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American Nuclear Society

American Nuclear Society Presentation to the NESCC November 3, 2014 ANS President Michaele Brady Raap

Presentation Overview  Society history  High-level organizational structure  Standards Committee structure and charter  Recent reorganization of the Standards Committee  Standards Board initiatives, programs, and projects  Consensus committee scopes, future plans, and active standards projects  Proposed new standards in development and recently approved  Summary

History The American Nuclear Society (ANS) was launched in 1954 as a professional organization of engineers and scientists devoted to peaceful and beneficial applications of nuclear science and technology. ANS has more than 11,000 members. These individuals represent a broad spectrum of organizations, from utilities and manufacturers to educational institutions, national laboratories, and government agencies - approximately 900 members reside overseas in 60 countries. The Society's main objective is to promote the advancement of engineering and science relating to the atomic nucleus. In addition to voluntary consensus standards, ANS publishes the following documents: • Nuclear News , a monthly industry magazine • Radwaste Solutions , an industry topical magazine • Proceedings, Transactions, textbooks, monographs • ANS News , a Society newsletter • Nuclear Standards News , a bi-monthly newsletter dedicated solely to nuclear standards and nuclear regulatory issues • Journals: Nuclear Science and Engineering, Fusion Science and Technology, Nuclear Technology • A variety of electronic media (Notes & Deadlines, Nuclear Café, ANS tweets)

Organizational Chart

The ANS Standards Committee

Standards Committee The ANS Standards Committee is a collective term for all committees involved in the development, approval, and management of ANS standards. The ANS Standards Board (SB), a Standing Committee of the Society, oversees the ANS Standards Committees. The Standards Committee was formed in 1957 and has earned American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approval of over 300 standards. ANS has 77 current American National Standards and nearly 60 standards projects in development.

Charter ANS is the only standards development organization (SDO) devoted solely to the development of standards for the nuclear science and technology community. The ANS Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of standards that address the following subjects and closely related activities: • Definitions of terminology used in nuclear science and technology • Siting requirements for nuclear facilities • Nuclear facility design and operations, including safety criteria for facilities, operator selection, and training o Power production reactors o Research reactors and critical facilities o Nuclear fuel production, handling, and storage facilities o Facilities for handling radioactive isotopes, including remote handling of radioactive materials • Remediation and restoration of sites used for nuclear facilities • Emergency preparedness • Nuclear criticality safety

Reorganization The ANS Standards Committee completed a reorganization in 2013. Six new consensus committees were created by reassigning standards products of two excessively large consensus committees into more focused concentrations. Two existing consensus committees remained unchanged – the Nuclear Criticality Safety Consensus Committee and the ANS/ASME Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management. The reorganization was deemed necessary to increase efficiency and productivity, afford greater expertise on each consensus committee, and better utilize scarce volunteer resources.

The ANS Standards Committee Risk-Informed & Standards Board Performance-Based Principles Policy (Standing Committee of the Society and Committee top-level standards committee) (Special Committee to the Standards Board) Joint Large Research Non- Safety & Committee Nuclear Fuel, Light and Reactor Environmental Environmental Radiological l on Nuclear Criticality Waste, and Water Advanced Advanced Nuclear and Siting Analyses Risk Safety Decommissioning Reactors Reactors Facilities Consensus Consensus Consensus Consensus Management Committee Consensus Consensus Consensus Committee Committee Committee Consensus Committee Committee Committee Committee Subcommittees (23 subcommittees) (preliminary reviewers/task orientated) Working Groups (~120 working groups) (standards writers)

The ANS Standards Board

Standards Board (SB) Chair: George F. Flanagan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Vice Chair: Steven L. Stamm, Individual The SB manages all standards activities and interests for the Society. The SB is responsible for disbanding or creating consensus committees as the need dictates, defining consensus committee scopes, evaluating, approving, and assigning proposed standards projects in the case of a disagreement. The SB provides policy and procedural direction for all elements of the Standards Committee. The SB certifies that the consensus process is fulfilled and ensures that due process procedures have been implemented prior to requesting approval of ANSI for new and revised standards and reaffirmations.

Initiatives: Programs & Projects The SB has initiated several programs and projects…. • Development of a white paper on defense-in-depth to determine appropriate use and level of detail in ANS standards • Solicitation of ANS student member participation in ANS standards • Creation of an ANS web-based workspace for ANS standards development • Establishment of liaisons with other SDOs, regulatory agencies, and industry groups • Harmonization of PRA standards through the joint chairmanship of the Nuclear Risk Management Coordinating Committee • Support of U.S. participation in international standards (ANS holds the secretary position for ISO/TC 85/Subcommittee 6 on reactor technology) • Creation of 5 task groups to address specific goals

Initiatives: T ask Groups The SB has created five task groups to address current needs …… • Policy Task Group – improves the link between the SB and the rest of the management structure of ANS • Priority Task Group – sorts ANS standards data to show a priority list of ANS standards • External Communications Task Group – improves the links between ANS and ANS standards users, national regulators, industry organizations (NEI, EPRI, INPO) and other SDOs both national and international • Internal Communications Task Group – establishes closer relationships with ANS governance and Professional Divisions • Sales Task Group – increase the sales of ANS standards

Special Committee Risk ‐ Informed and Performance ‐ Based Principles Policy Committee (RP3C) Chair: N. Prasad Kadambi, Individual Vice Chair: Ed. G. Wallace, NuScale Power Inc. The RP3C is responsible for the identification and oversight of the development and implementation of the ANS Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Standards Plan that establishes the approaches, priorities, responsibilities and schedules for implementation of risk-informed and performance-based principles into ANS standards. These principles are applicable to standards that address the design, construction, operation, evaluation and analysis, decontamination and decommissioning, waste management, and environmental restoration for nuclear facilities. The RP3C is not authorized to develop consensus standards or other similar products.

Consensus Committee Scopes & Projects

Large Light Water Consensus Committee (LLWRCC) Chair: William B. Reuland, Individual Vice Chair: Timothy K. Meneely, Westinghouse Electric Company Scope: The LLWRCC is responsible for the preparation and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards for the design, operation, maintenance, operator selection and training, and quality requirements for current operating nuclear power plants and future nuclear power plants that employ large station light water-moderated, water-cooled reactors. The standards include the reactor island, balance of plant, and other systems within the plant boundary that affect safety and operations. Future Plans: Reviewing historical ANS standards and inactive projects assigned to the LLWRCC in the reorganization to determine whether there may be a need to reinvigorate previous standards or projects. Topical areas under consideration include containment hydrogen control and emergency preparedness response. Additional standards are being consideration to support the NRC Near Term Task Force review of insights from the Fukushima Daiichi accident.