DRAFT
American Nuclear Society
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division
Executive Committee
November 15, 1998
Cecil Parks called the meeting to order at 3:00 pm. The list of attendees is attached. Due to a delay in photocopying the minutes, the meeting did not proceed according to the agenda. When they did arrive, the minutes from the previous meeting were approved without changes.
Cecil noted that in the upcoming elections, the position of Treasurer will be contested for the first time. Mr. Harry Webb and Mr. Trent Primm are candidates for Treasurer. The slate of candidates is attached. The following corrections to address information for the 1999-2000 slate of candidates:
Chair Douglas Croucher address correction, insert Tenera Corporation
Vice-Chair new address
Mr. Jack S. Bullington
Westinghouse Safety Management Solutions, Inc.
2000 McCracken Blvd.
Paducah, Ky 42001
Phone: 502 744-9767
FAX: 502 744-9470
E-mail: jack.bullington@wxsms.com
Executive Committee new E-mail
Richard Stachowiak richard.stachowiak@rfets.gov
Program Committee
A report from the Program Committee was presented by Ron Marble. Marble noted that funds were needed to support the electronic paper review. Dennis Tollefson moved that $900 be approved to support the electronic paper review using the World Wide Web. The funds are to support the one-time setup charge for the Web page and for a trial use for the review for the Boston. The motion was seconded.
It was reported that the Section has a current balance of $13,000 so funds are available. Parks requested that the motion include a status report on the electronic paper review to be presented to the Executive Committee in Boston by either Marble or Dehart. The motion was approved unanimously. Discussion following the motion led to the suggestion that a search be made for a corporate sponsor for the Web page.
I.K. Abu-Shumays made a presentation regarding the upcoming Mathematics and Computations meeting in May of 2000. The "Call for Papers" has been issued and Shemais requested that NCS provide people to review the abstracts and possibly review full papers. A motion was made that NCS co-sponsor the meeting and that a member of our program committee be on their program committee. The motion passed but with three opposed
It was noted that the next planned topical is in the summer of 2001 in Reno, Nevada. Steve Bowman is the General Chairman. The International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC99) is in Paris France in September 1999. ICNC99 abstracts are due December 1, 1998.
Education Committee
Thirty-two people had registered for the workshop to be held at the ANS meeting.
Qualification criteria for practicing criticality safety analysts are being planned. A mission statement is being developed.
Membership Committee
ANS membership has dropped 32% since 1994. NCS membership during the same period has increased 3.7 percent currently have 576 members.
Several suggestions were made to enhance membership:
It was noted that the NCSD web page should be referenced in all promotional or information literature or correspondence.
Publications Committee
The newsletter is published twice a year, fall and spring. The next one is scheduled for May 15, 1999. Information can be emailed to Krista.e.boman@mcdurmit.com or sent by FAX to 804-522-9522. The deadline for the next newsletter is April 23.
Web page
B. L. Lee would like to assume responsibility for the Web page. He is currently trying to upload the NCS newsletter to the page. It was noted that it may now be appropriate for the division to create a website committee. It was noted that perhaps the page should have links to other NCS-related sites. A. Garcia noted that the committee could coordinate all activities of the site. The focus of the committee would be to maintain an accurate and current set of links. Need to have something in place to tell what to update. Parks agreed to contact Sharron Kerrick at ANS regarding the web page. Parks will establish an ad hoc committee and request the committee to report to the Executive Committee in June, 1999. Potential members of the committee include: McLaughlin, A. Garcia, Morman, Wilson, and Paulson. It was suggested that the committee check with Jim Woman of DOE to see "what is going on at DOE web site".
Honors and Awards
Kevin Carroll reported that the committee has selected 8 papers from the Washington meeting to be considered for honors. Technical content, applicability, and presentation style will all be factors in the grading of presentations. The following points were raised without resolution:
Special honors
This is a subcommittee of Honors and Awards and deals with choosing ANS fellow candidates. The question was raised as to whether the Section should consider broadening the types of awards. It was noted that National awards are solicited. Any suggestions or ideas should be sent to Mike Westfall.
