Volume 7, Issue 5: July 30, 2009

NA-YGN Announcements:

Local Chapter Leads Teleconference: TODAY: July 30, 3pm EST. Please contact Kristin Zaitz if you have questions or need the call in information.

2. Take a few moments to update your membership information. Update your email address, or make sure you are connected with the right chapter and company. Cleaning up this information helps us target our message better. THANKS!

3. In order to make the 1^st embedded topical of the ANS Young Professionals Congress an exciting, thrilling and complete event, there are a variety of activities that require financial support. There are three levels of sponsorship and Duke and Westinghouse have already committed. More information is in the attached document. To help out, contact Brad Gerrard, the ANS Young Professionals Congress Finance Chair. This event is being held November 15-19, 2009 in Washington DC.

4. Did you submit a summary for the 2009 Young Professionals Congress? Why not submit an Abstract for IYNC too and present your paper to an international audience of your peers? International Youth Nuclear Congress 2^nd Call for Papers. The IYNC2010 conference will be held the week after the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. The conference location is the City of Cape Town located in the Western Cape Province. The venue is the internationally renowned Cape Town International Convention Center (CTICC), which is situated at the foot of the famous Table Mountain. The Deadline for Abstract Submission is August 3, 2009 and Abstracts should be submitted here.

Upcoming Event in the West: West Regional Conference on August 13-14 at Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Contact the West Regional Lead for more information. Looking for another NA-YGN networking opportunity? Ask your local chapter or regional lead about upcoming regional activities. Regional Lead Contact information can be found on the NA-YGN infrastructure.

6. Materials from the last webinar, the Political Landscape of Nuclear Energy, are now available on the NA-YGN website on the Professional Development page. The next webinar will be on Getting to Yes in late August. This is the book handed out at the NA-YGN 2009 Workshop. If you did not receive a copy, you are welcome to purchase one, though it is not imperative to have read the book to attend the webinar. Registration information for the webinar will be sent out in member announcements soon! Questions should be directed at pd@na-ygn.org.

7. Regional Event in the Atlantic Region. The DC Chapter of NA-YGN is sponsoring the November 15, 2009 The Colonel Ripley Memorial Fuel for Life 5K benefiting the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund in Annapolis, MD. A NA-YGN team has been set up as “Fueled by Atoms.” The 5k run is the Sunday before the ANS Winter Meeting and YPC embedded topical, so those of you visiting from out of town may also participate! Bring your running gear!

Misha Swanson

Communications Chair

North American Young Generation in Nuclear

e: swanson@na-ygn.org

p: 410-470-3449