American Nuclear Society

Nuclear Installations Safety Division (NISD)

Presentation to the ANS

Board of Directors

Stephen P. Schultz, Chair

Hollywood, Florida

June 12, 2002

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD) Charter and Focus

• Promote the safety of nuclear installations, and health & safety of the public, enhancing the role of safety in design, construction, and operations of nuclear installations/facilities and advance the engineering and scientific technology associated with facility safety

Encourage NI safety technology discussions Integrate and disseminate NI safety information Promote NI interchange among professional groups Facilitate nuclear industry and regulatory group

interactions

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD) Officers & Executive Committee

• Officers Stephen P. Schultz, Chair William E. Burchill, Vice-Chair/Chair Elect C. Frederick Sears, Secretary/Treasurer, Vice-Chair Elect Eric S. Beckjord, Past Chair Joseph A. Green, Secretary/Treasurer Elect

• Executive Committee Paul J. Amico (2002) Allen L. Camp (2005) Robert E. Henry (2005) John E. Kelly (2002) Yehia F. Khalil (2004) Shunsuke Kondo (2003 Int’l) Alan E. Levin (2004) Kevin R. O'Kula (2005) Bonnie J. Shapiro (2004) Jan B. Van Erp (2003) Sophie I. Gutner (BOD Liaison) Donald R. Hoffman (ex-Officio) Sharon S. Kerrick (ANS HQ Liaison)

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD) Committees (Chairs)

• Standing Committees Program (Robert R. Lowrie)

(Chip Martin)(Undine Shoop)

Honors & Awards (Walter L. Deitrich) Membership ( ) Nominating (Eric S. Beckjord, Past Chair) Finance (C. Frederick Sears)

• Special Committees Communications Student Relations & Scholarship

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD) Membership Trend

Nuclear Installations Safety Division

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Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD) Membership Trends: 2002 Demographics

NIS Division, Position

Engineers405 (25%)

Middle Management

367 (23%)

Top Mangement281 (18%)

Other professionals

207 (13%)

Retired203 (13%)

Others in education

69 (4%)

Reactor Operators8 (0%)

Students32 (2%)

Other (unidentified)

31 (2%)

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD) Membership Trends: 2002 Demographics

NIS Division, Industry

Architectural Engineering Co.

81 (5%)

Manufacturer73 (5%)

Service Co.69 (4%)

Other industries*65 (4%)

Utility354 (22%) Consulting

Company285 (18%)

National Lab189 (12%)

Retired188 (12%)

Government Agency

181 (11%)Educational Institution114 (7%)

Other 4

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD) Membership Trend: Observations

• Downtrend has been steady with stagnant industry growth

• Divisional membership decrease over 5 years is about twice that of the Society as a whole

• Trend similar to Operations & Power (NISD experiencing slightly lower % decreases)

• Aging membership (Retirements)

• Changing career roles and diversification within ANS Accelerator Applications Decomm, Decon, & Reutilization

• When Nuclear Operations merged with Power Division, NISD membership continued constant decline

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD) Financial Status (As of 12/31/01)

• Total Funds Available -- $8,864 $11,381 -- 2000 Carry-forward $1,777 -- 2001 Member Allocation $ 0 -- Topical/Meeting Income <$2,000> -- Student programs

Student travel ($500)Student meetings ($1,500)

<$2,250> -- Division Awards

• DiSalvo Award -- $15,577• Saul Levine Scholarship -- new funding

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD)National Meeting Support

Substantial Program Support for all National Meetings

10 Sessions this meeting 12 Sessions (3 Traditional and 9 Special) for

Washington meeting 11 Sessions (3 Traditional and 8 Special) for

San Diego meeting Lead (3) & Supported (1) Embedded

Topicals over last two years

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD)Topical Meeting Development

• PSA Topical in October 2002

• Advanced Reactor Topical in May 2004

• Embedded Topical: “Best Estimate-2004” at Annual meeting – in process

• EFCOG (Energy Facility Contractors Group) - Safety Analysis Working Group Milwaukee (2001) ??? (2004-2005)

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD)Honors and Awards Activities

• George C. Laurence Pioneering Award 2001 Alan Swain

• Tommy Thomson Award2000 Annick Carnino2001 Bal Raj Sehgal2002 Walter Loewenstein

• Established Saul Levine Memorial Scholarship

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD) Initiatives

• Building upon strengths Increase technical content of National Meeting sessions

and Embedded Topicals Promote paper and full paper submissions Enhance advertisement of NISD Topical Meetings

• Communications to membership Electronic Newsletter and Website Maintenance Welcome and tracking of new members Augment communications of NISD activities beyond

Newsletter and usual Calls for Papers announcements

Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NISD) Initiatives (Continued)

• Outreach to industry Achieve a cooperative relationship with the Safety

Analysis Working Group of EFCOG (Energy Facility Contractors Group)

ICONE Conference strategy

• Outreach to students Mentor-Protégé increase Student Meeting funding and support National Meeting student travel Scholarship programs development