American Nuclear SocietyFuel Cycle Waste Management

Division

Presentation to the

ANS Board of Directors

Paul Wilson, Chair

11/14/2012

San Diego, CA

FCWM Mission

Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management,

worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.

FCWM Governance• Chair: Paul Wilson• Vice-Chair: Guillermo “Bill” DelCul• Secretary/Treasurer: Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar (*)• Program Chair: Jack Law (Fausto Franceschini)• Executive Committee

– Samuel E. Bays (2014) - Jeffrey L. Binder (2014)– Amanda J. Casella (2014) - Emory D. Collins (2013)– Dominique Greneche (2014) - Charles W. Forsberg (2013)– Alan D. Pasternak (2013) - Mark T. Peters (2013)– Daniel P. Stout (2013) - Ruth F. Weiner (2013)– Leah Spradley-Parks (2015) - Denise Lee (2015)– Maryanne Stasko (2015)

• Board Liaison: Gene Grecheck

(*) Appointed replacement following resignation

FCWM Governance• Bylaws & Rules are up-to-date• Division strategic plan review underway

– Changes to succession plan– Old plan

• Required 6 year commitment• Program chair rotation too rapid• Didn’t necessarily match professional/career development of candidates

– New plan• Decouple Program succession (3 yrs) from Executive succession (4 yrs)• Allow selection of candidates better suited to each succession

• Newsletter revival– Spring 2012 first newsletter in 3 years– Plans for Spring 2013

Division Membership Trend

Division Membership Trend

Expecting some impact from NNTG

formation

Division Membership<1%• Test Lab•Medical Institution•Unknown

Division Finances

Highlights•Primary income is GLOBAL meeting

• 6 year cycle•Some other meeting income

• IHLWM• TopFuel

•Support 10-12 technical sessions at each Annual/Winter meeting

Division Finances

Highlights•Randall scholarship fully endowed

• Travel support for winner• Lauren Bolden (RPI)

•Additional student support: $7600/a•Congressional Fellow: $5000•Radwaste Magazine: $4500

• Free 1 yr subscription to all new FCWM members

•Teachers workshop: $1000

FCWM Program Highlights

• Primary topical meeting– GLOBAL series rotates to US every 6 years

• (Co)sponsorship of other topicals– TopFuel– IHLWM

• Transitioning to Class 1 topical

• 10-12 technical sessions per national meeting

Recent FCWM Contribution to Society

• Objective A: ANS as Thought Leader– Extensive contributions to BRC response

• Objective B: Outreach & Policy– Lead role in 8-10 position statements

• Supporting role in 3-4 additional statements

– Congressional briefing on fuel cycles– Fuel cycle & waste management presentation at

Teachers’ Workshops

Recent FCWM Contribution to Society

• Objective D: Knowledge Dissemination– Radwaste Solutions subscriptions for new

members

• Objective E: Continuous Improvement– Housed technical aspects of SCNN for many

years• Supported launch of NNTG

Future FCWM Contribution to Society

• Objective B: Outreach & Policy– Update and reorganize position statements

• Objective C: Professional Development– Create first FCWM Award– Explore creation of PD workshop(s) and/or short

courses– Undergraduate curriculum content

Future FCWM Contribution to Society

• Objective E: Continuous Improvement– Improve newsletter frequency

• Consider division-specific social media coordinated with ANS

– Amend officer succession– Review financial sustainability– More structure for national meeting program

offerings

Summary

• Second largest division with broad connection to members

• Concrete opportunities for ongoing improvement– Professional development– Outreach & Policy– Division governance