American Nuclear SocietyAmerican Nuclear Society

Nuclear Criticality Nuclear Criticality Safety DivisionSafety Division

Presentation to thePresentation to the

ANS Board of DirectorsANS Board of Directors

Fitz TrumbleFitz Trumble

June 2008 Anaheim, CAJune 2008 Anaheim, CA

NCSD MissionNCSD Mission

NCSD focuses on the prevention of NCSD focuses on the prevention of criticality accidents in areas outside of criticality accidents in areas outside of nuclear reactorsnuclear reactors• Promote the safe handling of fissionable Promote the safe handling of fissionable

materials outside reactorsmaterials outside reactors• Promote the arts and sciences of nuclear Promote the arts and sciences of nuclear

criticality safetycriticality safety• Provide exchange of technical information Provide exchange of technical information

among NCS professionals through among NCS professionals through development of standardsdevelopment of standards evolution of training methods and materialsevolution of training methods and materials presentation of technical data and procedurespresentation of technical data and procedures creation of specialty publicationscreation of specialty publications

NCSD Executive CommitteeNCSD Executive Committee Chair: Fitz Trumble, WSMS.Chair: Fitz Trumble, WSMS. Vice Chair: David Hayes, Los Alamos National Vice Chair: David Hayes, Los Alamos National

Lab.Lab. Secretary: Brad Rearden, Oak Ridge National Lab.Secretary: Brad Rearden, Oak Ridge National Lab. Treasurer: Robert Frost, NSA.Treasurer: Robert Frost, NSA. Executive Committee membersExecutive Committee members

• Larry Berg (DOE-CTA), Tom Burns (Parsons), Chuck Larry Berg (DOE-CTA), Tom Burns (Parsons), Chuck Harmon (LANL), 2008Harmon (LANL), 2008

• John A. Miller (LANL), Sedat Goluoglu (ORNL), Sandra L. John A. Miller (LANL), Sedat Goluoglu (ORNL), Sandra L. Larson (Nuc. Saf. Assoc.), (2009)Larson (Nuc. Saf. Assoc.), (2009)

• Peter L. Angelo (Y-12), Darby S. Kimball (Bechtel), Donna Peter L. Angelo (Y-12), Darby S. Kimball (Bechtel), Donna M. D’Aquila (USEC), (2010)M. D’Aquila (USEC), (2010)

BOD Liaison: Marvin FertelBOD Liaison: Marvin Fertel

NCSD Membership TrendsNCSD Membership Trends

Professional DemographicsProfessional Demographics

NCS Division, By PositionEngineers

42%

Middle Management17%

Other professionals10%

Top Management10%

Retired9%

Educators2%

Others (not identified)2%

Students8%

Industrial DemographicsIndustrial Demographics

NCS Division, By Industry

National Lab20% Government

Agency14%

Retired9%

Manufacturer9%

Students8%

Utility6%

Consulting Company

15%

Construction 0%

Private Research Test Lab 0%

Architectural Engineering Co.

5%

Service Co. 4%

Other (not identified) 4%

Supplier 3%

Educators 3%

NCSD BudgetNCSD BudgetCurrent Year Member Allocation 777 793 750Carry Forward from Previous Year 11389 19076 18071Other Budget Funds 9137 175 0

Total Funds 21303 20044 18821

Budget ExpensesNewsletters / Brochures 0 0 0Awards & Plaques 0 0

Best Paper Awards 0 50 100Two NCSD Special Awards 600 600 600Miscellaneous Awards & Plaques 72 53 200Student Paper Awards 200

National Meeting Costs 55 0 250Division Officer Expenses 0 0Student Support

Student Travel Support June 500 250 500Student Travel Support November 500 250 500Student Conference 500 500 700

