1. Accelerator Applications Division (AAD)
Agenda Item #3a
Accelerator Applications Division (AAD)
Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors
Reginald Ronningen
November 1, 2017
Washington DC

2. AAD Mission
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.

3. AAD Leadership Officers/Executive Committee BOD Liaison & Ex officio
Current Officers
Reginald Ronningen, Chair/Vice Chair
William C. Horak, Secretary
Gregory E. Dale, Treasurer
Executive Committee
2020
John D. Galambos
Michal Mocko
Lin Shao
2019
Ross F. Radel
Richard C. Lanza
Philip L. Cole
2018
Gary P. Barbin
Alexander Barzilov
Gregory E. Dale
Mohamed Yousry Gohar
William C. Horak
Reginald M. Ronningen
BOD Liaison & Ex officio
Staff Liaison
Valerie Vasilievas
Board Liaison
Todd Allen
Ex Officio
Hans D. Gougar
Charles T. Kelsey IV (Past Chair)

4. AAD Committee Chairs Committee Chair Technical Programs Peter Hosemann
Newsletter
Reg Ronningen
Honors and Awards
Liaison with Societies
None (not required in bylaws)
Nominating
Charles Kelsey
Webpage
Charles Kelsey, Peter Hosemann
Scholarship
Yaron Danon
Young Members Liaison
TBD

5. Division Membership Trend

7. Revenues AccApp Conference Series Class I
AccApp’17 August 2017, Quebec City, Canada
AccApp’19 Planned for 2019, Vienna, Austria
AccApp’21
Interest with possible site presented to AAD EC at this Winter meeting

8. Expenditures

9. Scholarships and Awards
2017 Recipient
Grace Kim - United States Naval Academy
$2000 Corporate Scholarship courtesy of TechSource Inc. to be administered by AAD
Applications due in January 2018
Honors/Awards
2017 Student Conference:
Leslie Ann Alasagas et al. – United States Naval Academy
5th place as a Best Overall Paper
AAD Best Podium Presentation
Student Support (travel and/or student conference)
AccApp’17 (4 student travel awards)
Tommaso Stefano Carzaniga Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC) and Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Switzerland
David Alexander Bruton University of Huddersfield, UK
Eunjoong Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Jesse M. Brown Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY

10. Technical Meetings Last Year This Year Name of Topical
International Conference on Seawater Uranium Recovery, July 19-22
13TH International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators: AccApp’17
Class/Co-sponsor
IV/University of Maryland
I/CNS, IAEA
# of half-day sessions
6 (10 total)
10 (20 total)
Registration (Planned/Actual) 80
Not available at present
Net revenue (Planned/Actual)
$5615
Sessions Sponsored at National Meetings* 2
*Does not include Embedded Topical, Co-sponsored sessions count as half

11. Contributions to Society
Standards*
AAD not currently supporting any Standards
Policy and Position Statements*
AAD not currently active in Policy or Position Statements
Affiliations with other technical organizations*
IAEA supports AccApp conference series
Young Members Group: webinar, liaison support
Grand Challenges
Two Challenges submitted by AAD that were incorporated into Grand Challenges
Dispose of spent nuclear fuel using Accelerator Driven Systems (Y. Gohar lead)
Accelerate new materials licensing for nuclear applications using ion beam irradiation (P. Hosemann lead)

12. AAD Governance Planning Communication Strategic Plan
Last completed in 2012
Update needs to be completed
Annual Goals and Succession Plan
Update Strategic Plan
Communication
Website –
Newsletter – Biannual

13. Performance against Goals
Status
Meetings:
AccApp’19 site selected, organization in process; Class I
AccApp’21: interest shown
Met
Membership:
It has held flat at ~300 over the past dozen years
Service to Society:
Governance:
Strategic Plan
Not Met
Finance:
Communication:
AAD website updated in 2016
Newsletter initiated

14. Summary Statement of Overall Division Health Focus of Future Actions
Health is good
Membership steady and diverse
Significant impact with biennial AccApp Meeting series
Collaborating with the IAEA – international footprint
Brings together nuclear engineers, nuclear physicists, and accelerator physicists to an international stage
Class I status
AccApp’19 planned in Vienna; interest shown for AccApp’21
Focus of Future Actions
Deliver Strategic Plan
Increase membership, value
Focus on opportunities to help deliver Grand Challenge charges
Focus-themed panel discussions
Co-sponsor sessions with other divisions
Embedded topical meetings (biennial)
Requests for the Board Support
None