American Nuclear SocietyRadiation Protection and

Shielding Division

Presentation to the

ANS Board of Directors

Dr. Wayne Newhauser

Saturday, June 12, 2010, San Diego, CA

RPSD Mission

The division promotes the interchange of technology related to: the transport of particulate and electromagnetic radiation in materials and biological systems; techniques and instrumentation to measure and calculate radiation fields; and the quantification of radiation effects and nuclear heat deposition within materials.  Radiation protection management, ALARA, operation health physics, and radiation shield design and evaluation are key subject areas

RPSD Governance

• Executive Committee Structure – 10 Exec Com members– 4 members (Chair, Vice chair, Sec, Treas)– 1 Student member– 1 Foreign national member

• Regular elections are successfully held each year

• Newsletter is distributed biannually

Membership

Budget

RADIATION PROTECTION AND SHIELDING DIVISION 

BUDGET ACTUAL12 MONTHS 12 MONTHS

2009 2009BUDGET FUNDS CARRY FORWARD FROM 2008 17,764 17,764 2009 MEMBER ALLOCATION 2,656 2,616 DIVISION INCOME 2009 410 3,030TOTAL BUDGET FUNDS 20,830 23,410BUDGET EXPENSES NEWSLETTERS 0 30 AWARDS, PLAQUES 45 40 NATIONAL MEETING COSTS 0 6,300 DIVISION OFFICER EXPENSE 0 0 STUDENT SUPPORT 1,900 2,000 SCHOLARSHIP/NEED FUNDING 0 0 OTHER EXPENSES 250 0TOTAL EXPENSES 2,195 8,370

EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF BUDGET FUNDS OVER EXPENSES 18,635 15,040

RPSD Contributions to ANS• RPSD introduced the “best of” sessions

from topical meetings to the national meetings– Many divisions now enjoy showing off their

topicals by having these “best of” sessions at national which also supports the national mtg

• Many members are highly published

• Regular association with the Health Physics Society by many members

RPSD Contributions to ANS continued

• RPSD introduced the “tutorials” to national meetings – Many divisions are now also enjoying the use

of tutorials to teach young members introductory materials not offered in the universities.

– RPSD has offered code tutorials on every major radiation transport code available

– Many RPSD tutorials are regularly offered and well attended

RPSD Services to Membership• RPSD has begun sponsoring regular

sessions at the Winter meeting on Ethics in Engineering– This supports PE’s who are required to have

this in their professional development portfolio.

• Rockwell lifetime achievement award – Presented at the RPSD2010 topical

• Student member on Executive Committee– Partially funded by RPSD

• Blizzard Scholarship

2008 MetricsDivisionMeetings

Division Governance Division Contributions to Society

Division Services to Membership

NationalMeeting

Participation2008 Annual: 3 sessions, 3 tutorials 2008 Winter: 7 sessions 2 tutorials

1 panel

SuccessionPlanning

Succession Plan in Place: updated 2006Reviewed 2008

ANS Position Statements

19 Radon in Homes (BMD Action)41 Health Effects of Low Level Radiation (w/BMD & IRD

current)

ProfessionalDevelopment

Topical and meeting workshops/tutorials, 2007 National meetings

RPSD 2008 Meeting

Class I, Class IITopicals

No topical in 2007RPSD 2006 (152)

ICRS-11/RPS’08 (289)

MembershipTrends

1340/1344 mbrs +0.3% change 20061344/1328 mbrs -1.2% change 20071328/1308 mbrs -1.5% change 2008

Participation withOutside Professional

SocietiesENS & Health Physics

Scholarships

Blizzard

Class IIITopicals

RPSD does not support Class III Topical mtgs.

Communications

2 newsletters & website updated in 2008

SocietyLeadership

75% Exec Comm., 3 of 4 PDC & NPCBoD presentation 2008

Peer Recognition/Awards

Rockwell, Div Service (annual), Fellows

DivisionPlanning

2008 Strategic Plan submitted to PDC

Non-MeetingPublications

2008 topical meeting proceedings papers collected; papers to be published in 2009 NT

StudentSupport

2006 Student Conference

Division’s Commitment to YMG

Did support YMG activity in 2008

2009 Metrics

RPSD Meetings

• RPSD sponsors and fills 6 to 7 sessions in both the winter and summer meetings

• RPSD2010 biennial topical held in Las Vegas, NV April 19-23, large international attendance (despite the volcano)

• Next meeting will be in 2012 in Japan jointly with the International Conference on Radiation Shielding

Summary• RPSD has noticeably improved the quality

and utility of national meetings through introduction of “best of” and tutorial sessions.

• RPSD has adhered to ANS recommendations on bylaws, awards, governance and meeting scheduling.

• RPSD could put additional focus on health physics.