Transcript American Nuclear Society

American Nuclear Society
Reactor Physics Division
Presentation to the
ANS Board of Directors
Robert St.Clair
Washington, D.C.
November 17, 2009
RPD Mission
The mission of the Reactor Physics Division it to:
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Promote the advancement of theoretical, applied,
and experimental research in reactor physics
Seek a better understanding of reactor physics
Seek a better understanding of reactor operations
and in-core fuel management through the
development and application of fundamental tools
Improve basic physical data
Test both tools and data in reactor experiments
RPD Governance
Executive Committee Structure
• Officers:
Chair: Robert St.Clair
Secretary: Benoit Forget
Vice-Chair: G. Ivan Maldonado Treasurer: Alireza Haghigat
• Executive Committee:
2010
2011
2012
Paul Edelmann
Germina Ilas
Mark DeHart
Simone Santandrea
Eleador Nichita
David Griesheimer
Keith Drudy
Ronald Ellis
Glenn Sjoden
Kostadin Ivanov
- Includes International and Young Member Representatives
• Board Liaison: Regis Matzie
RPD Governance - Standing Committees
• Program
– Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse)
• Honors and Awards
– Dimitrios Cokinos (Brookhaven National Lab)
• Scholarship
– Jess Gehin (Oak Ridge National Lab)
• Standards
– Dimitrios Cokinos (Brookhaven National Lab)
• Website (Chair)
– Robert St.Clair (Duke Energy)
• Nominating (Past Chair)
– Jeff Bradfute (Westinghouse)
• Goals/Membership (Vice-Chair)
– G. Ivan Maldonado (University of Tennessee)
RPD Governance
Total Membership
1750
1700
1650
1600
1550
Members
1500
1450
1400
1350
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
RPD Governance
Student Membership
450
400
350
300
250
200
Members
150
100
50
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2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
RPD Governance - Budget
Division Finances
Budget Funds
Carry Forward
Member Allocation
Division Income
•National Meeting Participation
•Topical Meetings
Total Budget Funds
Actual
12/31/2008
Budget
2009
Actual
8/31/2009
29,059
3,434
29,553
3,500
29,553
3,500
1,060
2,000
33,553
35,053
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Budget Expenses
Awards and Plaques
Website Funding
Student Support
4,000
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1,750
2,000
3,000
Total Expenses
4,000
3,850
3,000
29,553
31,203
30,053
Excess of Budgeted Funds over Expenses
RPD Governance
Planning
• 1-year Tactical Plan – Updated Annually in June
• 5-year Strategic Plan – Updated Annually in June
• Succession planning:
– 4-year rotation of officers
– Contested election of Secretary each year
– Preferred succession for officers
• Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-Chair, Chair
• 10 additional At-large members on the Executive
Committee for 3-year terms
RPD Governance
Communications
• Recently revamped RPD website
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EC and PC Meeting Minutes & Contact Info
Newsletters
Tactical and Strategic Plans
Rules and Bylaws
Topical Meeting Info
Chair and Committee member messages
Awards and Scholarships (soon)
Fellow Recognition (soon)
Technical Meetings
• Semi-annual newsletters
• Broadcast e-mails to publicize panel and special
sessions, Topical meetings, Standards news, and
recognition
RPD Contributions to ANS
• ANS Position Statements
#48 Preserving Experimental Benchmark Work
• Participation with Other Professional Societies
– PHYSOR 2006 Topical: Canadian Nuclear Society
– Class 3 sponsor of PHYTRA-1 conference 2007:
Moroccan Association for Nuclear Engineering and
Reactor Technology
– PHYSOR 2008: Swiss Nuclear Society
– 2009 ANMF-IV Topical: CNS, ENS, AESJ, KNS,
NSM, OECD/NEA
– PHYSOR 2010 Topical: Added Chinese Nuclear
Society and ASME
RPD Contributions to ANS
• Society Leadership
– RPD Executive and Program Committees meet at both
National Meetings
