American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection Shielding Division RPSD

American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection & Shielding Division (RPSD) Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors John C. Wagner June 11 2008, Anaheim CA

Division/TG Mission The division promotes the interchange of technology related to: • the transport of particulate and electromagnetic radiation in materials and biological systems; • techniques and instrumentation to measure and calculate radiation fields; and • the 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 n Executive Committee Structure • • n n Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer John Wagner John Hendricks Erik Shores F. Arzu Alpan (automatically becomes chair) 10 Members (3 -year terms) Past Chair: Andrew Hodgdon (Nominating Committee) Board Liaison: Joe Colvin Communications/Web, E-mail/Newsletter

RPSD Governance n Membership Trends Last 5 Years/Composition • ~12% of membership is students • ~12% of ANS members are RPSD members

RPSD Governance n. Budge t Carry Forward Member Allocation Division Income Total Funds Newsletters Awards, Plaques National Meeting Costs Division Officer Expense Student Support Scholarship/NEED Funding Other Expenses Total Expenses Excess 2007 Through 3/2008 21, 229 17, 302 1344 2, 656 410 0 22, 983 19, 958 0 0 53 0 2, 488 0 0 0 3, 000 0 140 0 5, 681 0 17, 302 19, 958

RPSD Governance n Division Planning • Organize multiple sessions for the ANS Annual and Winter Meetings • Organize RPSD topical meetings n n RPSD topicals in even-numbered years Include code workshops for professional development • Collaborate with other divisions n n n Mathematics & Computation (MCD) topicals in odd-numbered years Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD) topicals in even-numbered years Along with RPD and MCD support the activities of the Joint Benchmark Committee • Collaborate with the International Nuclear Community n n RPSD topical meeting is held in collaboration with the International Conference on Radiation Shielding every ~6 years Many non-US attendees at recent RPSD 08/ICRS 11 meeting • Attract young members to ANS and RPSD n n Provide funds for travel to RPSD meetings Support student conferences

RPSD Governance n Communications • Website: http: //rpsd. ans. org n Needs to be updated • Newsletter: n n n Two per year E-mailed to members (discontinued hardcopy mailing) Also posted on RPSD website • Executive Committee Listserver n Used for communications among members

RPSD Contributions to ANS n ANS Position Statements • RPSD members, especially the members of the executive committee and officers, have contributed to ANS position statements n Participation with Other Professional Societies • • • n Mathematics & Computations Division Health Physics Society Co-sponsorship of meetings, e. g. , International Conference on Radiation Shielding (ICRS), Monte Carlo 2005 & 2010 Society Leadership • Our members serve on the ANS board and actively participate in many standing committees n Non-Meeting Publications • Our members publish papers in Nuclear Science and Engineering, Nuclear Technology, Annals of Nuclear Energy, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Medical Physics, TTSP, SIAM Journals, IEEE Journals, ASTM Journals

RPSD Services to Membership n Professional Development • Numerous tutorials at national & topical meetings • Roundtables just recently initiated at national meetings; first one on “Analytical & Experimental Benchmarks” n Scholarships n n Peer Recognition/Awards n n n Everett P. Blizard Scholarship ANS Fellow Service Recognition Award Professional Excellence Award Rockwell “Lifetime Achievement” Award (awarded to Enrico Sartori, April 2008) Student Support n n Student Conference Support RPSD Topical Conference Student Support

RPSD Meetings n n National Meeting Participation (substantial growth in recent years) • • • 2008 2007 2006 - RPSD 2010 Las Vegas RPSD 2008/ICRS 11 Atlanta RPSD 2006 – Carlsbad MC 2005 Chattanooga RPSD 2004/ICRS 10 Madeira RPSD 2002 – Santa Fe A W A 13 papers; 22 papers; 32 papers; 61 papers; 4 papers 3 3 2 1 tutorials; 1 roundtable tutorials; 1 panel tutorial Topical Meetings 327 152 204 380 248 papers; 10 tutorials papers; 4 tutorials papers

RPSD Metrics RPSD Vitality Measures - CY 2007

Summary n Areas of Success • Organization of successful topical meetings • Substantial improvement in national meeting participation • Numerous code workshops/tutorials have been organized and well attended n n Interactive, hands-on computer code tutorial sessions at national meetings are an RPSD innovation and ANS first Focus for Future Action • • RPSD Strategic Plan Increase student/young member involvement Update web-site information Further develop new technical areas in which RPSD members participate • Continue our efforts in organization of quality meetings • Continue to improve service to membership