American Nuclear SocietyAccelerator Applications

Division

Presentation to the

ANS Board of Directors

Thomas E. Ward

17 June 2009, Atlanta, GA

Accelerator Applications Division 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.

Accelerator Applications Division Governance

• Executive Committee Structure: – Chair –Thomas E. Ward– Vice Chair – Phillip D. Ferguson– Secretary –Nolen E. Hertel– Treasurer – Phillip L. Cole– Past Chair –Eric J. Pitcher– BOD Liaison – Hisashi Ninokata

AAD Executive Committee

• 2008Karen Kelley, Gary Was, Dan Rusthoi

• 2009Denis Beller, Guenter Murher, Yaron Danon

• 2010Michele Ferenci, James Jones, Rebecca Howell

• 2011Mike James, Ning Li, Erich Schneider

AAD Committee Chairs

• Technical Programs Denis Beller• Newsletter Phil Ferguson• Honors & Awards Phil Ferguson• Liaison w/Societies Hisahi Ninokata• Web Page Tony Hechanova• Nominating Tom Ward• Scholarship Yaron Danon• Young Members Liaison Karen Kelley

AAD Membership

• Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009• ANS 10,783 10,772 10,851 10,938

• AAD 301 291 305 289 302

• % of ANS 2.8% 2.7% 2.8% 2.6%

• % Change -5.0% -3.3% +1.3% -5.2% +4.5%

• Foreign Members: 22 (7.2% AAD total) from 9 countries

AAD Budget

• Budget Information/Previous Year/Current

– 2008 $41,899 $25,498 carry forward$15,791 other income

$610 member allocation ($1500) student support ($3500) scholarship– 2007 $25,498 $25,260 carry forward $277 member allocation ($500) student support ($21,000) scholarship

AAD Communications

• Established AAD Electronic Newsletter

3rd edition in press for Spring 2009

• AAD Web page maintained and updated by UNLV

AAD Contributions to ANS

• ANS Position Statements– Naturally Occurring or Accelerator-produced

Radioactive Materials – in discussion with ANS

– Transmutation of Nuclear Waste – in discussion with Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division. Should be jointly issued shortly.

AAD Participations with other Professional Societies

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

• AccApp’07: 26 countries, 260 participants. In Pocatello, Idaho with IAEA

• AccApp’05 Venice, Italy with IAEA

AAD Contributions to ANS

• Society Leadership– 3 of 4 Mtgs.: PDC & NPC– 75% at June meeting – 50% at Nov meeting

• Non-Meeting Publications– None

Accelerator Applications Division Services to Membership• Professional Development

– None• Scholarships

– Undergraduate award of $2000 – $21,000 towards endowment thanks to ANS General Fund– Established an AAD-Corporate Sponsored Scholarship of $2000

• Peer Recognition/Awards– Best Paper Awards

• Student Support– ANS Student Conference $1000– ANS national meeting student travel support $500– NEED Scholarship $1000– Landis Challenge $2500

Accelerator Applications Division Meetings

• National Meeting Participation– 2007: 1session 0 panel– 2008: 2 sessions 1 panel

• Topical/Prior, Current & Future Years- Class I: AccApp07 with IAEA Pocatello, ID- Class I: AccApp09 with IAEA Vienna, AT- Class I: AccApp10 Knoxville, TN

Division Meetings

Division Governance

Division Contributions to

Society

Division Services to

Membership

National Meeting

Participation

2008: 0 session/1 panel; 2 session/0 panel

Succession Planning

2004 Succession Plan

ANS Position Statements

67 Nat Occur or Accelerator RAM

(Draft under development) 71 Transmutation of Nuclear Waste

(Draft submitted)

Professional Development

AAD does not support professional

development activities

Class I Class II Topicals

230 Attendees to AccApp ’07

AccApp’09 in Vienna

Membership Trends

301/291 members -3.3% change 2006 291/305 members +4.8% change 2007 305/289 members -5.3% change 2008

Participation with Outside

Professional Societies

IAEA cosponsor of AccApp ’07, Primary sponsor of AccApp’09

Scholarships

AAD Scholarship established in 2007

AAD Scholarship award in 2008

Corporate Scholarship fund established for AAD in 2008

Class III Topicals

2003 Embedded Topical Co-

Sponsor June

Communications

newsletter in 2008 website updated 2008

Society Leadership

4 of 4 Mtgs.: PDC & NPC

75% at June mtg 50% at Nov mtg.

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

2008 National Meeting

Division’s Commitment to

YMG

Liaison appointed

Professional Division MetricsAAD Vitality Measures – CY 2008

AAD Summary

• List Areas of Success– AccApp07 and AccApp09

– Scholarships, Divisional and Corporate

– Student Support Activities

– Newsletter

• Focus for Future Action– Position Statements

– Increase division membership

– National meeting participation