ANS-8
There are currently 15 active standards. One standard is in preparation. Standard 8.1 was revised this year and was approved Sept. 9, 1998. Two standards were reaffirmed and sent to ANS 16. ANS-8.7 is currently at ANS and waiting to be approved. ANS-8.12 is under consideration. It is currently in maintenance mode. It is likely that the pipe intersection standard will be removed. ANS-8.10 and -8.20 were reaffirmed. The following standards, ANS-8.17, -8.12, -8.19, and 8.22 will meet at this meeting.
Finances
Budget for Fiscal Year 1999
1998 1999
Newsletter 200 200
Awards & plaques 1200 100
Nat. Meeting costs 800 800
Division Office expense 200 200
Student support (2 conferences) 750 500
WEB page 900 900
Total 4050 2700
A motion made to accept the budget as entered. It was noted that expected income is (576 members @ $1 per member) $576. Budget carryover from 1998 is $12,112. The motion passed unanimously.
By-laws
Dennis Tollefson reported that some of the By-laws are not currently accurate. He stated that there is a need to create a new category, which ANS National calls rules, but which might be more commonly called operating procedures. These procedures provide information on job descriptions. Tollefson has decided to redo NCS By-laws but the revisions will not be ready this year. The revised By-laws will be issued for comment before a vote is taken..
Nominating Committee
The attached slate of candidates was approved.
Old Business
Parks is considering placing the entire NCS electronic mailing list on web with access available to anyone.
New Business
Regarding student conference support, a motion was made to provide $250 to the eastern regional conference. The motion passed unanimously.
There is a new 10CFR70, NRC Standard Review Plan. The plan affects only commercial vendors. NRC is going to performance-based rather than compliance-based; risk-based rather than consequence-based. There was considerable discussion about probabilities and risk assessment and general agreement that NCS needs to respond. Parks suggested that NCS form an ad hoc workgroup called, for instance, the Part 70 workgroup. Parks noted a need to inform Sherry Kerry, ANS Board, of our actions.
The meeting adjourned at 6:02.
Respectfully submitted,
R. T. Primm, III
1999-2000 Slate of Candidates for Nuclear Criticality Safety Division
ANS Headquarters (absolute deadline November 15, 1998)
Dennis A. Tollefson, Chair, Nominating Committee
November 15, 1998
CHAIR
Douglas W. Croucher
Tenera
2238 Kincaid Pl.
Boulder, CO 80304-1914
Phone: 303-966-2175
Fax: 303-966-7641
Email: douglas.croucher @ rfets.gov
VICE-CHAIR
Mr. Jack S. Bullington
Westinghouse Safety Management Solutions, Inc.