Scholarship/NEED Funding 0 0 6175IYNC Conference 0 500Other Expenses 0 270 500

Total Expenses 2227 1973 10225

Total Funds Minus Expenses 19076 18071 8596

NCSD PlanningNCSD Planning

Strategic and Succession PlansStrategic and Succession Plans• One-year and five-year plans modeled One-year and five-year plans modeled

after current ANS strategic planafter current ANS strategic plan

NCSD Contributions to ANSNCSD Contributions to ANS

ANS Position Statements / White PapersANS Position Statements / White Papers• Fact Sheet about criticality accidents for Fact Sheet about criticality accidents for

public/news media, white papers on good NCS public/news media, white papers on good NCS practices (currently 6 approved white papers)practices (currently 6 approved white papers)

Other Professional SocietiesOther Professional Societies• EFCOG (SAWG)EFCOG (SAWG)• International collaborations, including International collaborations, including

International Conference on Nuclear Criticality, International Conference on Nuclear Criticality, Russia 2007Russia 2007

Non-Meeting Publication efforts are Non-Meeting Publication efforts are primarily in ANSI/ANS Standardsprimarily in ANSI/ANS Standards

Importance of StandardsImportance of Standards

These are a vital part of the information These are a vital part of the information sharing that has led to fewer criticality sharing that has led to fewer criticality accidentsaccidents

Continuing dialogue among subject matter Continuing dialogue among subject matter expertsexperts

Accepted by DOE and NRCAccepted by DOE and NRC De facto rules for this disciplineDe facto rules for this discipline Provide value to industry – leads to industry Provide value to industry – leads to industry

participationparticipation Involves many volunteersInvolves many volunteers Opportunities for young membersOpportunities for young members

ANSI/ANS-8.1ANSI/ANS-8.1, Operations with Fissionable Materials , Operations with Fissionable Materials Outside Reactors. Outside Reactors.

ANSI/ANS-8.3ANSI/ANS-8.3, Criticality Accident Alarm System , Criticality Accident Alarm System ANSI/ANS-8.5ANSI/ANS-8.5, Borosilicate-Glass Raschig Rings , Borosilicate-Glass Raschig Rings ANSI/ANS-8.6ANSI/ANS-8.6, In-Situ Measurements for Criticality Safety, In-Situ Measurements for Criticality Safety ANSI/ANS-8.7,ANSI/ANS-8.7, Storage of Fissile Materials. Storage of Fissile Materials. ANSI/ANS-8.10ANSI/ANS-8.10, Safety controls With Shielding and , Safety controls With Shielding and

Confinement Confinement ANSI/ANS-8.12ANSI/ANS-8.12, Plutonium-Uranium Fuel Mixtures, Plutonium-Uranium Fuel Mixtures

Criticality Safety StandardsCriticality Safety Standards

Criticality Safety StandardsCriticality Safety Standards

ANSI/ANS-8.14ANSI/ANS-8.14, Soluble Neutron Absorbers, Soluble Neutron Absorbers ANSI/ANS-8.15ANSI/ANS-8.15, Special Actinide Elements, Special Actinide Elements ANSI/ANS-8.17ANSI/ANS-8.17, Handling, Storage and Transportation of , Handling, Storage and Transportation of

LWR Fuel Outside Reactors LWR Fuel Outside Reactors ANSI/ANS-8.19ANSI/ANS-8.19, Administrative Practices , Administrative Practices ANSI/ANS-8.20ANSI/ANS-8.20, Nuclear Criticality Safety Training, Nuclear Criticality Safety Training ANSI/ANS-8.21ANSI/ANS-8.21, Fixed Neutron Absorbers, Fixed Neutron Absorbers ANSI/ANS-8.22ANSI/ANS-8.22, Limiting and Controlling Moderators , Limiting and Controlling Moderators ANSI/ANS-8.23ANSI/ANS-8.23, Emergency Planning and Response , Emergency Planning and Response

Criticality Safety Criticality Safety Recently Issued and Proposed StandardsRecently Issued and Proposed Standards

