OPD Program Committee  (members)

NPC Manual For
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Online Session
Approval Form

Financial
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Best Paper/Session
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History

ANS Topical
Meeting Manual

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NPC
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Final Session
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Meeting
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MISSION:

To create and promote high-quality, national and international meetings of interest to OPD membership.

GOALS:

1.                  At each of the two national meetings, organize at least 4 sessions and meet the paper count criteria.

2.                  Each year, sponsor at least one Class I or Class II Topical that is not on the base calendar.

3.                  Each year, sponsor at least one Class III Topical.

4.                  Program Chair or alternate attends the four NPC meetings each year.

5.                  Maintain information on this portion of the website at least as frequently as described by the Update Calendar.

PLANS and ACTIVITIES:

1.                 Upload in accordance with the approved ANS guidelines OPD special session / panel presentations onto the OPD website after each ANS national meeting.  Target the initial set of presentations from the 2007 Annual meeting.

2.                 The following technical sessions and meetings are currently being organized.

 

ANS National Meetings and Embedded Topicals

 

2008 Annual Meeting (June 8-12, 2008) Anaheim, CA

 

 

 

 

2008 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '08)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008 Winter Meeting (November 9-13, 2007) Reno, NV

 

 

Session Title

Organizer

Type

 

 

Knowledge Management

Bob Hess

Don Eggett

PAPER/PANEL

 

 

 

Discussion on Industry Standards, Domestic and International, with Focus on New Plants

Steve Stamm

PAPER/PANEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANS Topicals and Executive Conferences

 

15th Utility Working Conference (UWC 2008) (August 3-6, 2008) Amelia Island, FL

 

 

Co-General Chairmen:

Brian Katz  (Southern California Edison Company)

Ed Scherer  (San Onofre Generating Station)

 

 

Technical Program Chair:

Sasan Etemadi  (Southern California Edison Company)

 

 

 

 

 

ANS Co-sponsored Meetings

 

The 16th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (16PBNC) (October 13-17, 2008) Aomori, Japan

 

 

International Steering:

Gail Marcus (NEA/OECD)

 

 

Technical Program:

Don Eggett (AES Corporation)
Alan Levin (AREVA NP, INc.)

 

 

 

 

 

·         Members of the OPD Program Committee are volunteers who are appointed by the OPD Chair to serve for as long as the member is interested in being active.

·         The OPD Program Committee evaluates the quality of the technical sessions sponsored by OPD and presentations given therein and recognizes excellence with an appropriate award.

  • The OPD Program Committee Chair maintains the listserve used by this committee (opd-prog@list.ans.org).