November 30, 2006 Update

VA-ANS Update
November 30, 2006
November 30, 2006
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Welcome
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Local Section Business – 15 minutes
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Featured Presentation – 45 minutes
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Safety brief
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"U.S. Nuclear Industry...Life in the Fast Lane"
Two Exits
Dimmed lighting
Questions?
2006-2007 Executive Committee
•Chairman
Chairman
John Connelly
•Vice
Vice Chairman, Chairman Elect
Robert Penn
• Treasurer
Tom Snow
• Secretary
Sama Bilbao y Leon
• Executive Committee
•HPS
HPS Liaison
Jim Lovedahl
• NANA-YGN Liaison
Rebecca Kepler
• RJEC Liaison
Dana Knee
• Brian Mays
(Past Chairman, term to expire June 2007)
• Dwight Baker (Past Chairman, term to expire June 2008)
• Reed Johnson
(Member at Large, Emeritus)
• Rich Ranellone
(MAL, June 2007)
• Tim Westfall
(MAL, June 2007)
• William Casino
(MAL, June 2008)
• Joe Erb
(MAL, June 2008)
• Kevin McCoy
(MAL, June 2008)
• David Allen
(MAL, June 2009)
• Maria Groshner
(MAL, June 2009)
• Gary Hoovler
(MAL, June 2009)
Involvement
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ANS National
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Congratulations – our local section members on the
national board include:
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Mr. Tom Snow on ANS Ops & Power Division as 2nd Vice Chair
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Dr. Sama Bilbao y Leon as ANS Chair of Environmental Sciences
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Dr. Robert Singleterry on ANS Mathematics and Computation
Involvement – ad hoc
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ANS National
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Death notice – our Nuclear Group has lost two Giants
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Manson Benedict, born in 1907, died September 18th, 2006
# Mr. Benedict developed the gaseous diffusion method for separating
uranium isotopes. In 1958, he was named the first nuclear department
head at MIT. He was an ANS fellow and former president of the ANS.
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Alvin Weinberg was born in 1915 and died October 18th, 2006
# Mr. Weinberg was the "keeper of k" for the first nuclear reactor,
Chicago Pile One. Credited with the first practical design of a light
water reactor for producing power. Served as Director of Oak Ridge
National Lab. All of his life he was a prolific and visionary author,
lecturer, and advisor to the U.S. Government. He was an ANS Fellow
and former President of the ANS
ANS National
! ANS
Winter Meeting
" November
12-16, 2006
" Albuquerque,
New Mexico
2007 ANS National
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ANS National Meeting
" June
24 to 28, 2007
" Boston,
Massachusetts
Local Section
•Schedule of Meetings
•Events
•Announcements
VA-ANS Schedule of Meetings
When
(Subject
(Subject to
to change)
change)
Speaker / Topic
Location
• Nov 30
UNISTAR/EPR - Tom Christopher
Lynchburg
• Jan 18
Change In Plans – Now Under Review Richmond
• Feb 22
Engineers Week – Feb 22 Lynchburg
– Feb 22 Richmond
• March 15
NRC- Laura Dudes
Richmond
• April 19
Larry Meem Memorial Lecture
Charlottesville
Washington Group - Courtney Apperson
• May 17
ANS Vice President - Don Hintz
Lynchburg
October Meeting
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October 24th Tour of the N.S. Savannah, the world’s first nuclear-powered
cargo/passenger ship!
A Lady at Sea
ASME December Meeting
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Virginia Society of
Professional Engineers (VSPE)
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Presentation December 6, 2006 of the N.S. Savannah
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Monte Carlo in Lynchburg, 6 to 8 pm
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RSVP by December 4th to Virgie Beasley of Wiley & Wilson at
[email protected] or (434) 947-1901.
A Lady at Sea
2007 Engineer’s Week
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Engineers Week Banquet in Richmond, February 22nd
Sponsored by the Richmond Joint Engineers Council
Featured speaker: LTG Carl A Strock (Chief of Engineers
and Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
http://www.rjec.org/
Plan ahead; we can sign up for one or two “ANS” tables
of 8 people before December 14 for a reduced rate of
$46.87/person v. $50/person. (after Dec 20 is $60)
Contact:
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Dana Knee ([email protected], 804.273.2255) about RJEC
Sophie Gutner ([email protected], 804.273.2467) Banquet.
2007 Engineer’s Week
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Engineers Week Banquet in Lynchburg, February 22nd
Sponsored by ASME, ASCE, VSPE
Featured speaker: Colonel Duane Gapinski of Davenport,
Iowa (US Army Corp of Engineers, commands the Rock
Island District’s numerous civil works covering 78,000
square mile in a five state area)
http://www.wileywilson.com
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Contact
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Dick Potekhen ([email protected], 434.832.2365) or
Tom Fitzgerald ([email protected], 434.455.3209)
Tim Groover of Wiley & Wilson
VA-ANS Local Section Awards
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2006 Best Meetings and Programs, Small Section Category
2006 Best Public Information & Education, Small Section
Category
" Received in Albuquerque by Sama Bilbao y Leon on behalf of
VA-ANS
A Special Award at the 50th Anniversary presented for her
leadership and dedication to the organization of the 2006 3-Day
Science Teacher Workshop
" Ms. Sophie Gutner
2007 One-Day
Science Teacher Workshop
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“Understanding Nuclear Radiation”
March 3, 2007, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg
FREE
Main Contact: Carl Tarantino, [email protected], 804.273.3068
Registration online at http://local.ans.org/virginia/public_education.html
2007 Multi-Day
Science Teacher Workshop
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“Science of Nuclear Energy & Radiation”
July 17-21, 2007 (preliminary)
University of Richmond (preliminary)
$75 registration fee (includes lodging, meals, etc…)
Main contacts: Sophie Gutner ([email protected], 804.273.2467) and
Rebecca Fawls ([email protected], 804.273.2262)
Registration online at http://local.ans.org/virginia/public_education.html
MOU
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Memorandum of Understanding Between the Washington DC
Section and Virginia Section regarding conferences
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An agreement to serve mutual interests and provide equal
opportunities for conferences in the surrounding areas
Member directory with brief biographies
" Networking
" Resource skills - event planning, speaking, fundraising
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Targeting December 15, 2006 for Completion
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Contact is Maria Groshner
Nation
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National influence: Virginia
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U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte spoke at AREVA Monday, October 23rd
# Bob Goodlatte has represented Virginia's sixth congressional district in
Washington, since 1992. A former attorney in private practice, his legislative
interests are broad, encompassing agriculture and trade policy, technology issues
and tort reform.
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From Tom Christopher: Decisions on the future of Yucca Mountain, new
plant construction, the next generation of nuclear plants and tariffs and
duties on imported components such as steam generators and switch gear
are all policy issues that are decided by Congress.
Nation
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National influence: New Plants for Dominion
Platts Nov 17:--NRC STAFF's REVIEW OF THE NORTH ANNA ESP
APPLICATION ADVANCED with its issuance of the supplemental final
safety evaluation report as a NUREG report.
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The staff amended its SER after Dominion revised its approach for cooling a proposed
third unit at the site and increased the power for the proposed units 3 and 4.
The staff said changes Dominion made to the application after the staff's initial
technical review did not affect the previous findings.
The release of the report (NUREG 1835, Supplement 1) was completed
several days ahead of the staff's projected November 20 date.
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Pro-Nuclear Activities
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an eye on list announcements
" Participate
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in public events
Op/Eds or Letters to the Editor of local
publications
It’s a new year … 2007
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