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American Nuclear SocietyReactor Physics Division: 

American Nuclear Society Reactor Physics Division Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors Baard Johansen November 17, 2004 Washington, DC

RPD Mission: 

RPD Mission The Reactor Physics Division has been organized to 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. Technical meetings and papers are encouraged and supported. Key Priorities: Technical Program Henry / Greebler Scholarship Honors and Awards Standards International Participation Student Support

RPD Governance: 

RPD Governance Executive & Standing Committees Membership Budget Division Planning (Strategic Plan, Succession Plan) Communications (Web, Newsletter)

RPD Executive Committee: 

RPD Executive Committee Chair Baard Johansen Westinghouse Electric Company Vice-Chair Jess Gehin ORNL Treasurer Benjamin Rouben AECL Secretary Farzad Rahnema Georgia Tech University EC (2005) Gray Chang INEEL Etsuro Saji TEPCO Temitope Taiwo ANL EC (2006) Atul Karve, Global Nuclear Fuel Brian Aviles KAPL Jeff Borkowski Studsvik EC (2007) Jeffrey Bradfute Westinghouse Electric Company William Charlton Texas A&M University Juan-Luis Francois Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Board Liason Bertrand Barré COGEMA Demographics: Industry – 46%; Nat’l Lab – 31%; University – 23%; Non-US – 23%

RPD Standing Committees: 

RPD Standing Committees Program Ivan Maldonado, U. Cincinnati (transitioned from Jess Gehin, ORNL, in ‘03) Honors & Awards Dimitrios Cokinos, BNL Standards Dimitrios Cokinos, BNL Scholarships Phillip Finck, ANL (transitioned from Kord Smith in ‘04) Goals & Planning, Phillip Finck, ANL (past-Chair) Membership, Nominating Website Farzad Rahnema, Georgia Tech U.

RPD Membership Trend: 

RPD Membership Trend Overall, RPD membership has increased by 37% in 5 years Added 101 students & 45 professionals in 2003

RPD Demographics: 

RPD Demographics 53% represented by Students, Utility and National Lab Since ‘02, added 92 students, 28 Nat’l Lab, 15 educators; lost 15 Utility members

RPD Budget: 

RPD Budget

RPD Planning: 

RPD Planning 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: 

RPD Communications Website & Newsletter areas of weakness for past two years 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 1st half of 2005 Newsletter: Winter 2004 Newsletter submitted (last newsletter was Spring 2002) Committed to issuing 2 newsletters per year

RPD Contributions to ANS: 

RPD Contributions to ANS ANS Position Statements RPD is not responsible for position statements Participation with Other Professional Societies Society Leadership Non-Meeting Publications (ANS Standards)

RPD Participation with Other Professional Societies: 

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 6th 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: 

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): 

RPD Standards (Dmitrios Cokinos, ANS-19 Subcommittee Chair) Standard Topic Status ANS 5.1 Decay Heat Revision under review by N-17 ANS 19.1 Nuclear Data Sets Undergoing revision ANS 19.3 Reactivity & Reaction Rates Revision under review by N-17 ANS 19.3.4 Thermal Energy Generation R2002 ANS 19.4 Documentation for RP Measurements R2000 ANS 19.5 Requirements for RP Measurements R1984 ANS 19.6.1 Reload Physics Startup Test Revision under review by N-17; follow-on revision ongoing ANS 19.11 Moderator Temperature Coefficient R2002 Under Development: ANS 19.8 Fission Chain Yields ANS 19.9 Delayed Neutrons ANS 19.10 Fast Neutron Fluence Draft under review by ANS-19

RPD Services to Membership: 

RPD Services to Membership Professional Development Scholarships Peer Recognition/Awards Student Support

RPD Professional Development: 

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): 

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 2nd scholarship in 2006

RPD Recognition/Awards(Dimitrios Cokinos, Chair): 

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 Richard Hwang, ANL 2003 Paul Turinsky, NC St W. Stacey, GA Tech 2002 Noel Corngold, California Institute of Technology 2001 Dan Cacuci, University of Karlsruhe 2000 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: 

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: 

RPD Meetings National Meeting Participation Topical Meetings

RPD Technical Program –ANS National Meetings(Ivan Maldonado, Chair): 

RPD Technical Program – ANS National Meetings (Ivan Maldonado, Chair) Year Sessions Papers 2002 Annual Meeting 4+1 panel 33 2002 Winter Meeting 3+1 panel 27 2003 Annual Meeting 6 42 2003 Winter Meeting 5+1 panel 34 2004 Annual Meeting 4+1 panel 26 2004 Winter Meeting 6 44 60~70 papers contributed per year at RPD sessions 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: 

RPD Technical Program – Class I/II Topical Meetings RPD Profit Non-US 1998 PHYSOR 98 Long Island $6,866 50% 2000 PHYSOR 2000 Pittsburgh $12,759 43% 2002 PHYSOR 2002 Seoul, Korea $8,138 53% 2003 Adv. in Fuel Mgmt III Hilton Head, SC $3,167 2004 PHYSOR 2004 Chicago $7,968 52% 2006 PHYSOR 2006 Vancouver, Canada --- --- 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 3rd PHYSOR meeting to a non-North American host RPD goal to have >40% non-US participation at PHYSOR

Summary: 

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