Radiation Protection  and  Shielding Division

Minutes of Radiation Protection and Shielding Division

November 14, 1994


Members present: Lee Carter, Nolan Hertel, Bernadette Kirk, Stephen Ostrow,
                 John Poston,  Robert Little, Robert Roussin, Bill Hopkins,     
                 Bill Urban,  Peggy Emmett , Dick Cacciapouti, Dan Ingersoll, 
                 Jess Greenborg, Keith Spinney, Ray Klann

Meeting was called to order at 6:00PM.

Minutes: Minutes from the June 94 New Orleans meeting were approved.

Chairman's report:  
National wanted to  charge $100 per person for topical.  Lee Carter voted
against the raise .  Results have not been received. 

NRC wants to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.  Lee Carter wants
an RPS member to review the document.

RPS was asked to state the division's objectives in the ANS brochure.
Lee Carter wrote a short summary. (Appendix A)

Lee Carter is concerned with the Standards Committee.  The suggestion
is to have an official standards liaison, rather than a formal
RPS committee.   At one time, there was ANS 6.2.1 headed by J. Celnik.
Bill Hopkins agreed to be liaison for the division. 

In San Francisco meeting, there was discussion on
benchmarks.  Bob Roussin is handling this activity, unofficially.
According to the by-laws,  this is a special committee.

Ray Klann is now Program Chair.  Bob Little is outgoing chair.
Ken Shultis' position in Honors and Awards is being filled in by 
Bill Urban.  Jennifer Tanner is chair of membership.  Bill Urban
is also chair of the nominating committee.  A motion was moved and
passed to accept the chairmen as listed.

Student support for national meetings needs to be continued.

National Council on Radiation Protection involvement is solicited.
Nolan Hertel's name was submitted.  John Poston and Charlie Eisenhower
have been involved with NCRP in the past.  Apparently, it
takes several iterations for individuals to get in NCRP committees.
Early planning needs to be done.

ANS Policy statements were received by Lee Carter.  The handouts 
were passed around for review.

DOE EM-3 funding to RSIC has been cut.  Bob Roussin said that
specific individuals funded by EM need to respond on their own.

The new ANS vision is out.  A lot of concern has been expressed.
The key item of the mission is for ANS activities to benefit
humanity.

Jess Greenborg was awarded the 1994 ANS/RPS Professional Award.
Eugene Normand was awarded the 1994 ANS/RPS Distinguished Service 
Award.

Vice-Chair Report:  The newsletter has been distributed.
     A news note to ANS News will be submitted by Nolan Hertel.
     Any items of interest from RPS can be submitted to ANS News through
     Nolan.

Treasurer's Report:  Dick Rubin's report was distributed.  Rubin was not
     able to attend meeting.  The division financial standing is in good
     shape.  (Attachment B )  The proposed 1995 budget was discussed.
     Peggy Emmett said that the budget was approved with recommended
     changes at the June 1994 meeting.  The report was approved.

Secretary's Report:  The new list of executive committee members is
     out.  Corrections to addresses are requested.  (Appendix G)

Program Report:  Ray Klann passed copies of his report. (Appendix C).
     The 1995 Summer Meeting will as usual not be supported.  For the
     winter 1995 meeting, there are 3 proposed sessions.  The site
     is San Francisco.  Paper reviews for SF will be in July.

     Preliminary meeting cost for the 1996 Topical is set at $325.00
     per person.  This will include lunches.  Spouse fee will be $50.00
     plus $45.00 for the banquet.
     Dick Cacciapouti is handling the arrangements for the 1996 topical.
     Allocation for profits will be 50% for National, 40% to ANS Local, and
     RPS is 10%.  The form has been signed.  Dan Ingersoll suggested that
     the Local section donate some money to the Blizard scholarship.

Honors and Awards:  Bill Urban is now Chair.  There is no report.
     The manual probably needs to be updated.

Membership:  ANS had a big membership drive recently.  About 1000 new members
     applied.  Jennifer Tanner is writing the new members a letter of
     welcome.  The division has about 2000 members and this number has
     been fairly constant. (Appendix F)
 
Nominating Committee:  The new officer slate is out.
     Chair: Nolan Hertel
     Vice Chair: John Poston
                 Richard Rubin
     Treasurer:            
                 Ken Jha
                 Bryan Broadhead
     Secretary:  Bernadette Kirk
     Executive Committee             
                 J. Tanner             (National Laboratory)
                 Tony Gabriel          (National Laboratory)
                 Dominique Napolitano  (Industry)
                 John Zino             (Industry)
                 Tom Blue              (University)
                 Ken Shultis           (University)
       The slate was approved.

Standards:  There will be a meeting of ANS 6.1.  ANS 6.4 is being
         revamped.  The Skyshine Standard is being handled by an NRC
         employee.  The standard for Spent Fuel Cask is put on hold,
         pending on DOE decision.

Benchmarks:  Bob Roussin said that Oak Ridge is developing a database
         for Shielding Benchmarks.  Experimental and computational
         benchmarks will be included.  Dan Ingersoll's project
         originally supported the work, which is now an RSIC
         activity.  It involves the Europeans also (through Enrico
         Sartori of the OECD/NEA).

OLD BUSINESS:
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Blizard Scholarship:  Dan Ingersoll passed a report (Attachment D).
         A total of $9352 has been received.  The target is $20,000.
         A donation form is also available (Attachment E).  More 
         advertisement needs to be done to generate needed contributions.
         John Poston suggested that the award be granted as an incentive
         to potential contributors.  A motion was made that the existing
         RPS allocation of $1000 for Blizard be used for the first
         award in 1995.    The motion was passed.  John Poston and Nolan 
         Hertel agreed to oversee the selection of the candidate.

Health Physics Liaison:  No report.

ANS Mentoring Program:
         The ANS mentoring program was brought to attention.  Lee Carter
         wanted to know if the division is interested in supporting the
         program.

I-teams:  Reports will be submitted by the I-teams.  A survey has been
         made with regard to improving membership and governance and
         other items.

NEW BUSINESS:
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         The Soviet Union has a facility where employees were
         exposed to radiation.  Data on these are available for
         studies.  Dose rate calculations need to be determined and
         analyzed.  There is an opportunity for individuals in the U.S.
         to be involved.  Suggestions are being solicited. Genevieve
         Roesler was suggested.  She is now retired from the University
         of Florida.  Bruce Napier ,Kathy Higley, Peggy Emmett, Jennifer
         Tanner, Jack Fix were also suggested.

         Dick Cacciapouti wanted to know if the Spring Newsletter will
         be  published.  Lee Carter said the Fall Newsletter will be
         next year's publication.  The concern was to advertise the
         1996 Topical in the newsletter.  Bob Roussin said that RSIC
         can make the announcement early through the RSIC Newsletter.
          
Date and Time of next meeting will be at the ANS Summer Meeting in
         Philadelphia.  The Program Committee will meet from 
         4:00-6:00PM, followed by the Executive Committee from
         6:00-8:00PM. 

Meeting was adjourned at 7:45PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Bernadette L. Kirk
Secretary