ANS NEWSLETTER
February 2002	Radiation Protection and Shielding Division http://www‑rsicc.ornl.gov/rpsd/RPSD.html
OFFICERS AND CHAIRS OF STANDING COMMITTEES Chair Larry Miller Phone 865-974-5048 Fax 865-974-0668 lfmiller@utk.edu Vice-Chair / Chair-Elect Jeff Johnson Phone 865-574-5262 Fax 865-574-9619 johnsonjo@ornl.gov Secretary John D. Court Phone 505-665-5057 Fax 505-665-3046 davec@lanl.gov Treasurer John S. Bennion Phone 208-282-3351 Fax 208-282-4538 jbennion@isu.edu Immediate Past Chair / Nominating Laurie S. Waters Phone 505-665-4127 Fax 505-665-2897 lws@lanl.gov Program David R. Anderson Phone 860-433-6584 Fax 860-433-0420 danders3@ebmail.gdeb.com Membership W. Mark Blumberg Phone 301-415-1083 WMB1@nrc.gov Benchmarks Hamilton T. Hunter Phone 865-574-6297 Fax 865-574-6182 hunterht@ornl.gov Honors & Awards Bernadette L. Kirk Phone 865-574-6176 Fax 865-574-6182 kirkbl@ornl.gov Standards Liaison Bill Hopkins Phone 301-869-3705 Fax 301-869-7084 wchopkins@prodigy.net	Chairman’s Message (Larry Miller) I would like to thank all of you for your support and contributions to the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD). Our program and executive committee meetings at the ANS Meeting in Reno in November 2001 were productive and well attended. Several new topics for the technical program were identified, which we hope will result in more RPSD papers submitted at National ANS meetings. We decided to combine our topical meeting for 2004 with the International Conference on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-10). By combining our bi-annual topical meeting with ICRS-10, we are providing an opportunity for American residents to experience some Portuguese culture on Madeira Island, and we will eliminate competition for papers on equivalent technical content. ICRS-10 conferences are co-sponsored by the Nuclear Science Committee of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and are organized every four to five years. If you have new ideas for any of the standing committees, such as the technical program, benchmarks, standards, honors and awards, etc., please contact the chair of these committees. If you would like to see the RPSD initiate new activities that would benefit your specific professional interests, please contact the individual you consider most appropriate. As a member of the RPSD, you are the most knowledgeable regarding how we can improve benefits of your membership, and it is important that we receive you input. There are a number of valuable professional activities conducted at both national and topical meetings that benefit by your participation. Our web site, at http://www-rsicc.ornl.gov/rpsd/RPSD.html, has a wealth of useful information with links to sites that should benefit each of our professional goals. I would like to see us make better use of the internet for sharing ideas, concerns, and compliments. Please take time to offer your recommendations for continuing improvement in all of our activities. We strive to accommodate changing professional interests through improvements in quality, quantity, and type information available to RPSD members at national and at topical meetings and through improved communications. If you have any suggestions for improving benefits of membership in the RPSD and in the ANS, please contact any member of the executive committee or any committee chair. Treasurer’s Report (John Bennion) Unlike the overall U.S. economy, the financial well being of our division continues to be strong. Income for 2001 included $1,309 for the division allocation from ANS membership dues and $5,800 revenue from the Spokane Topical Meeting. The 2001 final budget provided for a carryover of $9,595. The approved budget for 2002 allocates $1,000 for the Blizard scholarship and $1,000 to support student participation at the 2002 ANS Student Conference scheduled for April 10-13 at Penn State University. Assuming that the membership allocation remains the same as last year, the approved 2002 budget provides a budget excess of about $8,450. This amount excludes possible revenue generated by the 2002 RPSD Topical Meeting in Santa Fe in April.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2 0 0 2 Janet G. McFadden Phone 509-376-0610 Fax 509-376-7551 janet_mcfadden@wmnsnw.com R. T. Perry Phone 505-665-3521 Fax 505-667-9726 rtperry@lanl.gov Rizwan Uddin Phone 217-244-4944 Fax 217-333-2906 rizwan@uiuc.edu 2 0 0 3 Stan L. Anderson Phone 412-374-5165 Fax 412-374-5099 anderssl@westinghouse.com Margaret B. Emmett Phone 865-574-5276 Fax 865-574-3527 emmettmb@ornl.gov Kimberlee Kearfott Phone 734-763-9117 Fax 734-763-4540 kearfott@umich.edu 2 0 0 4 David R. Anderson Phone 860-433-6584 Fax 860-433-0420 danders3@ebmail.gdeb.com Stephanie C. Frankle Phone 505-665-6461 Fax 505-665-3046 frankles@lanl.gov Nolan E. Hertel Phone 404-894-3601 Fax 404-894-9625 nolan.hertel@me.gatech.edu Ex-officio Don Hoffman Phone 301-984-4400 Fax 301-984-7600 donaldh@excelsvcs.com Robert C. Little Phone 505-665-3487 Fax 505-665-3046 rcl@lanl.gov ANS Staff Liaison Sharon Kerrick Phone 708-579-8230 Fax 708-352-0499