ANSI/ANS-8.24,ANSI/ANS-8.24, Validation of Calculational Validation of Calculational Methods (approved 2006)Methods (approved 2006)

ANSI/ANS-8.26,ANSI/ANS-8.26, Criticality Safety Engineer Criticality Safety Engineer Training and Qualification (approved 2007)Training and Qualification (approved 2007)

ANSI/ANS-8.27,ANSI/ANS-8.27, Burnup CreditBurnup Credit

ANSI/ANS-8.25,ANSI/ANS-8.25, Criticality Safety PostingsCriticality Safety Postings

NCSD Services to MembershipNCSD Services to Membership

Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development Leadership DevelopmentLeadership Development ScholarshipsScholarships Peer Recognition/AwardsPeer Recognition/Awards Student SupportStudent Support StandardsStandards

Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development

Professional development workshopsProfessional development workshops• Issue: high costs lead to lower attendance, Issue: high costs lead to lower attendance,

particularly of young membersparticularly of young members Continuing education certificates to Continuing education certificates to

attendees of NCSD technical sessionsattendees of NCSD technical sessions ANSI/ANS-8.26 national standard on ANSI/ANS-8.26 national standard on

criticality safety engineer (CSE) training criticality safety engineer (CSE) training and qualification issuedand qualification issued

NCSD Awards Technical Excellence and NCSD Awards Technical Excellence and Service to NCSD each yearService to NCSD each year

NCSD Meeting ParticipationNCSD Meeting Participation Average 5-6 sessions at national meetingAverage 5-6 sessions at national meeting Topical meetings every 4 yearsTopical meetings every 4 years Tremendously successful 2005 topical Tremendously successful 2005 topical

• 170 attendees, $37K profit170 attendees, $37K profit• Strong international attendanceStrong international attendance• Still had 5 sessions at this ANS Winter Meeting only 2 Still had 5 sessions at this ANS Winter Meeting only 2

months latermonths later Leadership DevelopmentLeadership Development

• Opportunity to get involvedOpportunity to get involved• Strengthening leadership skillsStrengthening leadership skills• 50-70 people in governance sessions on Sundays50-70 people in governance sessions on Sundays

Made presentation to National Program Made presentation to National Program Committee on “Why NCSD is so Successful”Committee on “Why NCSD is so Successful”

Topical MeetingsTopical Meetings

NCSD 2001 Embedded Topical, Reno, NCSD 2001 Embedded Topical, Reno, NVNV

International Criticality Nuclear International Criticality Nuclear Conference (ICNC) 2003, JapanConference (ICNC) 2003, Japan

NCSD 2005 Topical, Sept. 2005, NCSD 2005 Topical, Sept. 2005, Knoxville, TN – 75 papers and 170 Knoxville, TN – 75 papers and 170 attendeesattendees

ICNC 2007, St. Petersburg, RussiaICNC 2007, St. Petersburg, Russia NCSD 2009 Topical – Richland, WANCSD 2009 Topical – Richland, WA

NCSD Metrics NCSD Metrics 20072007DivisionDivisionMeetingsMeetings

Division GovernanceDivision Governance Division Contributions to Division Contributions to SocietySociety

Division Services to Division Services to MembershipMembership

NationalNationalMeetingMeeting

ParticipationParticipation

2007 Summer: 2 sessions / 1 forum2007 Summer: 2 sessions / 1 forum2007 Winter: 2 sessions / 1 forum /2007 Winter: 2 sessions / 1 forum /

1 panel1 panel

SuccessionSuccessionPlanningPlanning

2007 Succession Plan submitted 2007 (Annual 2007 Succession Plan submitted 2007 (Annual Submission)Submission)

ANS Position ANS Position StatementsStatements

Nuc Crit Accidents in Work Place (fact Nuc Crit Accidents in Work Place (fact sheet)sheet)

(Revised 2006) (Revised 2006)

