American Nuclear Society Material Science and Technology Division Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors Todd Allen University of Wisconsin June 8, 2005 San Diego

MSTD Mission Promotion of the development of materials and materials technology for application to all aspects of the production of nuclear energy and related energy sources and to the direct applications of radiation to materials

Executive Committee Structure Chair-Todd Allen Vice-Chair/Chair Elect-Ron Ballinger Secretary Treasurer-Robert Hanrahan BOD Liaison-Jim Tulenko Executive Committee-15 members (5 per year group, three year terms)

Membership Trends

Budget 2005 $1650 total budget $900 spent to date on student support Schumar Scholarship endowment

Strategic Plan Five year plan adopted in Nov 2004 Tactical plan adopted in Nov 2004 and updated in Nov 2005 Evaluate and revise standard schedule for recurring MSTD sponsored sessions Develop a new “Research in Progress” session to improve the debate on current hot topics Increase MSTD student membership Increase MSTD young member (<35 years old) participants on Executive Board Update Division Web site, Obtain feedback on “continuous newsletter” project Make significant progress toward fully endowed Schumar Scholarship

Succession Planning New Board Members Arthur Motta-PSU John Fish-KAPL Scott Simonson-KAPL Rory Kennedy-INL Ken Geelhood-PNNL

Communications MSTD transitioned to an on-line newsletter –Members continually add content –Entire membership periodically reminded First issue June Updated in Aug 2004 and after November 2004 meeting. Semiannual list of relevant technical meetings

ANS Position Statements None

Participation with other Societies Participation with Other Professional Societies –Co-sponsor Environmental Degradation Meeting with NACE and TMS –LWR Fuel Performance Conference jointly sponsored by ANS, ENS, and AESJ –Many MSTD members are also members of TMS and ASTM. ANS competes with meetings from these societies.

Society Leadership MSTD members hold the following positions –ANS President –Incoming NPC Vice-Chair

Non-meeting Publications MSTD members publish in –Journal of Nuclear Materials –Nuclear Technology –Nuclear Science and Engineering No special issues in 2004

Professional Development MSTD has helped organize and has participated in the periodic Atomistic Modeling in Fuels workshops These workshops are being transitioned to a Topical Meeting (Nov 2006)

Scholarships Schumar Scholarship –Awarded Annually –Brought Endowment to $40,000 in Nov 2004

Peer Recognition/Awards MSTD Awards Banquet held in Nov 2004 Outstanding Achievement Awards were presented to Arden Bement Everett Bloom Jack Carpenter Gary Was Special Achievement Award presented to Ron Klueh for his book with Don Harries on the properties of irradiated ferritic-martensitic steels. Significant Contribution Awards (outstanding papers presented at ANS meetings) were presented to: Ji Hyun Kim Travis Knight Sean McDeavitt Literary Awards were presented to: Todd Allen Jeremy Busby Bob Odette Brian Wirth Mishima Award-Steve Herring 2004

National Meeting Participation –Pittsburgh June 2004 Fuels and Materials Performance Reactor Pressure Boundary Penetration Degradation (Panel) –Washington, DC Nov 2004 Advances in Materials Testing and Analysis Development & Testing of Fuels for Advanced Reactors –San Diego, June 2005-initiate standard rotation Materials for Supercritical Water-cooled Reactors Coolant Compatibility in Lead-alloy Cooled Systems –Reno, Nov 2005 Gas Reactor Fuels Fuel Modeling

Topical Meetings Class I –LWR Fuel Performance Sep 2004 Class II –Environmental Degradation-Aug 2005 Class III ICAPP ‘04 Pittsburgh –Materials/Corrosion Issues of Supercritical Water Reactors (Panel) –Structural and Materials Modeling and Analysis –Materials for Space Reactor Concepts –Fuel Design and Irradiation Issues for Next Generation Plants –Advanced Issues in Welding and Material Reno June 2006 Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors Albuquerque 2006 Atomistic Modeling in Nuclear Fuel Systems

Division Metrics

Summary Strong focus on technical programming and establishing meetings/sessions that are routinely attended by the international community –Standard programming –New topical meetings Engaging young members on executive board Adequate performance for all Division Metrics and Measures