2000 McCracken Blvd.
Paducah, KY 42001
Phone: 502-744-9767 (w)
Fax: 502-744-9470
Email: jack.bullington @ wxsms.com
SECRETARY
James S. Baker Lon E. Paulson
Los Alamos National Laboratory GE Wilmington, M/C-K26
P.O. Box 1663, MS-F691 3901 Castle Hayne Road
Los Alamos, NY 87545 Wilmington, NC 28402
Phone: 505-665-2814 Phone: 910-675-5460
Fax: 505-665-4970 Fax: 910-675-5285
Email: jbaker @ lanl.gov Email: lon.paulson @ gene.ge.com
TREASURER
R. Trent Primm, III Harry W. Webb
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Nuclear Fuel Services
P.O. Box 2008, MS-6363 1205 Banner Hill Road
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6363 Erwin, TN 37650
Phone: 423-574-0566 Phone: 423-743-9141
Fax: 423-574-9619 Fax: 423-743-6995
Email: rtp @ ornl.gov Email: 76655.3324 @ comuserve.com
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Kathleen Bhanot J. Christopher Dean
BFNL Science Applications International Corporation
Springfield, Salwick P.O.Box 2501
Preston, Lancs PR4-OXJ 301 Laboratory Road
England Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Phone: 1772764237 Phone: 423-481-2852
Fax: 1772764840 Fax: 423-481-8598
Email: keb @ bnfl.co.uk Email: james.c.dean @ cpmx.saic.com
Jeffrey S. Philbin Kevin H. Reynolds
Sandia National Laboratory Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 5800, MS-1143 P.O. Box 2009-8238
Albuquerque, NM 87185 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8238
Phone: 505-845-9036 Phone: 423-574-3324
Fax: 505-845-3115 Fax: 423-576-1785
Email: jsphilb @ sandia.gov Email: x3y @ ornl.gov
Richard V. Stachowiak Richard G. Taylor
Kaiser-Hill Company, L.L.C. Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 464 P.O. Box 2009-8238
Golden, CO 80402-0464 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8238
Phone: 303-966-3795 Phone: 423-574-3529
Fax: 303-966-7051 Fax: 423-576-1785
Email: ??? Email: rgt @ ornl.gov
NCSD Executive Committee Meeting
Name Location Phone/E-mail
Alcorn, Francis* BWXT/NNFD (804) 522-5157/fmalcorn@aol.com
Andrews, Wayne DNFSB (202) 208-6580/waynea@dnfsb.gov
Bidinger, George Consultant (301) 774/6843/gbidinger@aol.com
Blyckert, Warner A. ORNL/Hanford (509) 943-1536/yck@ornl.gov/wablyckert@hotmail.com
Bullington, Jack WSMS/Paducah (502) 74409767/Jack.bullington@wxsms.com
Croucher, Doug Tenera Rocky Flats (303) 966-2175/douglas.croucher@rflats.gov
DeHart, Mark* ORNL (423) 576-3468/dehartmd@ornl.gov
Doerida, Thomas* FTG/YMP (702) 295-4382/Thomas_Doerida@ymp.gov
Farrell, Clifton* NEI (202) 739-8098/cwf@nei.org
Felsher, Harry U.S. NRC (301) 415-5521/hdf@nrc.gov
Harmon, Chuck LANL (505) 667-5940/charom@lanl.gov
Kellar, Felix M. Jr. NEI (202) 239-3126/fmk@nei.org
Kimball, Kevin NISYS Corp. (770) 497-8818/kkimball@nisyscorp.com
Marble, Ron* Y-12 LMES (423) 574-6059/XQV@ornl.gov
McLaughlin, Tom LANL (505) 667-7628/TPM@lanl.gov
Morey, Dennis NRC (301) 415-6107/dcm@nrc.gov
Parks, Cecil* ORNL (423) 574-5280/cvp@ornl.gov
Paternoster, Rich LANL (505) 667-4728/rpaternoster@lanl.gov
Paulson, Lon GE Nuclear Energy (910) 675-5460/lon.paulson@gene.ge.com
Putman, Valerie L. INEEL/LMITCO (208) 526-9529/vlp@barbie.inel.gov/vputman@inel.gov
Reilly, Tom WSMS/SRS (803) 952-3562/thomas.reilly@srs.com
Schlesser, John WSMS (803) 952-3385/john.schlesser@srs.gov
Taylor, Richard G. LMES Y-12 (423) 574-3529/rgt@ornl.gov
Tollefson, Dennis A.* NRE (740) 897-2465/tollefson@navresearch.com
Wilson, Robert SSOC (303) 966-9681/robert.wilson@rfets.gov
Executive Committee Meeting Attendees
Anderson, Rich
Baker, Jim
Busch, Robert
Carroll, Kevin
Felty, James
Garcia, Adolf
Harmon, Chuck
Justice, John B.
Libby, Richard
Morman, James
Prichard, Andrew W.
Rothleder, Burt
Toffer, Hans
Walker, Ed
Westfall, Mike