Not responsible for Position StatementsNot responsible for Position Statements

ProfessionalProfessionalDevelopmentDevelopment

Tutorial on SCALE code system Nov. 07Tutorial on SCALE code system Nov. 076 Education White Papers issued and posted on 6 Education White Papers issued and posted on

Web SiteWeb Site

Class IClass IClass IIClass IITopicalsTopicals

Nuclear Crit Safety Topical – Sept 05Nuclear Crit Safety Topical – Sept 05150/186150/186

MembershipMembershipTrendsTrends

777/793 members +2.1% change 2006777/793 members +2.1% change 2006793/820 members +3.4% change 2007793/820 members +3.4% change 2007

Participation withParticipation withOutside ProfessionalOutside Professional

SocietiesSocieties

EFCOG (safety analysis working group) EFCOG (safety analysis working group) Workshop at 2007 meetingWorkshop at 2007 meeting

Russian Nuclear Society Support for the Russian Nuclear Society Support for the 2007 International Conference of Nuclear 2007 International Conference of Nuclear

CriticalityCriticality

ScholarshipsScholarships

NCSD Pioneers ScholarshipNCSD Pioneers Scholarship

Class IIIClass IIITopicalsTopicals

+/- 25% attendance (145/150) +/- 25% attendance (145/150) Nuclear Crit Safety Topical – Nov 01Nuclear Crit Safety Topical – Nov 01

EmbeddedEmbedded

CommunicationsCommunications

2 newsletters in 20072 newsletters in 2007website updated in 2007website updated in 2007

SocietySocietyLeadershipLeadership

4 of 4 PDC & All NPC; 75%Exec Comm 4 of 4 PDC & All NPC; 75%Exec Comm attendanceattendance

Peer Recognition/Peer Recognition/AwardsAwards

NCSD provides Technical Excellence, NCSD provides Technical Excellence, Distinguished Services awards annuallyDistinguished Services awards annually

DivisionDivisionPlanningPlanning

5-yr Strategic Plan submitted to PDC Chair in May 5-yr Strategic Plan submitted to PDC Chair in May 20072007

Non-MeetingNon-MeetingPublicationsPublications

Continued support of 15 active ANS-8 Continued support of 15 active ANS-8 Standards and issued 2 new standardsStandards and issued 2 new standards

ANS 8-24 IssuedANS 8-24 IssuedANS-8.26 IssuedANS-8.26 Issued

ANS 8-27 Sent to ANS 8ANS 8-27 Sent to ANS 8

StudentStudentSupportSupport

2007 National Meetings2007 National Meetings2007 Student Conf2007 Student Conf

2007 Other2007 Other

Division’s Commitment to YMGDivision’s Commitment to YMGSupported YMG mixer with NCSD officersSupported YMG mixer with NCSD officersProvided multiple panel members to YMG Provided multiple panel members to YMG

workshop on Early Careerworkshop on Early CareerAwarded 2007 Young Members Awarded 2007 Young Members

Advancement AwardAdvancement Award

SummarySummary

Very successful topical meeting in 2005Very successful topical meeting in 2005 Diverse membership, good international Diverse membership, good international

participationparticipation Strong standards committeesStrong standards committees 11stst NCSD Scholarship awarded in 2008 NCSD Scholarship awarded in 2008 Strong support for young members Strong support for young members

recognized with ANS Young Member recognized with ANS Young Member Advancement Award in 2007Advancement Award in 2007

NCSD Requests to BODNCSD Requests to BOD

Larger room for governance meetingsLarger room for governance meetings Continued support by NPC to assure Continued support by NPC to assure

adequate room size for technical sessions adequate room size for technical sessions based on sustained high attendance based on sustained high attendance figuresfigures

Lower cost for professional development Lower cost for professional development workshops – increases attendance, workshops – increases attendance, particularly young membersparticularly young members

Larger per member distributionLarger per member distribution