American Nuclear SocietyRadiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD)

Presentation to the

ANS Board of Directors

Arzu Alpan, RPSD Chair

June 27, 2012 - Chicago, Illinois

RPSD Mission

The division promotes the interchange of technology related to:

• transport of particulate and electromagnetic radiation in materials and biological systems

• techniques and instrumentation to measure and calculate radiation fields

• quantification of radiation effects and nuclear heat deposition within materials. 

Radiation protection management, ALARA, operation health physics, and radiation shield design and evaluation are key subject areas

RPSD Governance

• Chair: Arzu Alpan (Westinghouse) ………………...(2012)

• Vice Chair: Nolan E. Hertel (Georgia Tech) ……….(2012)

• Treasurer: Joel M. Risner (ORNL) ……………........(2012)

• Secretary: Scott W. Mosher (ORNL) ………………(2012)

RPSD Governance• Executive Committee:

Shaheen A. Dewji (Georgia Tech – Student Member) ………….(2012)Steven J. Nathan (SRS) …………………………………………(2014)Wayne D. Newhauser (M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) .............(2012)Douglas E. Peplow (ORNL) …………………………………….(2014)Arkady Serikov (KIT/Germany – International Member) ……...(2012)Erik F. Shores (LANL) ………………………………………….(2014)Robert C. Singleterry (NASA) ………………………………….(2012)Glenn E. Sjoden (Georgia Tech) ………………………………..(2013) Martin R. Williamson (Y-12) …………………………………...(2013)

• Ex-Officio: Charlotta E. Sanders (UNLV)Michaele C. Brady Raap (PNNL)

• BoD Liaison: Joe F. Colvin

• YMG Liaison: Ahmad Ibrahim (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)

RPSD Governance

• Bylaws & Rules Status: Updated, revised and submitted to the ANS Bylaws and Rules Committee in May 2012 for approval• Strategic Planning Status: Updated and sent to the ANS Planning Committee in January 2012 (available on the RPSD website); selection of top priorities:

– Division’s Commitment to Young Members Group (YMG) and Student Support:

• RPSD liaison to YMG appointed• Co-organized sessions with YMG• Supported 2012 Student Conference • Hosted a booth at the 2012 Student Conference• Working with ANS to support a student survey• Awarding student summaries/presentations at ANS National Meetings• Student Executive Committee Member position

RPSD Governance– National meeting participation; 2012 ANS Annual Meeting:

• Radiation Protection and Shielding: General• Computational Tools for Radiation Protection and Shielding• Research Applications of Neutron Spectrometry and Dosimetry (Reactor Physics Division session co-sponsored by RPSD)• Radiation Protection and Shielding—Roundtable• Reactor Pressure Vessel Neutron Exposure Monitoring—Tutorial • MCNP/MCNPX Tutorial for Homeland Security (co-sponsored by YMG)

– Class IV Topical Meeting: ICRS-12 & RPSD-2012– Website: update and improve – ANS Position Statement: special committee being formed to review ANS Position Statement # 41, “Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation.”– Peer Recognition/Honors and Awards: Service Recognition, Professional Excellence, Rockwell Lifetime Achievement, best summary/presentation at National Meetings– ANS-6 Standards monitoring

RPSD Governance• Communication:

– website (http://rpsd.ans.org/)

– newsletter issued twice a year and available at website

RPSD Membership Trend

RPSD MembershipRPSD Membership

RPSD Finances

2011 2012Budget Funds (actual) (budget)

Carry forward from previous year 21,527 21,431

Member Allocation 2,692 2,628

Division Income 982a 0

Total Budget Funds 25,201 24,059

Expenses

Awards, Plaques 359 960

National Meeting Costs 200 800

Student Support 2900 3,725

Newsletter 100 0

Other Expenses 211 200

Scholarship Funding 0 0

Total Expenses 3,770 5,685

Excess (Deficiency) 21,431 18,374aRPSD-2010 (Class I); RPSD-2012 is Class IV (no revenue); next revenue from topical will be from RPSD-2014.

RPSD Finances• Everitt P. Blizard Scholarship ($3000)

– Timothy Patrick Burke, University of Michigan (2012)

• Professional Excellent Award – Alireza Haghighat and Shiaw-Der (Steve) Su (2011)

• Service Recognition Award– John Hendricks (2011)

• Best Professional Summary/Presentation Award– Hatice Akkurt, Dorothea Wiarda, and Keith Eckerman (ORNL), “Recent Updates to

Radiation Organ Dose Estimation Tool PIMAL” (2011)

• Best Student Summary/Presentation Award– J. G. Richard (Univ. of Florida), M. L. Fensin, S. J. Tobin, M. T. Swinhoe, H. O.

Menlove (LANL) “Burnup-Dependent Neutron Source Term for Gross Neutron Detection Techniques” (2010)

RPSD Contributions to Society

• Maintains 7 ANSI Standards

– 2 standards are currently under revision • ANS-6.1.2 and ANS-6.4.3

– 1 standard is waiting for approval for a revision request• ANS-6.4.2

– 2 standards are being reviewed with an anticipation of a revision • ANS-6.1.1 and ANS-6.6.1

– 2 reaffirmed standards need chairs and are currently inactive• ANS-6.3.1 and ANS-6.4

RPSD Contributions to Society• A special committee is being formed to review ANS

Position Statement #41, “Health Effects of Low Level Radiation”

• Provided comments to the Blue Ribbon Commission Report in 2011

RPSD Contributions to Society• Affiliations with other technical organizations:

– American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Health Physics Society (HPS), European Nuclear Society (ENS)

– ICRS-12 & RPSD-2012 Topical (organized by the Atomic Energy Society of Japan)

– Within ANS:• Mathematics and Computation Division (MCD) and Reactor Physics Division (RPD)

through the Joint Benchmark Committee

• Computational Medical Physics Working Group (CMPWG)

• Organizing sessions with YMG, RPD, and Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology Division (ANSTD)

Summary• Areas of Success

– Tutorials at ANS National Meeting • 2 at 2012 ANS Annual Meeting, 3 at 2011 ANS Winter Meeting

– Honors and Awards• Selecting recipients for each RPSD award every year

• Resumed giving best summary/presentation awards at ANS National Meetings

• Formed new best summary/presentation award for students at ANS National Meetings

– Efforts on student and young member involvement

– Updating of bylaws and rules, website, strategic planning, standing committees

Summary

• Focus for Future Action

– Increase the variety of technical sessions as well as paper contributions at ANS National Meetings