American Nuclear SocietyOperations & Power

Division

Presentation to the

ANS Board of Directors

Loyd Wright

Washington, DC Nov. 17, 2004

Mission

• The dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors.

• The coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities

• The dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities, including power reactors, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities

Officers

• Loyd Wright, Chair

• Mark Reinhart, First Vice-Chair

• Harold Stiles, Second Vice-Chair

• Greg Gibson, Secretary

• Donna Skay, Treasurer

• Sophie Gutner, Past-Chair, Ex-Officio

Executive Committee

• Bill Corcoran• Don Eggett, Program

Committee Chair• Robert Hess• Kenneth Hughey• Andrew Klein• Rodney Krich

• Peter Martin• Joseph Naser• Buzz Savage• Steve Stamm• Robert Twilley• Bill Vernetson

• Eric Loewen, Board of Directors Liaison

OPD Committees

• Program • Nominating• Young Utility Worker• Plant Residents

Network• Nuclear Renaissance

Subcommittee (CNC)• Membership• Honors & Awards

• Planning• Newsletter &

Publications• Cooperation with

Other Professional Societies

• Finance• Website• Nuclear Workforce

(with ETD)

OPD Annual Membership Numbers

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 (Sept)

Membership by Position

Operations and Power Divisionby Position, 2004

Educators2%

Reactor Operators2%

Other (unidentified)4%

Students6%

Other professionals10%

Retired13%

Top Mangement19%

Engineers21%

Middle Management23%

Membership by Industry

Operations and Power Divisionby Industry, 2004

Retired12%

Government Agency7%

Architectural Engineering Co.

6%Students5%

Other industries*4%

Service Co.4%

Other (not identified)4%

Utility33%

Consulting Company

16%

Educational Institution

2%

National Lab4%

Manufacturer5%

OPD Budget

Actual

12/31/03

Budget

2004

Actual

9/30/04

Budget Funds

Carry Forward

2004 Member Allocation

Division Income

$56,877

4,215

16,696

$57,694

4,213

32,000

$57,694

4,213

13,960

Total Budget Funds $77,788 $93,907 $75,867

Budget Expenses

Newsletters

Awards and Plaques

National Meeting Costs

Division Officer Expense

Student Support

Scholarship/NEED Funding

Other Expenses

$1,898

389

400

0

6,500

10,000

907

1,000

500

750

250

6,000

19,957

1,250

0

0

239

0

5,500

19,957

698

Total Expenses $20,200 $29,457 $26,394

Excess (Deficiency) of Budget Funds over Expenses $57,694 $64,450 $49,473

OPD Governance

• Strategic Plan: Updated annually

• Develop Officers and Exec Committee members through Program Committee

• Newsletter published twice per year

• Expanding use of web site– http://opd.ans.org/

OPD Policy Statements

• Use of Nuclear Power Reactors for the Production of Process Heat (#14)

• Licensing New Nuclear Power Plants (#33)

• Need for Near-Term Deployment of New Nuclear Power Plants (#56)

• Nuclear-Derived Hydrogen (#60)

OPD Scholarships

• OPD Scholarship - $2,500– 1/01/04 - $40,903– 2004 Additions - 4,216– Current - 45,119

• Bisesti Scholarship - $2,000– 1/01/04 - $19,473– 2004 Additions - 3,631– Current - 23,104

• Lacy Scholarship - $2,000– 1/01/04 - $12,923– 2004 Additions - 10,110– Current - 22,033

Bis

OPD Awards

• Walter Zinn Award • Meritorious Performance in Nuclear Operations• Best Paper Awards• Mona Grimsley Best Session Awards• Utility Working Conference

– Utility Leadership Award– Utility Achievement Award– Implementation Award

OPD Student Support

• Financial support for two meetings per year

• Support of Student Conference/Awards

OPD Meetings

• Actively support national meetings– June 2003 – 9 sessions– November 2003 – 10 sessions– June 2004 – 6 sessions– November 2004 – 6 sessions– June 2005 (projected) – 9 sessions

• Topicals– Utility Working Conference – Every August– ICAPP – June 2004, every other year in the USA– PBNC 2004– June 2003 Risk Management

OPD Metrics

DivisionMeetings

Division Governance

Division Contributions

to Society

Division Services to Membership

National MeetingParticipation

SuccessionPlanning

ANS Position Statements

ProfessionalDevelopment

Class IClass IITopicals

MembershipTrends

Participation withOutside Professional

SocietiesScholarships

Class IIITopicals

Communications SocietyLeadership

Peer Recognition/Awards

DivisionPlanning

Non-MeetingPublications

StudentSupport

Successes

• UWC

• ICAPP

• Scholarships

• Student Support

• Awards

Future Focus Areas

• Continue to Strengthen UWC

• Strengthen Utility Membership and Participation

• Strengthen Young Member Participation

• Use of the Internet to Increase Member Participation

• Participation with Outside Professional Societies