1. We
have many reasons to celebrate! Over the past few months, Combined
Operating Licenses have been approved for the construction and operation of new
nuclear units at the V.C. Summer and A.W. Vogtle sites. I encourage all
our members to read the recent blog posts at www.cleanenergyinsight.org,
including a story from one of our members working for
SCANA. NA-YGN finalized an election approving a new vision statement and
welcoming four new Core members. In August, Christine Csizmadia, Bobby
Ashworth, Jan Garcia, and Natalie Sachar will be taking over for our departing
core members, Liz McAndrew-Benavides, Erin West, Adam Strange, and Chris
Waugh. Thank you to all of these NA-YGN members for their
accomplishments, devotion, and willingness to serve in leadership roles.
Finally, I want to thank all of our members for a successful 2011. End of
year metrics for 2011 are now available. NA-YGN members contributed
58,519 hours to professional development and networking and 29,797 hours in
public information and community service. Overall, this equates to 88,315
hours of time spent in 2011 by NA-YGN members on the promotion of nuclear
science and technology and the young professionals working in its varied
fields! That is a solid increase of nearly 5% from 2010 .
2. The
annual NA-YGN professional development seminar at the Canadian Nuclear Society
(CNS) conference will be held on June 10th in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan. The agenda and registration form are published on the CNS
website: http://conf2012.cns-snc.ca/na-ygn.html. This seminar is free for all members. The
Canadian Nuclear Society is pleased to offer a discount to NA-YGN members
interested in attending the full CNS conference. Please visit https://cns-snc.ca/register/conference_registratons/1Q8t3sOIr
to complete your registration using the following registration discount code:
NA-YGNJR
3. IYNC2012
Registration Is Now Open - The 2012 North American Young Generation in Nuclear
(NA-YGN) annual workshop will be held in conjunction with the International
Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) bi-annual meeting August 5-11 in Charlotte, N.C.
Click here to
register.
4. IYNC2012
Registration Committee – NA-YGN is looking for volunteers to help welcome our
international attendees at the 2012 conference. Please contact registrar@na-ygn.org
if you are planning on attending the conference and would like to
help.
5. NA-YGN
is looking for candidates to fill the Atlantic Regional
and Northeast Lead positions.
Previous experience in local chapter leadership is highly recommended for this
position. Candidates should send a resume and a short statement
describing why they want the position to usa@na-ygn.org.
