American Nuclear SocietyHuman Factors Division

Presentation to theANS Board of Directors

Valerie Barnes, chairNovember 16, Washington, DC

HFD Mission• The mission of the Division is to promote the integration

of human factors knowledge into the design, operations, maintenance, and management of nuclear systems in order to enhance system reliability.

• The major areas of interest include, but are not limited to: – the design of instrumentation and controls to minimize errors – the design of procedures to support information processing and

decision-making – personnel selection, training, and fitness for duty, and – management and organizational influences on human

performance

Executive CommitteeOfficers 2005-2006

Valerie Barnes, ChairPoon Hyun Seong, Vice-Chair/Chair ElectKy Nguygen, Secretary/Treasurer

Executive Committee (with term expiration)2005 Barbara Newsom (barbnewsom@aol.com)2006 Valerie Barnes (vxb3@nrc.gov)2006 Patrick Tebbe (patrick.tebbe@mnsu.edu)2007 Poon Hyun Seong ((phseong@kaist.ac.kr)2007 Ky Nguygen (nguyenkd@songs.sce.com)2008 Mark Friedman (Mark.Friedman@dayzim.com)2008 Sergey S. Anikanov (anikanss@westinghouse.com)

Barbara Newsom (Past Chair)Don Hoffman (Professional Divisions Committee Chair)William Naughton (Board Liaison)Sharon Kerrick (Staff Liaison)

Membership trends

546577 593 585 568

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Membership Composition

Utility34%

Consult22%

Corporate10%

University8%

Internat'l5%

Regulator4%

Natl Lab5%

Govt4%

NA8% Utility

ConsultCorporateUniversityInternat'lRegulatorNatl LabGovtNA

Budget InformationActual2004

Budget2005

Actual2005

Carry Forward 6176 6511 8428

Member Allocation 585 568 568

Income 0 8000 9881

Total Budget Funds 6761 15,079 18,877

Awards/Plaques 0 150 47

Student Support 250 1000 1000

Seed Money (topical) 0 0 0

Total expenses 250 1150 1047

Excess 6511 8968 17,830

Division Governance• Division Planning/Strategic Plan,

Succession Planning– Strategic plan submitted in 2004– Succession plan included in strategic plan

• Communications/Web, E-mail/Copy of Newsletter– No newsletter issued since May 2004– Website to be updated in 2005

Division/TG Contributions to ANS

• ANS Position Statements– Proposing to develop a statement regarding the need

to integrate human factors into engineering education• Participation with Other Professional Societies

– Co-sponsorship of division topical• Society Leadership

– 70% executive committee attendance– ~100% PDC&NPC

• Non-Meeting Publications– None since August 2003 NT special issue

Division/TG Services to Membership

• Professional Development– 2004 workshop for utility working conference

• Bill Corcoran - root cause analysis – 2004 workshop with division topical

• Ted Quinn

• Scholarships– none

• Peer Recognition/Awards– none

• Student Support- two conferences in 2004, two in 2005- proposal to fund student executive committee participation

Division/TG Meetings• National Meeting Participation

– 1 session in November 2005– 6 sessions planned for June 2006

• Topicals/Prior Two Years, Current Year, Future Two Years– NPIC&HMIT 2004– NPIC&HMIT planned for 2007

Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Control and Human Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC&HMIT’2004

• Columbus Ohio, September 19-22, 2004• Organizers:

– Steven Arndt (NRC), general chair– Gary Johnson (LLL), tech. co-chair, NPIC– John O’Hara (BNL), tech. co-chair, HMIT

• Cosponsors: EPRI, DOE, NRC, IAEA, and OECD/AEA

• 220 participants,12+ countries

Summary• Status of Division/TG Metrics and Measures

– Division Governance Communications• newsletter and website updates in 2005

• Areas of Success– Division Contributions to Society

• Division topicals: 1993, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007• NT special issues: 2002, 2003, 2004

• Focus for Future Action– Membership recruitment– Communications: newsletter and timely website

updates

Professional Division Metrics / Measures of Division VitalityHFD Vitality Measures – CY 2004

DivisionMeetings

Division Governance

Division Contributions to

Society

Division Services to Membership

NationalMeeting

Participation2004: 2 session 0panel/0session 0panel

SuccessionPlanning

HFD has a succession plan

ANS Position Statements

HFD is not responsible for Position Statement

ProfessionalDevelopment

Supported 2 workshops in past 2 years

Class IClass IITopicals

4th NPIC & HMIT 2004220 participants

MembershipTrends

585/568 members -3% change 2004

Participation withOutside Professional

SocietiesIEEE co-sponsor for Class I Topical

Scholarships

HFD Does Not Support a Scholarship

Class IIITopicals

2004 NPIC & HMIT

Communications

1 newsletter issued in 2004 website updated in 2004

SocietyLeadership

Both Mtgs: 70% Exec Comm, PDC & NPC Presentation to Board of

Directors June 2004

Peer Recognition/Awards

HFD does not support peer recognition/awards

DivisionPlanning

Strategic Plan submitted to PDC Chair in 2003

Non-MeetingPublications

Nuclear Technology –Nuclear plant instrumentation & control Aug 2003

StudentSupport

HFD supported 2004 Student Conference