Decommissioning Decontamination and Reutilization Division

Presentation to ANS Board

John ParkynDD&R Chair

November 2007

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Mission Statement

Promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the optimal management of decommissioning, decontamination, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear and former nuclear installations, materials, radiological facilities, and sites for the nuclear safety and security of society. The target audience for this effort are the members of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.

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ANS – DDR Historic Membership

DD&R Budget2004 2005 2006 2007 2007

Budget Projected

Balance Forward $24,242 $21,575 $27,873 $21,173 $23,984

INCOMEMember Allocation $1,294 $1,209 $1,140 $1,200 $1,105Topical Income $0 $7,677 $0 $8,000 $9,860

estEXPENSESCommunications (newletter/website) $0 $542 $2,579 $1,000 $1,000Awards $126 $139 $177 $750 $531National meeting Costs $1,154 $515 $824 $600 $600Division Officer Expenses $0 $0 $0 $100 $0Membership Recruitment $0 $0 $1,000 $2,200 $2,250Student Support $2,681 $1,392 $500 $2,250 $2,250Misc $0 $0 $0 $1,000 $500

BALANCE $21,575 $27,873 $23,933 $22,473 $27,818

CHANGE NA 29% -14% -6% 16%

Professional Division Metrics / Measures of Division Vitality DD&R Vitality Measures – CY 2006

Division Meetings

Division

Governance

Division Contributions to

Society

Division Services to Membership

National Meeting

Participation

2006: 4 session 1panel/1session 1panel

Succession Planning

2006 - Submitted as part of Operating Manual

ANS Position Statements

11 LLRW Disposal Sites (Current)

18 Safety of Transporting Rad Mat (current) 50 Release of Radioactively Cont. Mat

(current)

Professional Development

Argonne Training Class & IAEA Training & Professional Development 2006 (ongoing)

Class I Class II Topicals

Spectrum 2002 +25% increase

Co-Sponsor Spectrum 2004 - cancelled 2005 DD&R/300

Membership Trends

1140/1105 members –3.3% change 2006

Participation with Outside Professional

Societies

ASME Decommissioning Handbook ASTM regarding standards

Scholarships

DDR Scholarship

Class III Topicals

June 2003 Decommission & Spent Fuel Mgmt

Communications

2 newsletters 2006 web updated 2006

Society Leadership

75% Exec. Comm. PDC & NPC

3 of 4 PDC; All NPC

Peer Recognition/ Awards

Best Paper & Best Panel

Lifetime Achievement Award Award of Excellence

Division Planning

2006: 5 year & 1 year plan on web site

Non-Meeting Publications

Radwaste Magazine

Student Support

2006 – Did not support

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Meeting Support

• National ANS Meetings– 1 Session 2007 Winter Meeting– 3 sessions 2008 Annual Meeting– 4 sessions 2008 Winter Meeting

• DDRD Topical (Capturing Lessons Learned from Decommissioning)– September 2007 in Chattanooga– 235 Participants– $45,807.99 to ANS, gross $198,093.96

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Communications

• Focus – DD&R of reactors decreasing, reviewing focus to obtain new members

• Newsletter – value added– Members only

• Web Site (8695 hits per month – last 12 month average) – changing pictures of D&D work

• Executive Committee– Plan conference calls every six weeks– Call for self nomination brought a significant

number of high quality nominees for 2008 election

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Division Planning

• Annual Plan

• 5-Year Plan– Increase the effectiveness of the division in

serving the professional needs of its members– Increase the effectiveness of the DD&R

Division in supporting the ANS at national meetings

– Expanded role in further reactor life extension

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ANS Position Statements

• DDRD, responsible for rewrite and review– Release of radioactively contaminated materials

• DD&R review complete, submitted to Public Policy Committee #50

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Participation WithOther Organizations

• Attendance at international functions by Division members

• Co-Sponsorship of 2007 Topical– Atomic Energy Society of Japan– British Nuclear Energy Society– Canadian Nuclear Society– Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers– Korean Nuclear Society– Mexican Nuclear Society2010 Topical planned

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Scholarship/Student Support

• DDRD scholarship– Presentation of one $2000 scholarship each year– Lisandro Vazquez of Georgia Tech 2007 winner

• Student travel ($2250)– ANS National Meetings & 2007 Topical

• One scholarship Student• Student conference• General student support fund

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Peer Recognition/Awards

• 2007 Topical– Best paper/best poster– Each half day session best paper– Meeting staff recognition– Past Division Chair recognition

• National Meetings– Best daily paper

• DD&R Division Recognition Program – Project Award of Excellence– Lifetime Achievement

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Connecticut YankeeGerry P. Noordennen for Wayne Norton President & CEO

2007 DD&R DivisionAward of Excellence

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2007 DD&R DivisionLifetime Achievement Award

Tom LaGuardia;Managing Member, LaGuardia & Assoc.

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Standards in Development

The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) is working on DD&R related standards. The DD&R Division has recruited members to support this effort. The DD&R division will interact with the ASTM D&D Standards group during this development phase.

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DD&R’s Future

• U.S. commercial decommissioning market shrinking– Focus on license renewal– Focus on continual decommissioning during long term operation– Focus on small/research reactors and rad. facilities

• U.S. government decommissioning market also shrinking

• European D&D market increasing– BNG major D&D effort– Research and other smaller reactor D&D

• Input to new reactor designs on lessons learned which enable future decommissioning cost reductions – Decommissioning fund size

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Conclusions

• A Division with challenges due to industry trends– Surge of orders in 1960’s – 1980’s made decommissioning last

resort– Decisions in 1990’s based on politics and misconceptions of

costs of other energy sources lead to early closure of big units– New trend towards orders in 2000s means little if any

decommissioning– Future role of Division in design planning for decommissioning– Long term 80 year + operating lives lead to decommissioning in

progress opportunities– Federal heritage sites will eventually be finishedDivision will need a bold effort in review of direction to hold

membership base and provide true value to facility operatorsNew members from October 2006 through April 2007 total 114