Naples, Florida
April 30 - May 1, 2002

The North American - Young Generation in Nuclear group hosted its second annual professional development workshop in conjunction with the Nuclear Energy Institute's Nuclear Energy Assembly (NEA) in Naples, Florida. The workshop was scheduled directly preceding the NEA on April 30 and May 1. More than 80 young professionals gathered in Naples for our communications workshop in connection with the NEA.

The theme of the communications workshop was "The Future of Nuclear is Now!" The program reflected the most pressing topics currently facing the industry such as security, Yucca Mountain, and transportation of nuclear materials:

• NA-YGN and the Future of the Industry, Angie Howard (Executive Vice-President, NEI)
• Why Join NA-YGN?, Shannon Bragg-Sitton (Graduate Student, University of Michigan)
• Taking NA-YGN Home with You, Sama Bilbao y León (Nuclear Safety Analysis Engineer, Dominion Generation)
• Transportation of Nuclear Fuel, Eileen Supko (Senior Consultant, Energy Resources International)
• Yucca Mountain Forecast,
  • Governor Bob List, (Former Governor of Nevada)
  • Leslie Barbour (Director Legislative Programs, NEI)
  • Chandler van Orman (Director Outreach & Coalition Activities, NEI)
• Communicating Effectively on Yucca Mountain Issues,
  • Kristy Simms (Director Federal Governmental Affairs, Entergy)
  • Melanie Lyons (Manager Media Relations, NEI)
• Security Issues - Front & Center, Lynnette Hendricks (Director Licensing, NEI)
• Communicating the Safety of Nuclear Plants, Mitch Singer (Manager Media Relations, NEI)
• Speaking with Power: How to Conduct your Communications with Competence and Confidence!, Judith Pollock (Language at Work)

In addition, we would like to have your feedback. We would appreciate if all of you who attended the workshop would take 5 minutes and fill out our "Feedback Survey" so we can figure out what was useful and what wasn't, and how to make things better next time.

Thank you!