American Nuclear Society Operations and Power

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American Nuclear SocietyOperations and Power

• Presentation to the
• ANS Board of Directors
• Harold Stiles
• Albuquerque, NM November 15, 2006

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OPD Mission

• The dissemination of knowledge and information in
  the area of power reactors with particular
  application to the production of electric power
  and process heat.
• The coverage of applied nuclear science and
  engineering as related to power plants, non-power
  reactors, and other nuclear facilities, including
  but not limited to design, construction,
  economics, licensing, quality assurance, fuels,
  management, and public acceptance.
• The dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the
  safe and efficient operation of nuclear
  facilities, including power reactors, non-power
  reactors, and other nuclear facilities, through
  professional staff development, information
  exchange, and supporting the generation of viable
  solutions to current issues.

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OPD Governance

• Officers

• Executive Committee

• BOD Liaison Mike Sellman

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OPD Governance

• Nominating
• Program
• Membership
• Finance
• Honors Awards
• Planning
• Website
• Nuclear Workforce

• Utility Working Conference
• cNc (Committee for New Construction)
• Newsletter and Publications
• Cooperation with Other Professional Divisions

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OPD Governance
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OPD Governance
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OPD Governance

• 5-year Strategic Plan Updated annually
• 1-year Tactical Plan Updated annually
• Succession Planning
• 6-year Officer rotation after at least one year
  on Executive Committee
• 3-year elected term for Executive Committee
• Develop Officers and Executive Committee members
  through Program Committee
• Expanding use of website for governance
• Publish newsletter twice per year

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OPD Contributions to ANS

• ANS Position Statements
• 14 Use of Nuclear Energy for the Production of
  Process Heat (11/03)
• 33 Licensing New Nuclear Plants (11/05)
• 51 Reactor Safety (06/00 with NISD for Action)
• 56 The Need for Near-Term Deployment of New
  Nuclear Power Plants (06/05)
• 60 Nuclear Energy for Hydrogen Generation (06/03
  with ESD)
• 62 Use of Nuclear Energy for Desalination (03/05
  with ESD)
• 75 The Need for Deployment of the Next
  Generation Nuclear Plant Project (11/05)

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OPD Contributions to ANS

• Society Leadership
• OPD Executive Committee meets at both National
  Meetings
• Established Active Liaisons with ANS National
  Committees
• Professional Divisions Committee (OPD Chair)
• National Program Committee (OPD Program Chair)
• Membership Committee (Executive Committee member)
• Local Section Committee (Executive Committee
  member)
• Public Policy Committee (Executive Committee
  member)
• Public Information Committee (Executive Committee
  member)
• Initiatives
• Piloted UWC Internship Program with Eastern
  Carolina Local Section and North Carolina State
  University Student Branch

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OPD Contributions to ANS

• Participation with Other Professional Societies
• Annual International Congress on Advances in
  Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
• 5th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear
  Plant Instrumentation, Controls, and Human
  Machine Interface Technology (NPICHMIT 2006)
  Co-sponsored with HFD
• Non-Meeting Publications
• October 2006 Nuclear News, Utility Working
  Conference
• The Challenge of Sustaining Excellence
• August 2006 Nuclear News, The Nuclear
  Renaissance
• Facing the Challenges, Maintaining Safety

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OPD Services to Membership

• Professional Development
• UWC 2005 Root Cause Analysis for Safety
  Culture and Human Performance Improvement
• UWC 2006 Root Cause Analysis for Safety
  Culture and Human Performance Improvement
• Requested to help establish an accreditation
  process for training of Licensing Professionals

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OPD Services to Membership

• Peer Recognition/Awards
• Walter H. Zinn Award (1976)
• 2006 William Cavanaugh, III
• 2005 Margaret (Marge) W. Asprey
• Meritorious Performance in Nuclear Operations
  (1984)
• Utility Leadership Award (1994, national in 2005)
• 2006 Scotty Hinnant  (Progress Energy)
• 2005 Michael Wallace  (Constellation Generation
  Group)
• Utility Achievement Award (1994, national in
  2005)
• 2006 Beaver Valley Power Station, FirstEnergy
  Limerick Generating Station, Exelon2005 Cooper
  Nuclear Station, NPPD Braidwood Station,
  Exelon Generating Company
• Best Paper Awards
• Mona Grimsley Best Session Awards

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OPD Services to Membership

• Student Support
• Financial support for two meetings per year
• Support of Student Conference/Awards
• Co-sponsored 2 UWC Interns in pilot program

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OPD Meetings

• Two National Meetings per year
• 2006 Winter 5 sessions
• 2006 Annual 3 sessions
• 2005 Winter 8 sessions
• 2005 Annual 10 sessions
• Class I, II, and III Topical Meetings
• UWC (Class I every August at Amelia Island,
  Florida)
• ICAPP (Class III in even years, Class IV in odd
  years)
• 5th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear
  Plant Instrumentation, Controls, and Human
  Machine Interface Technology (Class III in the
  2006 Winter with HFD)
• 2008 Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference
  (October-Japan)

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2005 OPD Metrics and Measures
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Summary

• Areas of Success
• UWC
• ICAPP
• Scholarships
• Student Support
• Awards

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Summary

• Future Focus Areas
• Maintain UWC as premiere meeting for utilities
• Reverse declining membership trends
• Member-Get-A-Member
• Target senior utility management for membership
• Refocus Technical Sessions at National Meetings
• Improve support for the non-utility sector of OPD
• Develop a training track for knowledge transfer
  
• Help re-establish ANS as the experts in nuclear
  society
• Increase opportunities for Distance Participation
• Expand roles of Students and Young Members
• Factor results of pilot into UWC Internship
  Program
• Update website for division governance