Transcript American Marketing Association Membership

American Nuclear Society
Nuclear Criticality Safety
Division
Presentation to the
ANS Board of Directors
Steve Bowman
Nov. 16, 2005 Washington, D.C.
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
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development of standards
evolution of training methods and materials
presentation of technical data and procedures
creation of specialty publications
NCSD Executive Committee
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Chair: Steve Bowman, Oak Ridge National Lab.
Vice Chair: Kevin Kimball, NISYS Corp.
Secretary: Davis Reed, Oak Ridge National Lab.
Treasurer: David Hayes, Los Alamos National Lab.
Executive Committee members
– Jim Gulliford (UK), Dennis Mennerdahl (Sweden), Fitz Trumble
(WSMS), 2006
– Adolf Garcia (DOE), Maria LeTellier (CSE), Randy Shackelford
(NFS), 2007
– Larry Berg (NRC), Tom Burns (MPR), Chuck Harmon (LANL),
2008
• BOD Liaison: Marvin Fertel
NCSD Membership Trends
NCSD Annual Membership
800
750
700
719
729
2001
2002
749
748
2003
2004
686
650
600
2000
Professional Demographics
NCS Division, By Position
Engineers
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%
Service Co. 4%
Architectural
Engineering Co.
5%
Utility
6%
Students
8%
Manufacturer
9%
NCSD Budget
2004
2005
Actual Estimated
2006
Budget
Budget Funds
Current Year Member Allocation
Carry Forward from Previous Year
Other Budget Funds
Total Funds
749
12031
900
748
11004
9000
750
18481
0
13680
20752
19231
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 2006 Conference
Other Expenses
Total Expenses
Total Funds Minus Expenses
500
600
50
600
75
100
600
200
795
246
700
500
250
250
250
250
481
600
500
500
500
4000
750
750
2676
2271
8600
11004
18481
10631
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
• Other Professional Societies
– EFCOG (SAWG)
– International collaborations, including initiative for
information exchange with Chinese Nuclear Society
in progress
• 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
Proposed Standards
• ANSI/ANS-8.24, Validation of Calculational Methods
• ANSI/ANS-8.25, Criticality Safety Postings
• ANSI/ANS-8.26, Criticality Safety Engineer Training
and Qualification (submitted to N-16)
• ANSI/ANS-8.27, Burnup Credit
NCSD Services to
Membership
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Professional 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 proposed national standard on
criticality safety engineer (CSE) training and
qualification progress nearing completion
• Special committee will evaluate formal CSE
"Certificate of Completion" pursuant to 8.26.
NCSD Meeting Participation
• Average 5-6 sessions at national meeting
• Topical meetings every 2 years
• Tremendously successful 2005 topical
– 170 attendees, $37K profit
– Strong international attendance
– Still had 5 sessions at this meeting only 2 months
later
• Issue: Room assignments (need larger room)
– Presented problem to PDC/NPC
– Requested larger room based on historical
attendance
– More can still be done on this issue
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 - TBA
NCSD Metrics 2004
Division
Meetings
National
Meeting
Participation
Division
Governance
Succession
Planning
None submitted
2004: 2sessions/2 tutorials/Forum/6
sessions/1 tutorial
Class I
Class II
Topicals
+/- 25% attendance (145/150)
NCS Topical – Nov 01
NCS Topical – Sept 05
Class III
Topicals
Nov 01 Nuc Crit Safety Topical
Sept 05 Nuc Crit Safety Topical
Division
Contributions
to Society
ANS Position
Statements
Nuc Crit Accidents in Work Place
(fact sheet)
(reaffirm by 2005)
Division Services
to Membership
Professional
Development
Burnup Credit tutorial at Jun 02
Sensitivity/Uncertainty Jun 04
NDA Tutorial at Nov 04
Membership
Trends
749/748 members -0.1% change
2004
Participation with
Outside
Professional
Societies
Scholarships
NCSD does not support a
Scholarship
EFCOG Workshop at Nov. 2002
Communications
1 newsletter in 2004
website updated in 2004
Division
Planning
Strategic Plan to be submitted to
PDC Chair in June 05
Society
Leadership
June 04: 54% Exec Comm
Oct 04 69% Exec Comm
Nov 04: 85% Exec Comm
Both PDC & All NPC
Presented to BOD June 2004
Non-Meeting
Publications
Standards: ANS 8.5 & 8.12
reaffirmed in 2002
ANS 8.3 reaffirmed 2003
Peer Recognition/
Awards
NCSD provides Technical
Excellence, Distinguished Services
awards annually
Student
Support
2004/ 1 National Mtg &2004
Student Conf
Summary
• Very successful topical meeting in
September
• Diverse membership, good international
participation
• Strong standards committees
• Scholarship plan in progress
• Strong support for young members
NCSD Requests to BOD
• Larger room for governance meetings
• Increased diligence by NPC to assure
adequate room size for technical sessions
based on historical attendance figures
• Lower cost for professional development
workshops – increase attendance,
particularly young members