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American Nuclear Society Materials Science and Technology Division. Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors Travis W. Knight University of South Carolina 14 November 2007 Washington, DC. Division/TG Mission.
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American Nuclear SocietyMaterials Science and Technology Division Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors Travis W. KnightUniversity of South Carolina 14 November 2007Washington, DC
Division/TG Mission Promotion of the development of materials and materials technology for application to all aspects of the production of nuclear energy and related energy sources and to the direct applications of radiation to materials
Division/TG Governance • Executive Committee Structure • Chair: Travis W. Knight, U. of SC • Vice Chair: Jim I. Cole, INL • Secretary/Treasurer: J. Rory Kennedy, INL • International Member: Vincenzo V. Rondinella, ITU • Board of Directors Liaison: Frank O. Carre, CEA • Program Chair: Ken Geelhood, PNNL • YMG Liaison: Heather MacLean, INL • University Liaison: Sukesh Agahara, PVAM; Ron Ballinger, MIT • Student Member: Maria A. Okuniewski, UIUC • 12 additional Executive Committee Members (5 per year, 3 year terms) • Division Planning/Strategic Plan, Succession Planning • Strategic Plan: last updated in November 2005 • Currently under revision, to be adopted Nov. 2007 • Succession Planning: continued and updated each year • Officers, Committees, Topical Organizers • Communications: Web, E-mail, Newsletter • Website updated several times per year • Membership solicited for input to online newsletter
Division/TG Governance • Budget Information/Previous Year/Current
Division/TG Governance • Membership Trends Last 7 Years/Composition
Division/TG Contributions to ANS • ANS Position Statements: none • Participation with Other Professional Societies: • ENS, AESJ – LWR Fuel Performance Meeting/TopFuel • TMS, CNS/NACE - International Conference on Environmental Degradation in Nuclear Power Systems • Federation of Materials Societies - Materials Information Luncheon (MIL) “Reawakening of U.S. Nuclear Energy: Materials Challenges for a New Generation of Power Plants,” held on Capitol Hill on May 3, 2007 • Society Leadership • NPC Chair • Non-Meeting Publications • Members publish in Journal of Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Science and Engineering
Division/TG Services to Membership • Professional Development • MSTD has helped organize and has participated in the periodic Materials Models and Simulations for Nuclear Fuels Workshops • Scholarships • Schumar Scholarship - $3000 • Peer Recognition/Awards • Awards banquet held every other year (last held Nov. 2006) • Mishima Award - $2000 • Special Achievement Award • Outstanding Achievement Award • Literary Award • Significant Contribution Award • Past Chair Award • 25 Year Award • Student Literary Award • Student Support • Annual Student Conference - $500/yr. • Student Travel to National Meetings to Present in MSTDsponsored sessions – up to $1000/yr.
Division/TG Meetings • National Meeting Participation • 2006 WM – Albuquerque, NM • Materials Science: General Session • (Novel Fuel Concepts for Advanced Reactor Systems) • (Experiments in Support of Accelerator Applications – Paper/Panel) • 2007 AM – Boston, MA • Materials Compatibility and Degradation in Advanced Nuclear Systems I,II • (Development of Conversion Processes and Remote Fuel Fabrication Capabilities for Transmutation Fuels) • 2007 WM – Washington, DC • Fuel Performance • Reactor Fuels and Materials • (Nuclear Methods in Support of Nano-Domain to Micro-Domain • Sciences—I: Industrial)
Division/TG Meetings • Topicals/Prior Two Years, Current Year, Future Two Years • Class I Topicals • 2009 - 14th International Conference on Environmental Degradation in Nuclear Power Systems • 2010 - International LWR Fuel Performance Meeting/TopFuel • 2010 – Plutonium Futures (co-sponsorship proposed) • 2007 – Global’07–Organized Fuels and Materials Sessions • Class II Topicals • 2007 - 13th International Conference on Environmental Degradation in Nuclear Power Systems, Whistler, British Columbia • Class III Topicals • 2006 - 1st Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM) • 2008 - 2nd Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM) • ICAPP’06 – Reno – Track 8 - Materials and Structural Issues • ICAPP’08 – Anaheim – Track 8 - Materials and StructuralIssues
Summary: continued • List Areas of Success • Engaging young professionals and students on the Executive Committee • Support of students • Strong support of embedded topicals • Focus for Future Action • Stronger technical programming in the national meetings • Engaging greater numbers of students at national meetings