5 year goals updated annually each June, since 2002

1 Year Tactical Plan

– Updated twice per year – Prior year plans (2002 & 2003) retained as appendices

Latest update includes as appendices:

– RPD Vitality Measures – Succession Plan for Officers and Committees • Secretary – contested election of 2 candidates, preferably from EC or TPC • Secretary then progresses through Treasurer -> Vice-Chair -> Chair roles • Technical Program chair – recently reassigned, following 1 year transition period to allow new chair to train and assure continuity

RPD Communications

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Website & Newsletter areas of weakness for past two years

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Website:

– Updated in past month to include: • EC Meeting Minutes • 5 Yr Operational Plan and 1 Yr Tactical Plan • Officer and Committee contact list – Website redesign planned for 1 st half of 2005 •

Newsletter:

– Winter 2004 Newsletter submitted (last newsletter was Spring 2002) – Committed to issuing 2 newsletters per year

RPD Contributions to ANS

1) ANS Position Statements –

RPD is not responsible for position statements

2) Participation with Other Professional Societies 3) Society Leadership 4) Non-Meeting Publications (ANS Standards)

RPD Participation with Other Professional Societies

• In 2003: – Established formal agreement with M&C Division to split the Division profits from our RPD and M&C topical meetings (75% to host / 25% to co-sponsor) – Co-sponsored M&C 2003 topical meeting – Endorsed AESJ/ANS “ANP2003/GENES4” topical – Endorsed CNS 6 th Int’l Conf. on Simulation Methods in Nuclear Engineering • In 2004: – Co-sponsoring M&C 2005 topical meeting – Awarded RPD’s PHYSOR 2006 topical meeting to Canadian Nuclear Society

RPD Society Leadership

• In 2003 and 2004: – Attended 100% of Professional Divisions Committee workshops and meetings – Attended 100% of National Program Committee meetings – ~50% attendance by Officers/Executive Committee

RPD Standards

(Dmitrios Cokinos, ANS-19 Subcommittee Chair)

Standard Topic Status

ANS 5.1

ANS 19.1

Decay Heat Nuclear Data Sets ANS 19.3

Reactivity & Reaction Rates

ANS 19.3.4 Thermal Energy Generation ANS 19.4

Documentation for RP Measurements

Revision under review by N-17 Undergoing revision Revision under review by N-17

R2002 R2000

ANS 19.5

Requirements for RP Measurements

ANS 19.6.1 Reload Physics Startup Test

ANS 19.11

Moderator Temperature Coefficient

R1984

Revision under review by N-17; follow-on revision ongoing

R2002

Under Development:

ANS 19.8

Fission Chain Yields ANS 19.9

ANS 19.10

Delayed Neutrons

Fast Neutron Fluence

Draft under review by ANS-19

RPD Services to Membership

1) Professional Development 2) Scholarships 3) Peer Recognition/Awards 4) Student Support

RPD Professional Development

• OECD/USNRC BWR Turbine Trip Benchmark workshop (PHYSOR 2002, Oct 2002) • MCNP workshop (PHYSOR 2004, April 2004) • Generation-IV all-day seminar (PHYSOR 2004, April 2004) • Special panel sessions at ANS National meetings on “Current Topics for Reactor Engineers” (2 in 2002, 1 in 2004, 1 in 2005) to increase utility participation

RPD Scholarship

(Phillip Finck, Chair)

• Henry / Greebler scholarship awarded annually, recently in amount of $3500 – May be granted to any full-time student attending North American college or university – Henry family matching contribution of $10,000 pending – Current endowment at $81,000 – Endowment forecast to be fully endowed at $101,000 by year end - two years ahead of RPD goal.

• RPD will have contributed $32,500 since 2001 • RPD considering creating a 2 nd scholarship in 2006

RPD Recognition/Awards

(Dimitrios Cokinos, Chair)

• Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award initiated in 1990, with Dr. Wigner as the first recipient • Recent Wigner Award winners: 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Richard Hwang, ANL Paul Turinsky, NC St W. Stacey, GA Tech Noel Corngold, California Institute of Technology Dan Cacuci, University of Karlsruhe M. M. R. Williams, University of London • Wigner Award Lecture Series created – lead paper at “Reactor Physics General” session at National meeting • RPD Best Paper Award given at each National meeting

RPD Student Support

• Since 2001, RPD has annually disbursed – $1500 to ANS Student Conference – $500 to Student Travel to National Meetings • 5 Yr Operational Plan includes commitment to maintain at least this level of funding

RPD Meetings

1) National Meeting Participation 2) Topical Meetings

RPD Technical Program – ANS National Meetings

(Ivan Maldonado, Chair)

• • Year 2002 Annual Meeting 2002 Winter Meeting 2003 Annual Meeting 2003 Winter Meeting 2004 Annual Meeting 2004 Winter Meeting Sessions 4+1 panel 3+1 panel 6 5+1 panel 4+1 panel 6 Papers

60~70 papers contributed per year at RPD sessions

33 27 42 34 26 44

RPD goal to have 3 standard sessions plus at least 2 special sessions per meeting (including panel on “Current Topics for Reactor Engineers”)

RPD Technical Program – Class I/II Topical Meetings

1998 PHYSOR 98 2000 PHYSOR 2000 2002 PHYSOR 2002 2003 Adv. in Fuel Mgmt III 2004 2006 PHYSOR 2004 PHYSOR 2006 Long Island Pittsburgh Seoul, Korea Hilton Head, SC Chicago Vancouver, Canada RPD Profit $6,866 $12,759 $8,138 $3,167 $7,968 -- Non-US 50% 43% 53% 52% -- • •

RPD co-sponsors MCD topical meetings in odd-numbered years, and MCD co-sponsors the PHYSOR conferences (75/25 profit split) RPD seeks to award every 3 rd PHYSOR meeting to a non-North American host

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RPD goal to have >40% non-US participation at PHYSOR

Summary

• RPD Vitality Measures highlighted 2 gap areas – Succession Planning (YELLOW) – plan was created and included in 5 Yr Operational Plan document (10/8/04) – Communications (RED) – Website updated (10/26/04); Winter 2004 Newsletter submitted (11/12/04) with plan to issue two/yr • Areas of Success will continue to be RPD’s future priority – Technical Program (National, PHYSOR) – Henry / Greebler Scholarship – Honors and Awards – Standards – International Participation – Student Support