Transcript Nuclear Criticality Safety Division

Nuclear Criticality Safety
Division
Status Report
to
Board of Directors
American Nuclear Society
June 12, 2002
Scope
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division
Criticality safety considerations of
management of fissile material outside
reactors
acquisition of data related to nuclear
criticality
development and dissemination of
information on criticality safety
NCSD Officials
Officers
Exec Committee
Chair: Bob Wilson
Kathleen Bhanot
Kevin Kimball
Richard Taylor
Jerry McKamy
Vice Chair: Michaele
(Mikey) Brady-Raap
Treasurer/Finance:
Tom Doering
Secretary: Christa
Reed,
Lon Paulson
Valerie Putman
Mark DeHart
Paul Felsher
Chris Robinson
NCSD Committees
Nominating Committee
Program Committee
Membership Committee
Finance Committee
Honors and Awards
Education Committee
Publications/Newsletter Committee
NCSD Program Committee
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Mark DeHart
Bob Wilson
Jack Bullington
Lon Paulson
Bonnie Rumble
John Pearson
David Hayes
2003
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2004
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Glenn Sjoden
Ron Marble
Don Meuller
Larry Wetzel
Harry Felsher
Brad Rearden
Technical Sessions
Sessions Papers
June 99
Nov 99
June 00
Nov 00
June 01
Nov 01
Boston
Long Beach
San Diego
D. C.
Milwaukee
3
3
5
9
8
10
21
20
25
62
30
70
Nov 01
Reno
2
9
June 02
Hollywood
5
27
Reno Embedded
Topical
Panels
1
3
1 forum
1 workshop
NCSD Membership
700
655
628
624
600
564
512
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515
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541
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489
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365
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300
NCS Division, Industry
National Lab
143 (22%)
Consulting
Company
108 (17%)
Government Agency
87 (13%)
Private Research
/Test Lab
9 (1%)
Supplier
20 (3%)
Service Co.
28 (4%)
Architectural
Engineering Co.
35 (5%)
Retired
62 (9%)
Educational Institution
58 (9%)
Utility
48 (7%)
Manufacturer
56 (9%)
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-8.7, Storage of Fissile Materials.
 ANSI/ANS-8.10, Safety controls With Shielding and Confinement
 ANSI/ANS-8.15, Special Actinide Elements
 ANSI/ANS-8.19, Administrative Practices
 ANSI/ANS-8.20, Nuclear Criticality Safety Training
Criticality Safety
Standards
 ANSI/ANS-8.21, Fixed Neutron Absorbers
 ANSI/ANS-8.22, Limiting and Controlling Moderators
 ANSI/ANS-8.23, Emergency Planning and Response
 ANSI/ANS-8.9, Steel-Pipe Intersections Containing Aqueous
Solutions of Fissile Materials
 ANSI/ANS-8.10, Operations With Shielding and Confinement
 ANSI/ANS-8.12, Plutonium-Uranium Fuel Mixtures
 ANSI/ANS-8.17, Handling, Storage and Transportation of
LWR Fuel Outside Reactors
Criticality Safety
Education
 Current Emphasis – Develop national consensus standard,
ANSI/ANS-8.26, “Criticality Safety Engineer Training and
Qualification”, Draft now in Working Group (WG) status
 White Papers on the Web – Key topics include NCS Education
Committee Overview, An Acceptable NCS Evaluation, A Standard
CSE, NCS Mentors and Qualifications, Training for non-NCS
Managers, Professional Development Workshops and Tutorials
 Workshops/Tutorials – efforts continue; burnup credit tutorial
planned for Hollywood, FL 2002 meeting
 Technical Session Certificates – NCSD Technical Session
Certificate of Attendance made available to participants (as
demonstration of professional development).
Recent Initiatives
Emerging Issues White Papers
subcommittee to screen issues and develop white
paper; then exec committee controls issuance to
web.
Local Meetings
10% of members attend national meetings
need more benefits for rest
local areas meetings proposed to fill gap
Web page – NEED TO UTILIZE MORE
Noteworthy
 Membership steadily growing
 Attendance at governance meetings high
 Committee and officer positions easily filled
 Student Session with monetary awards every 2 yrs
 Standards Poster Session every 4 years
 Routinely provide student travel funds to ANS meetings
 Awards created for Distinguished Service and Technical
Excellence
 Active Education and Standards Committee