Volume 7, Issue 12: November 5 , 2009

NA-YGN Announcements:

1. If you are interested in helping to put together a bid for us to host the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) in 2012 there is a team forming to pick cities now. Contact swanson@na-ygn.org if you are interested in helping.

2. This is my final begging effort…If you have been putting off signing up to join the Fueled by Atoms team for the 5K on November 15, 2009 in Annapolis, please take the time to do it now. If you have been putting off donating to our team, please do it now. We are only $85 away from our goal!

3. Save the Date CORRECTION! The 2010 NA-YGN Annual Professional Development Conference will be held May 16-18, 2010 in San Francisco, CA. Please correct your calendars and plan to attend. More information will be coming out soon. Questions in the meantime? Contact the Professional Development Chair.

4. Now that the Poster Contest is complete… Let's Take Credit for Community Outreach Achievements! If your chapter participated in the NA-YGN Annual Drawing Contest this year, please send Rachelle Benson, the Public Information Chair, your success stories. Include in your email 1) the name of the school(s) you spoke to, 2) how many classrooms you visited, 3) how many students you reached and 4) how many total posters were submitted to you. Also, if you have pictures of your presentation, please the photo and a caption (be sure to include the NA-YGN members names) to Rachelle too.

5. The "Challenges Facing the Young Generation in Nuclear" session at the YPC needs your input! Please take a minute to answer a 1 question survey on what you think is the largest challenge facing today's young professional of the nuclear industry.

6. Not able to attend YPC2009, but want to know what's going on? Attending the YPC and want to share your thoughts? Check out the YPC twitter channel! Follow @YPC2009 and we'll follow you!

To share your thoughts or connect with other attendees, please use the following twitter hashtag codes:

#ypc09 What's going on at the YPC?

#ypc09act Be part of the "Challenges Facing the Young Generation in Nuclear" session!

#ypc09shout Need help or trying to find someone at the ypc?

Not a tweeter? Don't worry, you can follow all of the twitter action at www.ans-ypc.org!

7. Thank you very much for the overwhelming participation in last week’s webinar. Please provide feedback on the webinar using this survey link. Areva has posted several references and pictures on their blog. A huge thank you to Jacques and Areva for putting the event together. If you have questions about this webinar or future webinars please contact the pd chair at pd@na-ygn.org

8. Go Nuke! Fall edition is ready and it is packed with varied information about what you can do with a career in Nuclear. If you are attending career fairs consider printing out (double sided, of course) a few to hand out. Go Nuke! Winter addition will be published in January focusing on Public Outreach. If you are interested in writing an article, please email swanson@na-ygn.org by November 10, 2009.

9. On behalf of the 2009 YPC Planning Committee, thank you to our wonderful sponsors of the 1st embedded topical, 2009 Young Professionals Congress: Working Outside the Box: Understanding Ourselves As Instruments of Change! Your generous support will help us have an exciting, thrilling, and complete event! We can't wait to see everyone at the District of Columbia's Omni Sheraton, November 15th-November 19th!

EINSTEIN SPONSORS ($2,000+)

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas
International Youth Nuclear Congress

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy

FERMI SPONSORS ($1,000)

Duke Energy
Westinghouse Electric Company

CURIE SPONSORS ($500)

TerraPower, LLC

For more information, go to our website at www.ans-ypc.org.

Misha Swanson

Communications Chair

North American Young Generation in Nuclear

e: swanson@na-ygn.org

p: 410-470-3449