Radiation Protection  and  Shielding Division

Minutes of Radiation Protection and Shielding Division

June 17, 1996

Members present:
 Nolan Hertel, John Poston, Robert W. Roussin, Ray Klann, Robert Little, Guy Estes, 
Jennifer Tanner,  Bernadette Kirk

Others present:  Jess Greenborg, R. T. Perry, John Zino

Minutes of  the Winter Board  96 meeting  were approved.

Presentation of Best Paper Award for the 1995 to Mark DeHart was done by Nolan 
Hertel.

Chairman Report
 ANS voted not to renew membership in NCRP.  Hertel  said however that the 
membership has been reinstated.  The division should continue to nominate 
representatives to NCRP.

Vice Chairman Report
The newsletters did get out, but with a little delay.  Nominations for the NCRP were 
also made (Faw and Tsoulfanides).

Treasurer's Report (Attachment I)
Bryan Broadhead was unable to attend, but submitted the report (Attachment I).  An 
additional allotment for student support to national meetings ($200) is included in the 
budget.  An amount of $1000 is expected from the Cape Code 96 Topical.  There was 
a question as to whether RPSD should pay the Best Paper Award.   The committee felt 
that the local section sponsoring the topical should be responsible.   The budget was 
approved.

Program Committee (Attachment  II)
Since the program committee met before the meeting with most members present,  the 
attachment should speak for itself.

Honors and Awards (Attachments III and IV)
Bob Little  reported for Bill Urban.  Item 1 of the attachment was approved.    The 
incoming chair, John Poston, will write a letter of appreciation to Bill Urban. 

 Nominees  for Technical Excellence and Distinguished Service were presented for 
voting.  The Technical Excellence Award goes to Bob MacFarlane.  The Distinguished 
Service goes to Peggy Emmett.

It was moved and seconded that all authors of papers nominated for Best Paper Award 
receive a citation via a letter of appreciation from the Chair..

Membership
Twenty seven new members were added to RPSD.  Letters of welcome will be sent by 
Jennifer Tanner.  She will also include the new officers list in her letters.

Nominating Committee
Nolan Hertel is requesting suggestions for nominees.

Standards (Attachment  V)
ANS6.6.1 will be chaired by Nick Tsoulfanides.  Ray Klann will chair ANS6.3.

Benchmark
Bob Roussin said that the SINBAD benchmark database is moving along.  The NEA 
(Nuclear Energy Agency) is working with RSIC on this project.   Benchmarks continue 
to be added.   The program is PC-based.

Old Business
WWW server  (Attachment VI) information is requested by ANS.  RPSD has already 
provided the information through its WWW page 
(http://epicws.epm.ornl.gov/ANS.html).

Blizard Scholarship
The award was given to the same person who got it last year.  A new policy needs to 
be laid out.  Ingersoll requested that the award should be a `one-time' category.  

New Officers
Chair                  :  John Poston
Vice-Chair         :  Jess Greenborg
Secretary           :  Laurie Waters
Treasurer           : Bryan Broadhead
Board Members: Chris Eberle, Nick Tsoulfanides, Keith Spinney

Date and Time of Next Meeting:  Winter  97,  6-8PM

The board nominated Nolan Hertel to the ANS Board.

Public Policy Paper
John Poston will follow up on this issue.
PostScript:  The board congratulates John Poston on his election as Fellow of ANS.

Respectfully submitted,

Bernadette L. Kirk
Secretary