2013 Year-End Report

Inform. Engage. Inspire

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We know that support for nuclear energy is consistently positive. However, fear of radiation and any perceived crisis can weaken that support. In 2010, a quiet fundraising campaign began. From the more than $2 million that was raised in those first two years came the Center for Nuclear Science and Technology Information (Center), a communications initiative of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) meant to change the conversation about nuclear.

Since then, many ANS members have contributed and have helped enhance ANS’s communications and public outreach efforts.Through the Center, ANS has been able to implement programs and initiatives that promote nuclear science and technology to four specific target audiences:

• General public – college students, women, NIMBY’s (not in my backyard), and community organizations

• K-12 educators and their students• Media – both mainstream media and social media• Policy Makers– opinion leaders at both federal and state lawmakers

(and their staff)

Founding donors of the Center, together with the ANS Communications Committee, and ANS Board of Directors have demonstrated leadership in making key decisions to meet the need our members have voiced for higher quality outreach resources and programs.

We are proud to present the Center’s 2013 Year-End Report. Throughout the report you will see how we have invested both our financial and volunteer resources to Inform, Engage, and Inspire our communities about the benefits of nuclear science and technology.

Introduction

2013 ANS Executive Committee Donald R. Hoffman ANS President

Michaele C. Brady Raap ANS Vice President/President Elect

Michael L. Corradini ANS Immediate Past President

Robert C. Fine, JD, CAE ANS Executive Director

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The Center website www.nuclearconnect.org was launched to ANS members in May 2013 and to teachers later that year. Content continues to be generated and refined to keep it fresh. ANS members continue to provide subject matter expertise and editorial review while staff works with a developer to add multimedia components to the site. Visitors to the site are beginning to sign up for ReActionstm, the e-newsletter for high school teachers that helps bring them back to the site. The site is gaining momentum in search engines. It is now the go-to resource in ANS’s outreach efforts. It is also the primary site to which people are referred when they make general informational inquiries to ANS.

Coming up:

• Complete multimedia features to the site

• Add interactive features

• Increase search engine optimization

• Expand educational resources availability and reach

• Create an online public awareness campaign

Public Education

Through public outreach and resource materials, people

have access to fundamental information about nuclear

science and technology. The Center has funded the

revision of numerous public education pieces available on

NuclearConnect.org

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A complete assessment of ANS’s K-12 resources was conducted including the teacher resource book, and dozens of classroom activities developed over the last two decades. Currently, ANS is updating it’s materials to align them with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and developing curricula for teachers to use in the classroom.

Three national science teacher workshops were held in 2013 – educating over 80 teachers from Phoenix, AZ; Atlanta, GA; and Washington, DC.

K-12 Program

ANS volunteers demonstrating Rutherford’s gold foil experiment in Phoenix, AZ. This activity allows students to deduce shapes and sizes of unseen objects by tracking the movements of objects they can see, in relation to the unseen object.

ANS partnered with Argonne National Laboratory and

the Illinois Institute of Technology to host a high

school student workshop in conjunction with National

Nuclear Science Week.

The Center funded the development of the ANS Isotope Discovery Kit, a classroom resource to provide students with an understanding of isotopes and their relationship to the “Line of Stability.” The kit transitions from the Periodic Table and basic elements to the Chart of the Nuclides, which more completely describes isotopes and how they can be used.

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Media

Initial discussion with reporters provided helpful insight into the type of program that reporters will find valuable and actually use. Plans are under way to initiate a webinar series where journalists can acquire a basic understanding of nuclear science and technology, and dialogue with each other about what they learn.

Coming up:

• Develop resources that help the media report fact-based,

science-based NS&T stories

• Develop an ANS members spokesperson training program

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ANS concluded the second year of the Nuclear Technology Fundamentals Program funded by the Center. Under this program, briefings are provided to congressional staff with a basic overview of nuclear science and technology and its applications in energy, medicine and industry. The program was conducted exclusively for congressional staff and taught by a faculty of ANS experts chosen for their subject matter expertise and their ability to communicate complex concepts to a bright, yet non-technical audience.

