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American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division

American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division. Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors David Court, Chair 19 Nov 03, New Orleans, LA. RPSD Mission.

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American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division

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  1. American Nuclear SocietyRadiation Protection and Shielding Division Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors David Court, Chair 19 Nov 03, New Orleans, LA

  2. RPSD Mission The division promotes the interchange of technology related to: the transport of particulate and electromagnetic radiation in materials and biological systems; techniques and instrumentation to measure and calculate radiation fields; and the quantification of radiation effects and nuclear heat deposition within materials. Radiation protection management, ALARA, operation health physics, and radiation shield design and evaluation are key subject areas. Radiation Protection and Shielding

  3. RPSD Governance • Executive Committee Structure • Chair John D. Court • Vice Chair David Anderson • Secretary Andrew Hodgdon • Treasurer John Wagner Past Chair Jeff Johnson Program Chair Robert Hayes Membership Mark Blumberg Benchmarks Hamilton Hunter Honors & Awards Bernadette Kirk Standards Bill Hopkins Scholarship Dan Ingersoll ANS BoD Liaison Sophie Gutner Radiation Protection and Shielding

  4. 2004 David Anderson Stephanie Frankle Nolen Hertel 2005 John Bennion Don Dudziak Michele Sutton Ferenci RPSD GovernanceExecutive Committee • 2006 • Larry Townsend • Elizabeth Selcow • Jennifer Tanner Radiation Protection and Shielding

  5. RPSD Governance • Succession Planning • Vice-chair -> Chair -> Past Chair • Overlapping board terms • By-laws: Draw officers from past board members Radiation Protection and Shielding

  6. Membership Trends Radiation Protection and Shielding

  7. Membership Trends Radiation Protection and Shielding

  8. Membership Trends Radiation Protection and Shielding

  9. Communications • Division Newsletter • Division Web Site • http://rpsd.ans.org/ • New Webmaster • Newsletters and Executive Committee Minutes • Topical Conferences Radiation Protection and Shielding

  10. RPSD Contributions to ANS • ANS Position Statements • Position Statement No. 41: Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation • Position Statement No. 19 on "Radon in the Home" • Participation with Other Professional Societies • Mathematics and Computation Division • Health Physics Society • OECD Nuclear Energy Agency • Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. Radiation Protection and Shielding

  11. RPSD Services to Membership • Scholarships • Everett P. Blizard Scholarship • Peer Recognition/Awards • ANS Fellow • Service Recognition Award • Professional Excellence Award • Student Support • Student National Support • Student Conference Support • RPSD Topical Conference Student Support Radiation Protection and Shielding

  12. RPSD Meetings • National Meeting Participation • Biennial RPSD Topical Conference • 2002 – Santa Fe • 2004 – Madeira, Portugal (Class II with ICRS 10) • Co-Sponsor of M&C 2003, Gatlinburg, TN Radiation Protection and Shielding

  13. Critical Vitality Measures (Requiring PDC Action) 2002 PDC Vitality Summary Division Division Meetings Division Governance Division Contribution to Society Division Services to Membership Comments Division National Meetings Class I & II Topical Meetings Membership Trends Communi-cations Society Leadership ANS Position Statements RPSD RPSD Summary Radiation Protection and Shielding

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