American Nuclear Society Nuclear Installations Safety Division

Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors John E. Kelly, NISD Chair June 12, 2010 San Diego, CA

NISD Mission Devoted specifically to the safety of nuclear installations and the health and safety of the public, this division seeks a better understanding of the role of safety in the design, construction and operation of nuclear installation facilities. The division also promotes engineering and scientific technology advancement associated with the safety of such facilities.

NISD Governance

• Executive Committee Structure – Chair, John Kelly – Vice-Chair, Chair-Elect – Michael Corradini – Secretary-Treasurer, Gerald Loignon – 8 Additional Members with 3 yr. terms – BOD Liaison, William Burchill – Liaisons with THD, OPD, YMG • Committee Structure – Program – Steven Schultz – Honors & Awards – Phillip Ellison – Nominating – Kevin O’Kula – Finance Committee – Gerald Loignon • Division Planning and Guidance – Strategic and Tactical Plan, including succession planning – Bylaws – Rules • Communications – Gary Wilson maintains our website and produces newsletter – Korey Hosack created a NISD group on Facebook

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NISD Membership Trends

1750 1700 1650 1600 ~ 60 Student Members 1550 1500 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Budget Funds Carry forward from previous year Member Allocation Division Income Total Budget Funds Expenses Awards, Plaques National Meeting Costs Student Support Newsletter Scholarship Funding Total Expenses Excess (Deficiency)

NISD Budget

2008 15569 3286 11179 30134 1365 685 5000 3000 10050 20084 2009 20084 3306 2050 25084 1140 65 2250 33 0 3488 21952

NISD Budget • Budget Planning

– In 2009, the NISD finance committee developed a multi-year spending plan • Goal was to increase student support while ensuring adequate reserve • Increases student funding to $5000/yr – Plan was approved by the EC Executive Committee in November 2009

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NISD Planning

Planning – Strategic and Tactical Plan updated annually – A yearly Succession Plan is included in S&T Plan 2010 Priorities – Division’s Commitment to Young Member Group and Student Support • Visibly and actively support ANS Young Member Group (YMG). Support a presence and provide representatives at the ANS National Student Conference at University of Michigan Establish a Facebook page to link Young Members in NISD.

– Class I and Class III Topical Meetings • Maintain leadership of PSA topical as the pre-eminent meeting in Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis. Work with Wilmington Section on PSA 2011 to ensure the meeting is well organized and adequately staffed.

– Professional Development • Develop workshops to be given at national ANS meetings to provide technical training and development opportunities for NISD members. – Communications • Continue to improve NISD communications by updating ANS position statements and other communications with ANS members, policy makers, and nuclear organizations that reflect NISD views on nuclear science and technology issues

NISD Communications

• Web Page – NISD website updated multiple times each year – http://nisd.ans.org

– Includes: • Mission statement • Committee structure, member names, meeting minutes • Newsletter archives • Bylaws and Rules, PC Manual, Rules • Awards & scholarship information • Newsletters – 2 newsletters published every year • NISD is on Facebook

NISD Contributions to ANS

• ANS Position Statements – #24 Nuclear Facility Safety Standards – #46 Risk Informed & Performance Based Regulations for Nuclear Power Plants – #51 Reactor Safety – Position papers active and reviewed in 2009 • Participation with Other Professional Societies – Active Participation with EFCOG, IEEE, NHA, ASME, NEI • Society Leadership – Division Chair is co-chairing President’s Special Committee on SMRs – NISD members holding national offices and serve on national committees – Full participation in PDC meetings and workshops • Non-Meeting Publications – ANS Std-10.4 WG – RISC Committee – ANS Fire PSA – ANS 54.1 restarted in 2009

NISD Services to Membership

• • • • Professional Development – Severe accident training course in 2007 (Bob Henry) – Source term methodology course in 2010 (Jofu Mishma) Scholarships – Saul Levine and Ray DiSalvo fully endowed and awarded annually Peer Recognition/Awards – Tommy Thompson Award for Nuclear Safety • 2006 - Joe Murphy • 2007 - Dana Powers • 2008 - Agustin Alonso • 2009 - Shunsuke Kondo • 2010 - David Diamond – George C. Laurence Pioneering Award for Nuclear Safety • 2007 - David Okrent • 2010 - Raj Sehgal Student Support – 2008 – $5000 – 2009 – $2250 disbursed, $4250 authorized – 2010 - $5000 (budget)

NISD Meetings

• National Meeting Participation – Strong NISD Session Tracks at National Meetings – Consistently exceed minimum paper for large Division • Topicals – Class I • 2008 PSA-09 held in Knoxville • 2011 PSA-11 to be held in Wilmington – Class III • 2009 Risk Assessment in Washington DC • 2010 Safety & Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production in San Diego (with ESD) • 2012 Advanced Nuclear Installation and System Safety • 2012 Severe Accident Prevention and Mitigation • 2013 Risk Management – Class IV - 2009 National Hydrogen Association annual meeting in Columbia, SC (co sponsored)

NISD Vitality Metrics

Division Meetings Division Governance Division Contributions to Society Division Services to Membership National Meeting Participation 2009 Annual: 5 sessions, 0 panels 2009 Winter: 6 sessions, 1 panel Succession Planning Updated annually as part of S&T plan Submitted 2009 Latest submittal Jan 2010 ANS Position Statements 24 Int Nuc Pwr Rx Safety Standards (Active) 46 Risk Informed & Perf Based (Active) 51 Reactor Safety (Active) Position papers reviewed in 2009 Professional Development NISD workshop program approved 2006 NISD workshop 2007 Source Term Prof. Development Workshop apprvd 2008 to be given in 2010 Class I, Class II Topicals PSA ’08 (252/244) -3.2% decrease PSA ’11 Awarded to Wilmington and Scheduled for March 2011 Membership Trends 1659/1638 mbrs -1.3% change in 2006 1638/1643 mbrs +.3% change in 2007 1643/1653 mbrs +.7% change in 2008 1653/1671 mbrs +1.1% change in 2009 Participation with Outside Professional Societies Active Participation with EFCOG, IEEE, NHA, ASME, NRC/NRR, NEI Class III Topicals S&T of Nuc H2 ‘07, Boston Risk Mgmt ‘09, Washington S&T of Nuc H2 ’10, San Diego Communications 2 newsletters in 2009 website updated in 2009 Society Leadership & NPC 4 of 4 PDC Mtgs: 75% Exec Comm, Presented to Bod June 2008 Division Planning Chair 12/08 Chair 1/10 2009-2013 S&T Plan submitted to PDC 2010-2014 S&T Plan submitted to PDC Non-Meeting Publications Reactor Safety 2006 ANS Std-10.4 WG RISC Committee ANS Fire PSA Standards: Int’l Nuclear Power ANS 54.1 initiated in 2009 Division’s Commitment to YMG Established YMG Liaison Sponsored technical session at Young Member Congress in Nov 2009 Scholarships DiSalvo Scholarship Saul Levine Scholarship Both annually awareded Student Support 2009 Student Conference 2009 Annual Meeting 2009 Winter Meeting Peer Recognition/ Awards Tommy Thompson Award (annual) George Laurence Award

Summary

• NISD Metrics and Measures are very healthy • Areas of Success – Strong member participation – Outstanding program committee supporting both national meetings and topicals – Strong support for students and YMG • Knowledge transfer is critical for future • Focus for Future Action – Continue knowledge transfer thrust • Student/YMG • Professional Development – Rebuild Class I topical meetings – Ensure safety remains a critical success factor for the future of the nuclear industry