American Nuclear SocietyAccelerator Applications

Division

Presentation to the

ANS Board of Directors

Nolan Hertel, Chair

Hollywood, Florida

June 29, 2011

Division/TG Mission

The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications.  It focuses on production of photons, neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.

AAD Executive Committee Structure

• Executive Committee Structure (Succession plan from Treasurer to Chair): Chair – Nolan E. Hertel (Georgia Tech) Vice Chair – Philip L. Cole (ISU) Secretary – Jeffrey O. Johnson (ORNL) Treasurer – Bradley Micklich (ANL) Past Chair –Phillip D. Ferguson (ORNL) Incoming Treasurer – Eric A. Burgett (ISU) BOD Liaison – Joy Rempe

AAD Executive Committee• 2010 - Michele Ferenci (Hershey Medical Center), James

Jones (INL), Rebecca Howell (M. D. Anderson Hospital)

• 2011 – Michael R. James (LANL), Ning Li (BRNC), Erich Schneider (University of Texas at Austin)

• 2012 - Jeremy Busby (ORNL), Sean O’Kelly (NIST), James Stubbins (University of Illinois)

• 2013 - Karen Kelley (LANL), Rebecca Howell (M. D. Anderson Hospital), Eric Pitcher (LANL)

• 2014 – Michael R. James (LANL), Stuart D. Henderson (Fermilab), Erich A. Schneider (University of Texas at Austin)

2010 AAD Committee Chairs

Committee Chair

Technical Programs Nolan Hertel, Interim (search underway)

Newsletter Phil Cole

Honors & Awards Phil Ferguson

Liaison w/Societies Hisahi Ninokata

Nominating Phil Ferguson

Web Page Karen Kelley

Scholarship Yaron Daron

Young Members Liaison Currently vacant; in discussion with potential candidate

Membership Trends (5 Years)

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (April)

ANS 10,851 10,938 11,137 11,557AAD 305 289 301 327 353 (56 unpaid)*% of ANS 2.8% 2.6% 2.7% 2.8%% change +4.8% -5.2% +4.2% 8.6%

*There are 24 more paid members in April 2011 than in April 2010. 90 Student members in 2010 and 106 (paid + unpaid) in 2011 to date.

AAD Budget

2009 2010 Actual 3/31/2011

Carry Forward $36,836 $37,350 $32,396

Other Income

Member Allocation $578 $602 $654

Scholarship

Student Support $3,000 $2,000

Other Expenditures $64 $2,556

Balance $37,350 $32,396 $31,050

Some more Governance• AAD Planning/Strategic Plan, Succession

Planning Succession Plan – 2004

• Progression from Secretary to Chair

No Strategic Plan submitted to PDC

• Communications/Web Update of webpage was started in April 2011 Maintained by Hanna Shapira Karen Kelley, Excom member

AAD Contributions to ANS

• ANS Position Statements Naturally Occurring or Accelerator-produced

Radioactive Materials – STATUS??? #71 Transmutation of Nuclear Waste – in

discussion with Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division.

• 2009 revision done by AAD

• Needs to be run by FCWMD

AAD Participations with other Professional Societies

• AccAPP’11 Tenth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators, April 3-7, 2011, Knoxville, TN. (co-hosted by the IAEA)

• AccApp’09 “International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators”: 54 countries, 348 participants; in Vienna Austria with IAEA

AAD Contributions to ANS• Society Leadership

PDC – 3 of 4 meetings NPC – 2 of 4 meetings 75% at June meeting 50% at November meeting

• Non-Meeting Publications None

• YMG Ensured that one of the candidates for treasurer was a young

member.

AAD Services to Membership• Scholarships

Undergraduate award of $2000 from endowed division scholarship fund

Established an AAD-Corporate Sponsored Scholarship of $2000• Awarded in 2009 from contribution from TechSource• Not awarded, but have contributors.

• Peer Recognition/Awards Best Paper Awards Special Award to James Jones in 2009 for his work in application of

accelerators to detect SNM.• Student Support

2009 ANS Student Conference $2000 2010 ANS Student Conference $2000 2009 ANS national meeting student travel support $500 2010 ANS national meeting student travel support $1000

Accelerator Applications Division Meetings

• National Meeting Participation 2009: 1session 0 panel 2010: 3 sessions (cosponsor in 2 additional

sessions) 0 panel

• Topical/Prior, Current & Future Years- Class I: AccApp09 with IAEA Vienna, AT- Class I: AccApp11 Knoxville, TN

Division Meetings

Division Governance

Division Contributions to

Society

Division Services to Membership

National Meeting Participation

2010Annual: 1session, 0panel 2010Winter: 2session, 1panel

Succession Planning 2004 Succession Plan

ANS Position Statements

67 Nat Occur or Accelerator RAM (Draft under development)

71 Transmutation of Nuclear Waste (AAD to review, send to FCWMD)

Professional Development

AAD does not support professional development activities

Class I, Class II

Topicals AccApp’09 in Vienna

AccApp’11 planned for Knoxville

Membership Trends 301/291 mbrs -3.3% change 2006 291/305 mbrs +4.8% change 2007 305/289 mbrs -5.3% change 2008 289/301 mbrs +4.2% change 2009 301/327 mbrs +8.6% change 2010

Participation with

Outside Professional Societies

IAEA Primary sponsor of AccApp’09 Cosponsor of AccApp’11

Scholarships

AAD Scholarship established in 2007 AAD Scholarship award in 2009

Class III Topicals 2003 Embedded Topical Co-Sponsor

June

Communications

website updated 2009

Society Leadership 3 of 4 Mtgs. PDC & 2 NPC

75% at June mtg 50% at Nov mtg. Presentation to BOD June 2009

Peer Recognition/ Awards

Best Paper Award

Division Planning No Strategic Plan submitted to PDC

Chair Non-Meeting Publications

AAD does not support non-meeting pubs

Student Support 2010 Student Conference 2010 National Meetings

Division’s Commitment to

YMG Liaison appointed AAD Exec Comm

member

Summary

• List Areas of Success AccApp09 and AccApp11 Scholarships, Divisional and Corporate Student Support Activities

• Focus for Future Action Resolve Position Statement issues Increase division membership National meeting participation Strategic Plan Communication