1. American Nuclear Society Fusion Energy Division
Agenda Item #4.a
American Nuclear Society Fusion Energy Division
Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors
Susana Reyes, FED Chair
June 10, 2015, San Antonio, TX

2. Fusion Energy Division (FED) Mission
Promotes the development of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes
Cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals
Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications

3. FED Executive Committee
Officers ( )
Chair Susana Reyes
Vice Chair Arnie Lumsdaine
Secretary/Treasurer Paul Humrickhouse
Ex Officio Minami Yoda (Past Chair)
Hans Gougar (PDC Chair)
Executive Committee members-at-large
2016 Jean Paul Allain, Kevin Kramer, Kelsey Tresemer
2017 Neill Taylor, Blair Bromley, Craig Taylor
2018 Takeo Muroga, Keith Rule, Ahmad Ibrahim

4. FED Standing Committees, Liaisons
Nominating Committee Chair
Minami Yoda
Honors and Awards Committee Chair
Nermin Uckan
Program Committee Chair
Arnie Lumsdaine
Membership Committee Chair
Ahmad Ibrahim
Newsletter Editor
Laila El-Guebaly
Fusion Science and Technology Editor
FED Webmaster
Mark Tillack
ANS Board Liaison
Andrew Klein
IEEE Liaison
MS&T Liaison
Lance Snead
RPS Liaison
Paul Wilson
Young Members Liaison

5. FED Governance FED adopted the Standard Bylaws in November 2009
FED has written a set of Division Rules, submitted to the BRC in May 2012
FED has a current Strategic Plan and Tactical and Succession Plan
Communication:
FED website (
Newsletter is published twice a year, June/December and past issues are available at the website

6. FED Membership Trends

7. Total Membership as of March 31, 2015
FED Membership Stats
Fusion Energy (FED)
Total Membership as of March 31, 2015
Students
33%
304
Educational Inst.-Staff
16%
146
National Lab
13%
118
Retired 9% 79
Consult. Co. 6% 53
Utility 5% 47
Govt. Agency 4% 37
Manufacturing 35
Arch./Engr. 3% 25
Other 24
Prvt. Research Lab 2% 18
Service Co. 15
Supplier 1% 6
Active Military 8
Test Lab
0.3% 3
Construct. Co.
0.1% 1
Total
100%
919

8. Division Services to Membership
FED Newsletter is ed to ~900 FED members and over 1,200 interested fusion professionals
Continue to contribute to the ANS NEED scholarship
Achieved funding for establishing a fully funded FED scholarship
Engaged in peer recognition through activities such as:
Edward Teller Award
FED Awards (Achievement and Technical Accomplishment and Best Student Paper Awards)
FED continuously supports the ANS student conference and travel of students to ANS conferences
Division continues to engage in professional development activities through the PDCC, YMG, workshop activities, local section activities and student sections activities

9. Division Contributions to ANS
ANS Position Statement on Fusion Energy in revision
Participation with other Professional Societies:
IEEE liaison
Other: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
Contribution of blogs in Nuclear Cafe
Society Leadership:
FED Chair sits on US DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC)
FED members are active nationally
FED promotes and supports non-meeting
publications in Fusion Science and Technology
Impact factor 0.95

10. Division Finances
Primary source of FED funding is the TOFE meeting, held every two years, which alternates from stand-alone to embedded
FED confers several awards at TOFE and provides additional support for student travel to the meeting
FED has just achieved the 60K level to fund a student scholarship, this has been a long standing goal of the Division

11. Division Finances 2013 2014 2015† Starting balance $48,092 $56,523
$61,283
Dues allocation
$1,866
$1,714
$1,712
Meeting income
$8,335*
$9,140** -
Awards
$1,196
Nat’l meeting phone costs
$858
$527
$800
NEED scholarship
$500
Student travel to TOFE
$3,000
Student travel to Nat’l meetings
$300
Annual student conference
Other
$112
$71
Ending budget
$60,395
*From the 2012 TOFE; expenses associated with this meeting were paid in 2012
**From the annual meeting, and 2014 TOFE
†Budget, updated to reflect actual starting balance

12. Division Contributions to Society Division Services to Membership
2015 Division Metrics
Division Meetings
Division Governance
Division Contributions to Society
Division Services to Membership
National Meeting Participation Annual: 2 sessions Winter: 2 sessions
Succession Planning Tactical and Succession Plan Updated in 2015
ANS Position Statements Fusion Energy (in review)
Professional Development Planning Prof. Development workshop at 22 TOFE
Class I, Class II Topicals
2015 M&C
2016 ANS Topical on the Technology of Fusion Energy (22 TOFE)
2016 Tritium Conference
Membership Trends % change % change % change % change 2015
Participation with Outside Professional Societies Fusion has liaison with IEEE
Scholarships Contributed to NEED fund
Achieved level to fund a FED scholarship
Class III Topicals (Embedded)
2014 ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (21 TOFE)
Communications 2 newsletters in 2015 Website updated 2015
Blog in Nuclear Cafe
Society Leadership All PDC All NPC 100% Jun , x% Nov
Presentation to BOD June 2015
Peer Recognition/ Awards Edward Teller FED Awards (Achievement & Tech. Accomplishment) Best Student Paper Award
Class VI Topicals
2015 ICENES
2015 IFSA
Division Planning Tactical and Succession Plan Updated in 2015
Strategic Plan Updated 2013
Non-Meeting Publications
Fusion Science & Technology Journal
Student Support
2015 Student Conference Annual Meeting travel support Winter Meeting travel support
Division’s Commitment to YMG Liaison re-established in 2013

13. Summary
The FED is a healthy Division with growing membership (+6% growth in 2015)
Division has reached the level of $60k in operating funds needed for a student scholarship
Division metrics and vitality measurement show positive trend
The FS&T journal is respected in the fusion community
Ongoing work with Public Policy Committee to issue updated version of the FED Policy Statement