Program Committee (David Anderson) 2001 Winter Meeting, Reno, NV, November 11-15, 2001 The Winter Meeting in Reno had four sessions spread among each day of the meeting. 2002 RPSD Topical Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico The 2002 topical received final approval at the ANS Winter Meeting in Reno. Tom Hirons and Bob Little made the presentation to the screening committee. The meeting will be held April 14-17, 2002, at the La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe, NM. The technical paper review has been completed and due to the number of papers submitted an extra day has been added to the meeting. The meeting web site is now available at http://www.lanl.gov/RPSD2002 General meeting information can be found there and more information will be added as the meeting draws closer. A current meeting synopsis can be found at the end of this newsletter. 2002 Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, June 9-13, 2002 There will be one general shielding session at the Annual Meeting. Authors had until January 3, 2002, to submit paper summaries through the online submittal system. To submit a paper summary, go to http://www.ans.org/meetings/epr/2002 and follow the link to "ANS 2002 Annual Meeting." 2004 RPSD Topical Meeting, TBD At the Reno meeting it was decided to combine the RPSD 2004 with the International Conference on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-10). ICRS-10 will be held on the island of Madeira. Further information will be released as plans are made. Electronic Review Any comments or suggestions by those who used the system will be passed along to ANS-HQ. The vendor and ANS-HQ are interested in doing what they can to make it easier to use. Meeting Schedule 2002 RPSD Topical Meeting, April 14-17, Santa Fe, NM 2002 ANS Annual Meeting, June 9-13, Hollywood, FL 2002 ANS Winter Meeting, November 17-21, Washington, DC 2003 ANS Annual Meeting, June 1-5, San Diego, CA 2003 ANS/ENS International Meeting, Nov 9-13, New Orleans, LA As always, if there is anything program or meeting related that you would like to see or to discuss, please contact me at any time. RPSD Co-Sponsor of M&C 2003 (Bernadette Kirk) To mark the beginning of the second century of nuclear science, the American Nuclear Society's 2003 M&C Topical Meeting is being organized around the theme: Nuclear Mathematical and Computational Sciences: A Century in Review, A Century Anew. The Anew part is comprised of contributed papers in regular sessions and invited papers in special sessions. An invitation e-mail message was sent mid-October to members of the Technical Program Committee to solicit their support by submitting papers, help identify and organize special sessions, and review papers when the time comes. The Review part of the conference is designed to replace the standard Plenary Session. It is comprised of eight invited lectures by world-renowned leaders in selected topics. Each half-day of conference sessions will commence with one such lecture extending for one-hour, followed by a 15-minute Question/Answer session, a 15-minute break, then the regular sessions proceed.

The speakers have been contacted and have already accepted the invitation. The complete list of topics and speakers is:

1. Transport methods of the first order, Ed Larsen and Jim Morel.

2. Transport methods of the second order, Elmer Lewis.

3. Monte Carlo, Jerry Spanier.

4. Reactor core methods, Kord Smith.

5. Cross sections, Dick Hwang.

6. Reactor kinetics and dynamics, Jack Dorning.

7. Sensitivity, uncertainty, and perturbation theory, Dan Cacuci.

8. Criticality safety methods, Elliott Whitesides.

Please remember that success of this meeting depends on your active support and involvement. Finally, please bookmark the conference's web site: http://www-rsicc.ornl.gov/mc2003/mc2003.html. Visit it occasionally for news and updates. Comments and suggestions are most welcome.

Monte Carlo 2005 (Bernadette Kirk)

The ANS Knoxville/Oak Ridge Local Section will be sponsoring Monte Carlo 2005. This series is co-sponsored by the Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC) and the Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank in collaboration with other European societies.

The Monte Carlo method and its applications have been frequently addressed at several major conferences and workshops organized in recent years. Monte Carlo topics have included radiation shielding, radiation physics, medical physics, and high energy physics. Past conferences specifically devoted to Monte Carlo issues related to radiation physics and transport include one held in 1993 in Saclay, France, under the title "Advanced Monte Carlo Computer Programs for Radiation Transport." In 1997, a one-day workshop “E=mc ² – Elocutions on Monte Carlo in Monte Carlo” was held in the city of Monte Carlo itself. Since then, significant developments have taken place in computational and data issues, resulting in "state-of-the-art" computer codes and tools. At the international conference "Monte Carlo 2000 - Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications," held in Lisbon, Portugal in October 2000, all sessions were dedicated to Monte Carlo issues. To continue the tradition, the international organizers of Monte Carlo 2000 voted to hold the next event in the United States, with RSICC as the host.

