Nuclear Criticality Safety Division

Status Reportto

Board of Directors American Nuclear Society

June 12, 2002

ScopeNuclear Criticality Safety Division

Criticality safety considerations ofmanagement of fissile material

outside reactorsacquisition of data related to nuclear

criticalitydevelopment and dissemination of

information on criticality safety

NCSD Officials

Officers

Chair: Bob Wilson

Vice Chair: Michaele (Mikey) Brady-Raap

Treasurer/Finance: Tom Doering

Secretary: Christa Reed,

Exec CommitteeKathleen Bhanot

Kevin Kimball

Richard Taylor

Jerry McKamy

Lon Paulson

Valerie Putman

Mark DeHart

Paul Felsher

Chris Robinson

NCSD Committees

Nominating Committee Program Committee Membership Committee Finance Committee Honors and Awards Education Committee Publications/Newsletter Committee

NCSD Program Committee

2002 Mark DeHart2002 Bob Wilson2002 Jack Bullington2002 Lon Paulson2002 Bonnie Rumble2002 John Pearson2002 David Hayes

2003 Glenn Sjoden2003 Ron Marble2003 Don Meuller2003 Larry Wetzel2004 Harry Felsher2004 Brad Rearden

Technical Sessions Sessions Papers Panels

June 99 Boston 3 21 1

Nov 99 Long Beach 3 20

June 00 San Diego 5 25 Nov 00 D. C. 9 62 June 01 Milwaukee 8 30 3 Nov 01 Reno Embedded

Topical 10 70

Nov 01 Reno 2 9

June 02 Hollywood 5 27 1 forum 1 workshop

NCSD Membership

489512 510 515

526541 536

564

628 624

655

440

407395

365

300

400

500

600

700

NCS Division, Industry

Architectural Engineering Co.

35 (5%)

Service Co.28 (4%)

Supplier20 (3%)

Utility48 (7%)

National Lab143 (22%)

Consulting Company108 (17%)

Government Agency87 (13%)

Retired62 (9%)

Educational Institution58 (9%)

Manufacturer56 (9%)

Private Research/Test Lab

9 (1%)

Criticality Safety Standards

ANSI/ANS-8.1, Operations with Fissionable Materials Outside Reactors.

ANSI/ANS-8.3, Criticality Accident Alarm System

ANSI/ANS-8.5, Borosilicate-Glass Raschig Rings

ANSI/ANS-8.7, Storage of Fissile Materials.

ANSI/ANS-8.10, Safety controls With Shielding and Confinement

ANSI/ANS-8.15, Special Actinide Elements

ANSI/ANS-8.19, Administrative Practices

ANSI/ANS-8.20, Nuclear Criticality Safety Training

Criticality Safety Standards

ANSI/ANS-8.21, Fixed Neutron Absorbers ANSI/ANS-8.22, Limiting and Controlling Moderators ANSI/ANS-8.23, Emergency Planning and Response

ANSI/ANS-8.9, Steel-Pipe Intersections Containing Aqueous

Solutions of Fissile Materials

ANSI/ANS-8.10, Operations With Shielding and Confinement

ANSI/ANS-8.12, Plutonium-Uranium Fuel Mixtures

ANSI/ANS-8.17, Handling, Storage and Transportation of LWR Fuel Outside Reactors

Criticality Safety Education

Current Emphasis – Develop national consensus standard, ANSI/ANS-8.26, “Criticality Safety Engineer Training and Qualification”, Draft now in Working Group (WG) status

White Papers on the Web – Key topics include NCS Education Committee Overview, An Acceptable NCS Evaluation, A Standard CSE, NCS Mentors and Qualifications, Training for non-NCS Managers, Professional Development Workshops and Tutorials

Workshops/Tutorials – efforts continue; burnup credit tutorial planned for Hollywood, FL 2002 meeting

Technical Session Certificates – NCSD Technical Session Certificate of Attendance made available to participants (as demonstration of professional development).

Recent Initiatives

Emerging Issues White Papers subcommittee to screen issues and develop

white paper; then exec committee controls issuance to web.

Local Meetings 10% of members attend national meetings need more benefits for rest local areas meetings proposed to fill gap

Web page – NEED TO UTILIZE MORE

Noteworthy

Membership steadily growing Attendance at governance meetings high Committee and officer positions easily filled Student Session with monetary awards every 2 yrs Standards Poster Session every 4 years Routinely provide student travel funds to ANS

meetings Awards created for Distinguished Service and

Technical Excellence Active Education and Standards Committee