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