Radiation Protection  and  Shielding Division

June 26, 1995

Meeting started at 7:00PM on June 26, 1995

Members in attendance: Lee Carter, Robert Little, Richard Rubin, Bill Urban, 
                       Steve Ostrow, Nolan Hertel, Bob Roussin,
                       Bernadette Kirk, John Poston,
                       Ray Klann, Guy Estes

Others in attendance: Dominic Napolitano,Walter Roberts, Bryan Broadhead

Best paper award was given to Walter Roberts for a paper at the 
ANS National 1994 meeting.

Secretary's report
     RPSD information will be put on the World Wide Web under the RSIC
     (Radiation Shielding Information Center) server.

     Minutes from Fall 94 meeting were approved.

Chairman's Report
     Lee Carter passed copies of reports from ANS for the
     members to peruse.

     ANS will support newsletters twice a year, as long as they are no
     more than 4 pages long.

     Division involvement in both national meetings is being solicited.
     RPSD historically supports only the winter meeting. 

     A request from ANS regional student conference for a sum of $300
     was received.  The request is for the Florida region.
     Concensus is that RPS award $200 each to the three student
     conferences.                        

     Professional mentors are needed.

     Lee Carter attended Reactor Physics Division meeting on June 25, 1995.
     They are seeking to expand their role including Pressure Vessel
     Dosimetry.  The topic is within RPS scope.

     ANS National is trying to change charging on topicals.  The proposal
     is on hold.  ANS is also considering only one national meeting 
     a year.

     Lee Carter read a series of questions from ANS national on several
     issues. 

Vice-chair Report
     The accelerator community will be solicited for active participation
     in RPS topicals.

     Nolan Hertel supports the idea of a WWW home page for RPS.     
     
Treasurer's report
     See Attachment I. The proposed budget was presented. Dick Rubin
     suggested allotting an additional $1000 from the total Blizard 
     fund to the  Blizard scholarship to ensure 
     that there is enough money for next year's award.  
     The budget was approved.

Program Committee
     Attachment III.  Ray Klann is asking local sections to make bids
     for the 1998 topical.  The division is committed to two Class 4
     topicals, one in 1996 and then in 1997.

     The Blizard scholarship of $1000 was awarded to  Michael
     Cantaloub of Oregon State University. (Attachment II)

Honors and Awards
     Bill Urban proposed amending the Honors and Awards manual. 
     "The executive committee plus the ex-officio Chair will 
     vote using the names put forward
     plus an extra line indicating no candidate is acceptable.
     A winning candidate must have a majority of those
     present."  The amendment was accepted.

     Professional Excellence Award is given to  Don Dudziak.      
     Service Recognition Award is given to  Nick Tsoulfanidis.    
     The Rockwell Award is given to Norman Schaeffer. 
     Nolan Hertel will notify the recipients.     
     
Membership
     No report.

Nominating Committee
     Attachment IV lists the newly elected officers.

Standards
     Bill Hopkins is active in ANS 6 Standards.
     Hopkins wants nominees for Chair in ANS 6.1.2 (Skyshine)
     and ANS 6.3.1 (Shields). Dominic Napolitano and Ray Klann
     volunteered to help in the Standards. 

Benchmarks
     Robert Roussin reported on the SINBAD data base - documenting
     experimental shielding benchmarks.  There are plans to eventually
     put this on a WWW server.

New Business
     The new officers' list was distributed. (Attachment IV).

     Nominees for the National Council on Radiation Protection
     are being accepted.  John Poston will follow up on this.

     Discussion of RPS direction followed.

Date and Time for Next Meeting
     October 30, 1995  
     San Francisco, California

Respectfully submitted,

Bernadette L. Kirk
Secretary