• > 75% attendance by Members and Officers
– RPD Actively Participates with ANS National
Committees
• Professional Divisions Committee
• National Program Committee
• Standards Board, N-17, Numerous Standards Working Groups
• Non-Meeting Publications
– Members frequently contribute to Journals
• Progress in Nuclear Energy Special Edition for ANFM-IV
– Multiple Standards (next slide)
RPD Contributions to ANS
• Standards
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19.1
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19.6.1
19.9
19.10
19.11
Decay Heat Power in LWRs
Nuclear Data Sets for Reactor Design Calculations
Neutron Reaction Rate Distributions and Reactivity
Thermal Energy Deposition Rates
Reference Power Reactor Physics Measurements
Reload Startup Physics Tests for PWRs
Delayed Neutrons (under development)
Neutron Fluence in Pressure Vessels and Rx Internals
Moderator Temperature Coefficient
RPD Services to Membership
• Professional Development
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PHYSOR 2006 Workshops (3)
PHYSOR 2008 Workshops (2)
ANFM - IV Workshops (1)
PHYSOR 2010 Workshops (6)
– Annual Panel Session “Current Topics for Reactor
Engineers”
RPD Services to Membership
• Scholarships
– Henry/Greebler scholarship fully endowed
• Currently awarded annually as a graduate student
scholarship
• Expect to add annual undergraduate award in 2010
• Recognition/Awards
– Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award presented
at this meeting’s Honors and Awards luncheon to Dr.
Edward W. Larsen
– Wigner Award Lecture, “Asymptotic Analysis in
Nuclear Reactor Theory” presented at Tuesday’s
“Reactor Analysis Methods” session
RPD Services to Membership
• Recognition/Awards (cont’d.)
– Henry/Greebler scholarship award winner (Emily R.
Wolters) invited paper, “A Hybrid Monte Carlo-S2
Method with No Spatial Truncation Error” presented at
Tuesday’s “Reactor Analysis Methods” session
– RPD Best Paper Award given for each meeting
• Student Support
– Providing a financial contribution of $2000 annually for
the student conference
– Providing $2000 annually for student travel to the ANS
National Meetings
RPD Meeting Participation
• Two National Meetings per year
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2008 Annual Meeting – 6 sessions, 36 papers
2008 Winter Meeting – 7 sessions, 38 papers
2009 Annual Meeting – 8 sessions, 42 papers
2009 Winter Meeting – 7 sessions, 46 papers
• Class I, II, and III Topical Meetings
– PHYSOR (Class II, bi-annual with 1/3 international)
– M&C (Class II, Co-sponsor in non-PHYSOR years)
– ANFM (Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management, Class II
~every 5 years)
2008 RPD Metrics and Measures
Division
Meetings
Division
Governance
Division
Division
Contributions Services to
to Society
Membership
National Meeting
Participation
Succession
Planning
ANS Position
Statements
Professional
Development
Class I and II
Topicals
Membership
Trends
Participation with
Outside
Professional
Societies
Scholarships
Class III Topicals
Communications
Society Leadership Peer Recognition/
Awards
Division Planning
Non-meeting
Publications
Commitment to
YMG
Student Support
Summary
Areas of Success
• Technical Programs (National, PHYSOR,
ANFM and Workshops)
• Standards Support
• International Participation
• Fully-Endowed Scholarship
• Student Support (conferences and travel)
Summary
Future Focus Areas
• Maintain strong technical programs (large, active
program committee).
• Continue support for student conferences, student
travel to the national meetings, and awarding
Henry/Greebler scholarship.
• Continue to support the national ANS initiative to
revitalize utility involvement in the ANS.
• RPD support of Young Member Group requests
and YMG participation on EC.
• Complete web site development/updates.
• Maintain newsletters on schedule.
• Improved use of recognition through Wigner
Awards and Fellow nominations.