The local section will seek a national ANS division co-sponsorship for this conference. In particular, RPSD has voted to support this conference. Calendar placement will be requested at the ANS Winter Meeting in 2002.

Membership (Mark Blumberg)

Total RP&S membership decreased 4% as compared to last year at this time (from 1296 to 1245). The RP&S division continues to have a membership of approximately 12% of the total ANS membership. A graph of the RP&S membership from the fall of 1997 to the fall of 2001 is given below.

Note: The spring and fall values are designated with an “S” and an “F” respectively. Membership is generally lower in the spring than the fall due to late renewals.

Standards (Bill Hopkins)

In ANS 6, Andy Hodgdon (adhodgdo@dukeengineering.com) is still seeking help with the buildup factor standard. Also the dose conversion factor working group headed by Dean Kaul (dean.c.kaul@cpmx.saic.com) and Nolan Hertel (nolan.hertel@me.gatech.edu) needs to get that standard reconfirmed before it is dropped per ANSI requirements. My long term goal for benchmark efforts with M&C and Reactor Physics divisions is to create a new set of ANS standards based on benchmarks for ANS 6/ANS 19. Hamilton Hunter is spearheading this effort.

For your information, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) a Cooperative Agreement (70NANBOH0114) to reorganize, reinvigorate, administer, and lead the U.S. team that participates in ISO Technical Committee-85 (ISO/TC85) on Nuclear Energy. Jim Mallay (chair of ANS Standards Steering Committee) will be serving as the vice chair of that group; Harry Farrar of ASTM is chair. SC2 on radiation protection is headed by Ken Swinth as Overall Technical Advisor. Ken is sponsored by HPS. Bill Hopkins is the Deputy Overall Technical Advisor and the ANS rep on SC2.

Death of John L. “Kampy” Kamphouse

On a sad note, I am now seeking nominations to fill the vacancy created by the death of John L. “Kampy” Kamphouse on December 3, 2000. Kampy had served as the chairman of two teams that revised and reaffirmed two major radiation protection and shielding standards: ANS-6.4-1997 (Revision of ANSI/ANS-6.4-1985) - Nuclear Analysis and Design of Concrete Radiation Shielding for Nuclear Power Plants and ANS-6.4.2-1985; R1997 - Specification for Radiation Shielding Materials. Kampy had been a lead shield engineer at Gilbert/Commonwealth Engineers before coming to serve as a senior nuclear engineer for shielding and dose analysis for TVA’s Brown Ferry’s Nuclear Power stations where recently had retired. He was also the dean of Bethel Bible College and had earned a doctoral degree in sacred theology and religion from Bethany Seminary in Dothan, Alabama. He will be greatly missed.

Benchmarks (Hamilton Hunter)

The Public Policy Committee (PPC) meeting was held on November 13, 2001, in conjunction with the 2001 ANS Winter Meeting in Reno, Nevada. Currently, RPSD has one public policy, Preservation of Experimental Benchmarks, accepted in 1999. We are working on another one, Radon in Homes. To update it, we will have a special session during the ANS Winter meeting, FY02. Helping with this effort is Kimberlee Kearfott, University of Michigan.

Blizard Scholarship (Dan Ingersoll)

John Poston, Nolan Hertel and Dan Ingersoll reviewed 15 applications for the Blizard Scholarship. This is the largest number of applicants since the scholarship's inception six years ago. There were several excellent candidates and five that were scored with less than one point separation (out of 20 maximum points). The person actually awarded the scholarship, who was also our top candidate, is Jennifer L. Hoff of the University of Tennessee. She will be receiving the $3,000 stipend for the 2001/2002 academic year.

Jennifer has worked under the direction of Dr. Larry Townsend on health physics aspects of manned space flight including bone marrow dose resulting from exposure to solar particle events and galactic cosmic radiation. She anticipates completing her Ph.D. work on "Modeling the Wall Effects of a Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter" in May 2002.

RPSD 2002 Meeting-At-A-Glance (Bob Little)

Overview

The Division’s Biennial Topical Meeting is rapidly approaching. It is scheduled for April 14-18 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. RPSD 2002 is co-sponsored by the Health Physics Society, the OECD/NEA, and RSICC. In addition to an exciting technical program, there are workshops, tours, and various social events planned. There are also special registration opportunities for students, emeritus members of ANS, exhibitors, and guests. Please join us in Santa Fe in April!

Meeting Schedule

Sunday, April 14 Workshops in the morning and afternoon; welcome reception in the evening.

Monday, April 15 Plenary session in the morning; guest tour of Santa Fe; conference luncheon; technical

sessions in the afternoon.

Tuesday, April 16 Technical sessions morning and afternoon; Conference banquet in the evening.

