1. Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Status Report to Board of Directors American Nuclear Society June 12, 2002

2. Scope Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Criticality safety considerations of zmanagement of fissile material outside reactors zacquisition of data related to nuclear criticality zdevelopment and dissemination of information on criticality safety

3. NCSD Officials Officers Chair: Bob Wilson Vice Chair: Michaele (Mikey) Brady-Raap Treasurer/Finance: Tom Doering Secretary: Christa Reed, Exec Committee Kathleen Bhanot Kevin Kimball Richard Taylor Jerry McKamy Lon Paulson Valerie Putman Mark DeHart Paul Felsher Chris Robinson

4. NCSD Committees yNominating Committee yProgram Committee yMembership Committee yFinance Committee yHonors and Awards yEducation Committee yPublications/Newsletter Committee

5. NCSD Program Committee 2002 Mark DeHart 2002 Bob Wilson 2002 Jack Bullington 2002 Lon Paulson 2002 Bonnie Rumble 2002 John Pearson 2002 David Hayes 2003 Glenn Sjoden 2003 Ron Marble 2003 Don Meuller 2003 Larry Wetzel 2004 Harry Felsher 2004 Brad Rearden

6. Technical Sessions

9. Criticality Safety Standards zANSI/ANS-8.1, Operations with Fissionable Materials Outside Reactors. zANSI/ANS-8.3, Criticality Accident Alarm System zANSI/ANS-8.5, Borosilicate-Glass Raschig Rings zANSI/ANS-8.7, Storage of Fissile Materials. zANSI/ANS-8.10, Safety controls With Shielding and Confinement  ANSI/ANS-8.15, Special Actinide Elements zANSI/ANS-8.19, Administrative Practices zANSI/ANS-8.20, Nuclear Criticality Safety Training

10. Criticality Safety Standards zANSI/ANS-8.21, Fixed Neutron Absorbers zANSI/ANS-8.22, Limiting and Controlling Moderators zANSI/ANS-8.23, Emergency Planning and Response zANSI/ANS-8.9, Steel-Pipe Intersections Containing Aqueous Solutions of Fissile Materials zANSI/ANS-8.10, Operations With Shielding and Confinement zANSI/ANS-8.12, Plutonium-Uranium Fuel Mixtures zANSI/ANS-8.17, Handling, Storage and Transportation of LWR Fuel Outside Reactors

11. Criticality Safety Education zCurrent Emphasis – Develop national consensus standard, ANSI/ANS-8.26, “Criticality Safety Engineer Training and Qualification”, Draft now in Working Group (WG) status zWhite Papers on the Web – Key topics include NCS Education Committee Overview, An Acceptable NCS Evaluation, A Standard CSE, NCS Mentors and Qualifications, Training for non- NCS Managers, Professional Development Workshops and Tutorials zWorkshops/Tutorials – efforts continue; burnup credit tutorial planned for Hollywood, FL 2002 meeting zTechnical Session Certificates – NCSD Technical Session Certificate of Attendance made available to participants (as demonstration of professional development).

12. Recent Initiatives zEmerging Issues White Papers ysubcommittee to screen issues and develop white paper; then exec committee controls issuance to web. zLocal Meetings y10% of members attend national meetings yneed more benefits for rest ylocal areas meetings proposed to fill gap zWeb page – NEED TO UTILIZE MORE

13. Noteworthy zMembership steadily growing zAttendance at governance meetings high zCommittee and officer positions easily filled zStudent Session with monetary awards every 2 yrs zStandards Poster Session every 4 years zRoutinely provide student travel funds to ANS meetings zAwards created for Distinguished Service and Technical Excellence zActive Education and Standards Committee