We averaged over 25 attendees per briefing, with over 100 people participating overall. We continue to receive positive comments from participants. Perhaps the most poignant came after the radiation/radioactivity briefing from a staffer for a Democratic member of the House who represents parts of New York City and has been critical of the Indian Point Nuclear Plant: “Until today, I was always deathly afraid of radiation. I feel so much safer now that I have a better understanding of the science.”

Coming up:

• Expand nuclear fundamentals series on Capitol Hill to other government agencies

• Complete video nuclear fundamentals series and make available online

• Update ANS policy background papers

Public Policy

“Until today, I was always deathly

afraid of radiation. I feel so much

safer now that I have a better

understanding of the science.”

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January 1 – December 31, 2013

Corporate GivingFounder’s Circle- $500,000Entergy NuclearFirst Energy Nuclear Operating CompanySouthern Nuclear Operating Company

Ambassador’s Circle - $250,000Dominion GenerationDuke EnergyWestinghouse Electric Company

Under $1,000 Alaron Corporation Nuclear ServicesAlpiq Suisse SAAmeren UEAmerican Electric PowerAxpo AG / Nuclear Energy / Beznau Nu-clear Power PlantBechtel Power CorporationBoron Products LLC, a Ceradyne Co.CEB Technical Service Inc.Exelon CorporationFauske & Associates, LLCFluorGallatin Public AffairsIdaho National LaboratoryIndiana Michigan Power Corp.Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AGKinectrics, Inc.Los Alamos National LaboratoryNuclear Energy InstitutePacific Gas and Electric Co.PaR Systems, Inc.PPL Susquehanna, LLC

R. Brooks Associates, Inc.Tanager Technology, LLCThermo Fisher ScientificToshiba America Nuclear EnergyUSEC Inc.

Individual GivingPresident’s Giving Circle - $5,000Mr. Donald R. Hoffman

Ambassadors - $2,500 - $4,999Dr. Michaele C. Brady Raap

Leaders - $1,000 - $2,499Dr. Michael L. CorradiniDr. Richard S. DenningDr. W. Reed JohnsonMr. Bonne Posma Ms. Claudia G. StetlerDr. Charles Norman Wilson

Friends of Nuclear — $100- $999Ms. Bonnifer BallardDr. Sama Bilbao y LeonMs. Antoinette (Toni) BishopMr. Jay D. BilyeuMr. John P BoskaMs. Rita C. BowserMr. Wilbur L. BunchMr. Barry L. ButterfieldMr. Edward J. ButterissMr. Joe F. ColvinMr. Clayton M. ConditMrs. Tracy CoyleMr. Thomas D. CurtisMs. Candace C. Davison

Dr. Harold L. DoddsDr. Mary Lou Dunzik-GougarProf. Geoffrey EichholzRobert C. Fine JD, CAEEugene GrecheckDr. Martin L. GrossbeckDr. Luisa F. HansenMr. James E. HopfMrs. Angelina S. HowardMr. Joseph A. KoblichDr. Eric P. LoewenDr. Ralph F. LumbMr. Alain MichelMr. Thomas E. Mistler / Mistler Family FoundationDr. John M. PalmsMr. Mark W. Peres P.E.Mr. Kenneth S. PetersenDr. Albert B. ReynoldsDr. Kenneth C. RogersMr. Ronald L. RowleyDr. Stephen P. Schultz P.E.Dr. Bal-Raj SehgalDr. S.C. SimonsonMr. Howard F. Sklar Dr. Rachel N. SlaybaughDr. Weston M. Stacey Jr.Dr. Don SteinerMr. Roger TilbrookDr. Neil E. TodreasMr. Richard F. WalkerDr. Eugene V. WeinstockMr. Rolf E. WestgardMr. Thomas J. WolffMr. William Arthur Wharton, IIIDr. Mingguang Zheng

Donor List

We sincerely apologize for any errors or omissions. Please contact Tracy Coyle, Outreach Manager, with any corrections at (708) 579-8209 or at tcoyle@ans.org

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Matching Gift CompaniesDominion Foundation Matching Gift Program

Duke Energy Foundation Matching Gifts Program

GE Foundation Matching Gifts ProgramAn easy way to double or even triple your contribution is through employee giving programs. Many corporations match employee donations, check with yours today.

