Volume 8, Issue 2: June 3, 2010

NA-YGN Announcements:

 

1.     Registration for the 2010 International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) held July 12-18, 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa is now open. IYNC has held five successful conferences around the globe – with delegates convening in Slovakia (2000), South Korea (2002), Canada (2004), Sweden/Finland (2006), and Switzerland (2008). The recent IYNC 2008 conference attracted over 330 nuclear professionals from 30 countries!

2.     CNS Nuclear Education and Outreach Conference is June 20-22, 2010 in Calgary. They are specifically looking for representation from NA-YGN. For more information, please visit http://www.cns-snc.ca/events/neo-2010/

3.     The session write up for the 2009 Young Professionals Congress is attached. The presentation for the 2009 Challenges Facing Young Generation Session is attached. This is an update to the 2004 Challenges Session presented at the November ANS Winter Meeting. 

4.     Become a Fan! The NAYGN Fan Page is up and running.

5.     Please welcome our newest chapter of NA-YGN! AECL (Atomic Energy of Canada Limited)- Mississauga. AECL designs and constructs CANDU reactors.

6.     The spring 2010 Conserving Tomorrow is now available.

7.     Materials from the 2010 Professional Development Conference have been sent to the attendees and the presentations are available here.

8.     Be heard!  NA-YGN’s Clean Energy Insight pro-nuclear advocacy website is looking for contributors.  Topics of discussion include but are not limited to nuclear news posts, commentary on current industry events, and showcasing your NA-YGN Chapter’s nuclear advocacy activities.  Interested?  Check out the attached instruction sheet on how to get started.  Contact pi@na-ygn.org or cleanenergyinsight@na-ygn.org  with any questions.

 

 

 

 

Misha Swanson

Communications Chair

North American Young Generation in Nuclear

e: swanson@na-ygn.org

p: 410-470-3449

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