Wednesday, April 17 Technical sessions morning and afternoon; Guest tour of Northern New Mexico

Exhibit mixer in the evening.

Thursday, April 18 Technical sessions morning and afternoon.

Friday, April 19 Tour of the Trinity Site.

Registration

The main registration form for the conference is at http://www.lanl.gov/RPSD2002/registration.shtml. The form allows you to register for the conference, for the guest program, and for tours, and to purchase additional tickets for social events. The early registration discount is available through March 1. We request that you print the registration form, fill it out, and mail it in to the address indicated.

Technical Sessions

Over 200 abstracts have been accepted for presentation at RPSD 2002. The following sessions will be included in the final program (available at http://www.lanl.gov/RPSD2002/agenda.shtml )

Accelerator Applications and Shielding Nuclear Well Logging

Accidents and Source Term Analysis Radiological and Environmental Dosimetry and Assessment

Advances in Deterministic Codes and Methods Repository and Waste Management Applications

Advances in Monte Carlo Codes and Methods Shielding Benchmarks and Standards

Decommissioning and Decontamination Shielding Design and Analysis

Developments in NDA/NDE Syst. and Techniques Skyshine and Streaming

Dose Assessment Techniques and Detectors SOURCES Computer Code: Progress and Applications

Dose Conversion and Assessment Space Radiation Shielding and Doses

Doses in Aircraft Transport Codes in Medical Physics

Health Effects of Low-Dose Radiation Transportation, Storage, and Shielding of Radioactive Sources

Medical Physics Applications Visualization and User Interfaces

Nuclear Data for Shielding Applications

Workshops

We will offer four workshops on Sunday, April 14. There will be two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Each workshop will be approximately three hours. Full information and a separate registration form, for the Workshops are available at http://www.lanl.gov/RPSD2002/workshops.shtml. The four workshops offered are:

1. "Radiation Serving Society," by Alan Waltar (Texas A&M)

2. "Tutorial on the Computer Code SOURCES-4A," by Erik Shores (LANL)

3 "Health Physics Aspects of Criticality Safety," by Doug Minnema (DOE)

4. "Status and Future Plans for Los Alamos Radiation Transport Modeling," by various LANL staff

Tours

Three tours have been planned in association with RPSD 2002:

1. Monday April 15: “A Taste of Santa Fe” – Three to four hour guided tour of Santa Fe by bus. The tour will include stops at museums and art galleries. Use this opportunity to plan the rest of your week in Santa Fe.

2. Wednesday April 17: “Explore Northern New Mexico” – Six to seven hour guided tour with stops at Bandelier National Monument and historic Los Alamos. In Los Alamos you will tour the Bradbury Science Museum and have time for lunch in town.

3. Friday April 19: “The Trinity Site” – a special full-day tour to the White Sands Missile Range in south-central New

Mexico to view the site where the first atomic bomb was detonated. The tour will include time at ground zero, as well

as at the McDonald Ranch House, where the world’s first plutonium core for a bomb was assembled. Representatives

of the White Sands Missile Range will conduct the tour. Lunch will be provided at the historic Owl Bar & Café in San

Antonio, NM, which served many Los Alamos scientists during the test program. Transportation for this tour will be

arranged such that travelers can depart and be dropped off from either Santa Fe or Albuquerque.

Check the website http://www.lanl.gov/RPSD2002/tours.shtml for more details. All tours will have both a minimum and maximum registration. In the event of cancellation, full refunds will be provided. Register for tours on the main Conference registration form.

Hotel

We encourage you to make your reservations early at the conference hotel, La Fonda. Information and a reservation form are available at http://www.lanl.gov/RPSD2002/hotel.shtml. You can either fill out a form on line, or print the form and send it to the Hotel. In either event, please make sure to note "RPSD 2002 Topical Meeting" in order to qualify for the special discount offered.

Exhibitors

There are opportunities for vendors to exhibit their products at RPSD 2002. Full information is available at http://www.lanl.gov/RPSD2002/exhibitor.shtml. Booth space will be available; there are also various sponsorship opportunities. To highlight the exhibitors, a Conference mixer will be held in the exhibit area on Wednesday evening.

Students

We strongly encourage student participation at RPSD 2002. The student fees are small and we feel that this will be an excellent opportunity for students to participate in a technical conference and to meet potential employers (Los Alamos National Laboratory, at least, plans to have a recruiting booth at RPSD 2002). In addition to reduced registration fees, we will arrange for students to share hotel rooms, and offer some payment to students for helping with technical sessions. See http://www.lanl.gov/RPSD2002/students.shtml for additional information.

Questions

For additional information on RPSD 2002, check the conference website at http://www.lanl.gov/RPSD2002 or send an e-mail to rpsd2002@lanl.gov.