In-kind DonorsInform.Engage.Inspire Silent Auction (June 15, 2013)

AMC Loews Quarry Cinemas 14 Tracy CoylePaul T. DickmanEducational Innovations, Inc. Let’s Talk Mayim Dennis MatlNational Museum of Nuclear Science and HistoryWalt Disney World, Disney/ABC/ESPN World of Coca-Cola

Donor List

Attendees at the Inform.Engage.Inspire Silent Auction on June 15, 2013

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Financial Statement

3%

Financial Statement (12/31/2013)

2010 2011 2012 2013

Contributions $ 682,600 $ 1,425,722 $ 240,041 $ 88,112

Other income (ie. interest ) $ 641 $ 30,196 $ 37,503

Expenses $ 38,945 $ 217,826 $ 295,093

CNSTI Revenue and Expenses 2010-2013

CNSTI 2013 Program Expenses

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ANS Communications Committee Samuel O. Brinton William B. DavisUlrich Decher Mary Lou Dunzik-GougarTeri L. Ehresman Matthew J. GiddenEugene S. Grecheck Margaret E. HardingEric J. Helin Laura HermannJames E. Hopf Angelina S. HowardLynnmarie P. Kinney Lisa M. MarshallCornelius Milmoe Jessica Netter DucharmeJoshua L. Peterson W. David PointerSteve E. Skutnik Abdelfattah Y. Soliman

Content DevelopmentCarol BerriganBlair P. BromleyWesley R. DeasonPaul T. DickmanSuzanne Hobbs BakerLenka KollarMimi LimbachElizabeth McAndrew-BenavidesRichard MeshallDonald F. Schutz Travis TrahanNathan Zohner

Teacher WorkshopsCandace DavisonEric P. LoewenMansel NelsonTerry PriceWalt ThomasDebra ThrallBill WabbersenWilliam “Art” Wharton

Thank you to our volunteers

ANS would like to thank all the volunteers without whom none of the Center’s achievements would be possible.

ANS Volunteer using a Groundwater Exploration Activity Model to demonstrate the groundwater flow as it relates to Uranium In Situ Leaching (ISL) mining and its potential effect on the aquifers underlying the environment.

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For 60 years, ANS has promoted the awareness and understanding of the application of nuclear science and technology. As we reflect on our accomplishments in 2013, we are so proud to have your continued support. Our success is only possible due to the dedication and commitment of staff, volunteers, advocates, and donors. To help celebrate ANS’s 60th

Anniversary, please consider making a donation to the Center for Nuclear Science and Technology Information. Donors who contribute at least $100 will receive a donor ribbon at all ANS National Meetings, and be listed on the donor recognition webpage.

Please join us by making a gift today.

The simplest and fastest way to give to ANS is by making your gift online at support.ans.org or by calling 708-579-8209.

Mail checks payable to the American Nuclear Society to:

Lockbox # 97781American Nuclear Societyc/o Center for NS&TI97781 Eagle WayChicago, IL 60678-9770

The American Nuclear Society is a 501(c)3 organization under IRS guidelines. Donations to ANS are tax deductible as allowed by law. Please consult your tax advisor.

Call to Action

SUPPORT the CENTERCorporate Giving Levels$1,000,000 President’s Giving Circle$500,000 Founder’s Circle$250,000 Ambassador’s Circle$100,000 Curie Giving Circle$50,000 Einstein Giving Circle$25,000 Fermi Giving Circle

$10,000 Roentgen Giving Circle

Individual Giving Levels$5,000 President’s Giving Circle$2,500 Ambassadors$1,000 Leaders<$999 Friends of Nuclear

Center for Nuclear Science and Technology Information555 N. Kensington AvenueLa Grange Park, IL 60526708-579-8230

www.NuclearConnect.org