1. Nuclear Criticality Safety Division
Presentation to the
ANS Board of Directors
Sedat Goluoglu
November 8, 2015 Washington DC

2. NCSD Mission
The Nuclear Criticality Safety Division (NCSD) focuses on the prevention of criticality accidents in areas outside of nuclear reactors. NCSD promotes the arts and sciences of nuclear criticality safety, within the scope of the American Nuclear Society.

3. NCSD Governance Chair: Sedat Goluoglu, University of Florida
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: John Miller, SNL
Treasurer: Larry Wetzel, BWX Technologies
Secretary: Chad Pope, Idaho State University
BoD Liason: Katherin Goluoglu, CSEngineering
YMG Liason: Margaret Marshall, INL

4. NCSD Governance Executive Committee
Tracey Henson (2018), Jason McCall (2018), Margaret Marshall (2018),
Katherin Goluoglu (2017), Andy Prichard (2017), Kevin Reynolds (2017),
Jim Baker (2016), Catherine Percher (2016), Ellen Saylor (2016), Jerry Hicks (past chair)

5. NCSD Metrics for Governance
Bylaws & Rules Status
No change since last approval in February 2010
Communication:
Website (currently at New website is under construction!
Newsletter is published twice a year and is available on the website
Use of listserv to distribute information several times a year

6. NCSD Membership

7. NCSD Membership
Division Membership

8. NCSD Finances Typically 4-6 sessions at National Meetings
people attend each session (no concurrent sessions)
Always successful Class I topical every 4 years (last one in 2013)
Always successful Class IV Topical every 4 years ( last one in 2015)
Five sessions in this meeting
Special Panel: NCS Pioneer Joe Thomas
Session dedicated to Adolf Garcia
ANS-8 Standards-Forum

9. NCSD Finances
Put $18K towards fully-funded scholarship – almost there….
Waiting for final numbers from ANS HQ to see where we are.

10. NCSD Contributions to Society
Division Support for ANS Strategic Plan
Mission Component 1 – Professional Development
Goal 1: Support the ongoing education and development of the nuclear science and technology workforce on best-in-class scientific and engineering techniques that promote the safe, efficient and effective application of nuclear science and technology
Goal 2: Encourage ANS member professional achievement through recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of nuclear science and technology

11. Distinguished Service Award Winners Technical Excellence Award Winners
NCSD Recent Awards to Members
Year
Distinguished Service Award Winners
Technical Excellence Award Winners
2015
Cecil Parks
Forrest Brown
2014
Larry Wetzel
2013
Bonnie Rumble
Calvin Hopper
2012
Rob Frost
Steve Clement
*Awarded at the NCSD Awards Banquet at the ANS Winter Meetings; students attend free!!!

12. NCSD Scholarship Recipients
NCS Pioneers Scholarship winner:
Megan Smith, NCSU
Working towards establishing fully-funded scholarship

13. NCSD Contributions to Society
Division Support for ANS Strategic Plan
Mission Component 2 – Sharing Information and Advancements in Technology
Goal 3: Produce and maintain ANS consensus standards and promote the adoption as standards of choice by the nuclear science and technology community
ANSI/ANS-8 Fissionable Material Outside Reactors
19 active standards

14. NCSD Contributions to Society
Affiliations with other technical organizations
EFCOG (Energy Facility Contractor’s Group)
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality

15. NCSD Contributions to Society
Position papers/white papers
Successful NCS Mentorship Program
Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluations
Nuclear Criticality Accidents in the Workplace: Fact Sheet
More being developed…

16. NCSD Summary Areas of Success Sustained membership Meeting attendance
Typical sessions have 60 to 100 people
Topical Meetings
Class 1 every 4 years
ICNC every 4 years

17. NCSD Summary Focus for Future Action
Keep doing what we have been doing
Strong technical programs
Management and regulators see the value in NCSD
Continue increased focus on attracting students and Young Members to the Division and Division Governance

18. NCSD Summary - BOD Continue to improve ANS HQ transparency
Provide fast and quality Topical Meeting Services at competitive rates
Continue to improve IT services to help with Division Governance and Topical Meetings