American Nuclear Society Reactor Physics Division Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors Robert St.Clair Washington, D.C. November 17, 2009

RPD Mission The mission of the Reactor Physics Division it to: –Promote the advancement of theoretical, applied, and experimental research in reactor physics –Seek a better understanding of reactor physics –Seek a better understanding of reactor operations and in-core fuel management through the development and application of fundamental tools –Improve basic physical data –Test both tools and data in reactor experiments

RPD Governance Executive Committee Structure Officers: Chair: Robert St.Clair Secretary: Benoit Forget Vice-Chair: G. Ivan Maldonado Treasurer: Alireza Haghigat Executive Committee: Paul Edelmann Germina Ilas Mark DeHart Simone Santandrea Eleador NichitaDavid Griesheimer Keith Drudy Ronald Ellis Glenn Sjoden Kostadin Ivanov - Includes International and Young Member Representatives Board Liaison: Regis Matzie

RPD Governance - Standing Committees Program –Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse) Honors and Awards –Dimitrios Cokinos (Brookhaven National Lab) Scholarship –Jess Gehin (Oak Ridge National Lab) Standards –Dimitrios Cokinos (Brookhaven National Lab) Website (Chair) –Robert St.Clair (Duke Energy) Nominating (Past Chair) –Jeff Bradfute (Westinghouse) Goals/Membership (Vice-Chair) –G. Ivan Maldonado (University of Tennessee)

RPD Governance Total Membership

RPD Governance Student Membership

RPD Governance - Budget Division Finances Actual 12/31/2008 Budget 2009 Actual 8/31/2009 Budget Funds Carry Forward Member Allocation Division Income National Meeting Participation Topical Meetings 29,059 3,434 1,060 29,553 3,500 2,000 29,553 3,500 Total Budget Funds 33,553 35,053 33,053 Budget Expenses Awards and Plaques Website Funding Student Support 4, ,750 2,000 3,000 Total Expenses 4,000 3,850 3,000 Excess of Budgeted Funds over Expenses 29,553 31,203 30,053

RPD Governance Planning 1-year Tactical Plan – Updated Annually in June 5-year Strategic Plan – Updated Annually in June Succession planning: –4-year rotation of officers –Contested election of Secretary each year –Preferred succession for officers Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-Chair, Chair 10 additional At-large members on the Executive Committee for 3-year terms

RPD Governance Communications Recently revamped RPD website –EC and PC Meeting Minutes & Contact Info –Newsletters –Tactical and Strategic Plans –Rules and Bylaws –Topical Meeting Info –Chair and Committee member messages –Awards and Scholarships (soon) –Fellow Recognition (soon) –Technical Meetings Semi-annual newsletters Broadcast s to publicize panel and special sessions, Topical meetings, Standards news, and recognition

RPD Contributions to ANS ANS Position Statements #48 Preserving Experimental Benchmark Work Participation with Other Professional Societies –PHYSOR 2006 Topical: Canadian Nuclear Society –Class 3 sponsor of PHYTRA-1 conference 2007: Moroccan Association for Nuclear Engineering and Reactor Technology –PHYSOR 2008: Swiss Nuclear Society –2009 ANMF-IV Topical: CNS, ENS, AESJ, KNS, NSM, OECD/NEA –PHYSOR 2010 Topical: Added Chinese Nuclear Society and ASME

RPD Contributions to ANS Society Leadership –RPD Executive and Program Committees meet at both National Meetings > 75% attendance by Members and Officers –RPD Actively Participates with ANS National Committees Professional Divisions Committee National Program Committee Standards Board, N-17, Numerous Standards Working Groups Non-Meeting Publications –Members frequently contribute to Journals Progress in Nuclear Energy Special Edition for ANFM-IV –Multiple Standards (next slide)

RPD Contributions to ANS Standards –5.1Decay Heat Power in LWRs –19.1Nuclear Data Sets for Reactor Design Calculations –19.3Neutron Reaction Rate Distributions and Reactivity –19.3.4Thermal Energy Deposition Rates –19.4Reference Power Reactor Physics Measurements –19.6.1Reload Startup Physics Tests for PWRs –19.9Delayed Neutrons (under development) –19.10Neutron Fluence in Pressure Vessels and Rx Internals –19.11Moderator Temperature Coefficient

RPD Services to Membership Professional Development –PHYSOR 2006 Workshops (3) –PHYSOR 2008 Workshops (2) –ANFM - IV Workshops (1) –PHYSOR 2010 Workshops (6) –Annual Panel Session “Current Topics for Reactor Engineers ”

RPD Services to Membership Scholarships –Henry/Greebler scholarship fully endowed Currently awarded annually as a graduate student scholarship Expect to add annual undergraduate award in 2010 Recognition/Awards –Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award presented at this meeting’s Honors and Awards luncheon to Dr. Edward W. Larsen –Wigner Award Lecture, “Asymptotic Analysis in Nuclear Reactor Theory” presented at Tuesday’s “Reactor Analysis Methods” session

RPD Services to Membership Recognition/Awards (cont’d.) –Henry/Greebler scholarship award winner (Emily R. Wolters) invited paper, “A Hybrid Monte Carlo-S2 Method with No Spatial Truncation Error” presented at Tuesday’s “Reactor Analysis Methods” session –RPD Best Paper Award given for each meeting Student Support –Providing a financial contribution of $2000 annually for the student conference –Providing $2000 annually for student travel to the ANS National Meetings

RPD Meeting Participation Two National Meetings per year –2008 Annual Meeting – 6 sessions, 36 papers –2008 Winter Meeting – 7 sessions, 38 papers –2009 Annual Meeting – 8 sessions, 42 papers –2009 Winter Meeting – 7 sessions, 46 papers Class I, II, and III Topical Meetings –PHYSOR (Class II, bi-annual with 1/3 international) –M&C (Class II, Co-sponsor in non-PHYSOR years) –ANFM (Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management, Class II ~every 5 years)

2008 RPD Metrics and Measures Division Meetings Division Governance Division Contributions to Society Division Services to Membership National Meeting Participation Succession Planning ANS Position Statements Professional Development Class I and II Topicals Membership Trends Participation with Outside Professional Societies Scholarships Class III TopicalsCommunicationsSociety LeadershipPeer Recognition/ Awards Division PlanningNon-meeting Publications Student Support Commitment to YMG

Summary Areas of Success Technical Programs (National, PHYSOR, ANFM and Workshops) Standards Support International Participation Fully-Endowed Scholarship Student Support (conferences and travel)

Summary Future Focus Areas Maintain strong technical programs (large, active program committee). Continue support for student conferences, student travel to the national meetings, and awarding Henry/Greebler scholarship. Continue to support the national ANS initiative to revitalize utility involvement in the ANS. RPD support of Young Member Group requests and YMG participation on EC. Complete web site development/updates. Maintain newsletters on schedule. Improved use of recognition through Wigner Awards and Fellow nominations.