American Nuclear Society Human Factors Division Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors Robert M. Edwards, chair June 16, Pittsburgh, PA

HFD Mission The division devotes itself specifically to the human part of the nuclear system. Human Factors has its major objective to improve: task peformability, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency and effectiveness. The major areas of interest include but are not limited to: task design, procedures, operator selection, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, motivation, and information processing.

Executive Committee

Membership trends

Membership Composition

Budget Information Actual 2003 Budget 2004 Actual 2004 Carry Forward Member Allocation Income000 Total Budget Funds Awards/Plaques Student Support Seed Money (topical) Total expenses Excess

Division Governance Division Planning/Strategic Plan, Succession Planning –Strategic plan submitted in 2004 –non-officer succession planning needs more work Communications/Web, /Copy of Newsletter –newsletter issued in May 2004

Division/TG Contributions to ANS ANS Position Statements –none Participation with Other Professional Societies –sponsorship of division topical Society Leadership –50% executive committee attendance –~100% PDC&NPC Non-Meeting Publications –August 2003 NT special issue

Division/TG Services to Membership Professional Development –2002 EPRI DOE workshop, Advanced Reactor I&C Requirements –2004 workshop for utility working conference Bill Cochoran - root cause analysis –2004 workshop with division topical Ted Quinn Scholarships –none Peer Recognition/Awards –none Student Support –none in 2003, but two conferences in 2004

Division/TG Meetings National Meeting Participation –2 sessions in 2003 –2 sessions in June 2004 –5 sessions offered for November 2004 Topicals/Prior Two Years, Current Year, Future Two Years –NPIC&HMIT 2000 –NPIC&HMIT 2004

Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Control and Human Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC&HMIT’2004 Columbus Ohio, September 19-22, 2004 Organizers: –Steven Arndt (NRC), general chair –Gary Johnson (LLL), tech. co-chair, NPIC –John O’Hara (BNL), tech. co-chair, HMIT cosponsors: EPRI, DOE, NRC, IAEA, and OECD/AEA 200+ abstracts accepted,12+ countries

Summary Status of Division/TG Metrics and Measures –Division Governance Communications newsletter and website updates in 2004 List Areas of Success –Division Contributions to Society division topicals: 1993, 1996, 2000, 2004 NT special issues: 2002, 2003, 2004 Focus for Future Action –Division Governance succession planning for officer and non-officer positions –communications: newsletter and timely website updates

Professional Division Metrics / Measures of Division Vitality HFD Vitality Measures – CY 2003 Division Meetings Division Governance Division Contributions to Society Division Services to Membership National Meeting Participation 2003: 0 session 0panel/1session 1panel Succession Planning To be developed & included in Strategic Plan ANS Position Statements HFD is not responsible for Position Statement Professional Development EPRI-DOE Advanced Rx Human Factor I&C Research Requirements Workshop Nov 2002 Class I Class II Topicals 4 th Int I&C & Human Machine Interface Membership Trends 579 members +1.6% change 2003 Participation with Outside Professional Societies IEEE co-sponsor for Class I Topical Scholarships HFD Does Not Support a Scholarship Class III Topicals 2001 Topical – I&C Human Mach Interface Communications no newsletters issued in 2003 website not updated in 2003 Society Leadership Both Mtgs: 50% Exec Comm, 75% PDC & NPC Peer Recognition/ Awards HFD does not support peer recognition/awards Division Planning Strategic Plan submitted to PDC Chair in 2003 Non-Meeting Publications Nuclear Technology –Nuclear plant instrumentation & control Aug 2003 Student Support HFD did not support 2003 Student activities