American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors David Court, Chair 19 Nov 03, New Orleans, LA

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding RPSD 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.

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding RPSD Governance Executive Committee Structure –Chair John D. Court –Vice Chair David Anderson –Secretary Andrew Hodgdon –Treasurer John Wagner Past Chair Jeff Johnson Program Chair Robert Hayes Membership Mark Blumberg Benchmarks Hamilton Hunter Honors & Awards Bernadette Kirk Standards Bill Hopkins Scholarship Dan Ingersoll ANS BoD Liaison Sophie Gutner

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding RPSD Governance Executive Committee 2004 –David Anderson –Stephanie Frankle –Nolen Hertel 2005 –John Bennion –Don Dudziak –Michele Sutton Ferenci 2006 –Larry Townsend –Elizabeth Selcow –Jennifer Tanner

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding RPSD Governance Succession Planning –Vice-chair -> Chair -> Past Chair –Overlapping board terms –By-laws: Draw officers from past board members

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding Membership Trends

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding Membership Trends

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding Membership Trends

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding Communications Division Newsletter Division Web Site New Webmaster Newsletters and Executive Committee Minutes Topical Conferences

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding RPSD Contributions to ANS ANS Position Statements Position Statement No. 41: Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation Position Statement No. 19 on "Radon in the Home" Participation with Other Professional Societies Mathematics and Computation Division Health Physics Society OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc.

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding RPSD Services to Membership Scholarships Everett P. Blizard Scholarship Peer Recognition/Awards ANS Fellow Service Recognition Award Professional Excellence Award Student Support Student National Support Student Conference Support RPSD Topical Conference Student Support

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding RPSD Meetings National Meeting Participation Biennial RPSD Topical Conference 2002 – Santa Fe 2004 – Madeira, Portugal (Class II with ICRS 10) Co-Sponsor of M&C 2003, Gatlinburg, TN

David Court Radiation Protection and Shielding Summary Critical Vitality Measures (Requiring PDC Action) Division National Meetings Class I & II Topical Meetings Membership Trends Communi- cations Society Leadership ANS Position Statements RPSD 2002 PDC Vitality Summary Division Division Meetings Division Governance Division Contribution to Society Division Services to Membership Comments RPSD