American Nuclear Society Fuel Cycle Waste Management Division
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American Nuclear SocietyFuel Cycle Waste Management
Division
Presentation to the
ANS Board of Directors
Paul Wilson, Chair
11/14/2012
San Diego, CA
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FCWM Mission
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management,
worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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FCWM Governance• Chair: Paul Wilson• Vice-Chair: Guillermo “Bill” DelCul• Secretary/Treasurer: Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar (*)• Program Chair: Jack Law (Fausto Franceschini)• Executive Committee
– Samuel E. Bays (2014) - Jeffrey L. Binder (2014)– Amanda J. Casella (2014) - Emory D. Collins (2013)– Dominique Greneche (2014) - Charles W. Forsberg (2013)– Alan D. Pasternak (2013) - Mark T. Peters (2013)– Daniel P. Stout (2013) - Ruth F. Weiner (2013)– Leah Spradley-Parks (2015) - Denise Lee (2015)– Maryanne Stasko (2015)
• Board Liaison: Gene Grecheck
(*) Appointed replacement following resignation
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FCWM Governance• Bylaws & Rules are up-to-date• Division strategic plan review underway
– Changes to succession plan– Old plan
• Required 6 year commitment• Program chair rotation too rapid• Didn’t necessarily match professional/career development of candidates
– New plan• Decouple Program succession (3 yrs) from Executive succession (4 yrs)• Allow selection of candidates better suited to each succession
• Newsletter revival– Spring 2012 first newsletter in 3 years– Plans for Spring 2013
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Division Membership Trend
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Division Membership Trend
Expecting some impact from NNTG
formation
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Division Membership<1%• Test Lab•Medical Institution•Unknown
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Division Finances
Highlights•Primary income is GLOBAL meeting
• 6 year cycle•Some other meeting income
• IHLWM• TopFuel
•Support 10-12 technical sessions at each Annual/Winter meeting
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Division Finances
Highlights•Randall scholarship fully endowed
• Travel support for winner• Lauren Bolden (RPI)
•Additional student support: $7600/a•Congressional Fellow: $5000•Radwaste Magazine: $4500
• Free 1 yr subscription to all new FCWM members
•Teachers workshop: $1000
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FCWM Program Highlights
• Primary topical meeting– GLOBAL series rotates to US every 6 years
• (Co)sponsorship of other topicals– TopFuel– IHLWM
• Transitioning to Class 1 topical
• 10-12 technical sessions per national meeting
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Recent FCWM Contribution to Society
• Objective A: ANS as Thought Leader– Extensive contributions to BRC response
• Objective B: Outreach & Policy– Lead role in 8-10 position statements
• Supporting role in 3-4 additional statements
– Congressional briefing on fuel cycles– Fuel cycle & waste management presentation at
Teachers’ Workshops
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Recent FCWM Contribution to Society
• Objective D: Knowledge Dissemination– Radwaste Solutions subscriptions for new
members
• Objective E: Continuous Improvement– Housed technical aspects of SCNN for many
years• Supported launch of NNTG
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Future FCWM Contribution to Society
• Objective B: Outreach & Policy– Update and reorganize position statements
• Objective C: Professional Development– Create first FCWM Award– Explore creation of PD workshop(s) and/or short
courses– Undergraduate curriculum content
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Future FCWM Contribution to Society
• Objective E: Continuous Improvement– Improve newsletter frequency
• Consider division-specific social media coordinated with ANS
– Amend officer succession– Review financial sustainability– More structure for national meeting program
offerings
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Summary
• Second largest division with broad connection to members
• Concrete opportunities for ongoing improvement– Professional development– Outreach & Policy– Division governance