Volume
8, Issue 8: September 30, 2010
NA-YGN
Announcements:
1.
To
Store or not to store?? Is that the question? Join NA-YGN on October 13th at 1pm EST for a webinar discussion on the political status of Yucca
Mountain and what the legal implications to individual licensees are
as a result of the redirection in public policy. Our speaker will be Marshall
Cohen, Senior Director – State and Local Government Affairs, from NEI and
Vincent Zabielski, Associate Nuclear Counsel at PSEG. To register click here. If you have any questions
contact webinars@na-ygn.org.
2.
Back
to School means it is Annual Drawing Contest time again! This year Roddy Nuclear is the Power of the Future.
Check out the redesigned website
for rules and planning timeframes on how your chapter can present to 4th
and 5th graders on nuclear science and technology. Last year
over 3,000 posters were submitted reaching students all over North America.
Help us reach out to more students this Fall before the deadline of October 22, 2010. If you have any questions
contact schooloutreach@na-ygn.org.
3.
Register now for the Southeast Regional
Event! The
Entergy Chapter’s of NA-YGN will be hosting the 2nd annual
Southeast Regional Event in New Orleans, LA on November 18th and 19th,
2010, but you don’t have to be a member of the southeast region to
register! If you’d like to register for this event, please enter
the INPO website using your company log-in and then click
this link to ensure you get registered! If you do not have access to
the INPO website, please email Giovanna
Montaņes-Durand and she can register you for the event. Please see
the event on the NA-YGN calendar to view the agenda. For more
information, contact Patrick Mason, the
event chair.
4.
Save the Date for the 2011 NA-YGN
Professional Development Conference! The 2011 NA-YGN PD Conference will
be held from May 8 – 10, 2011 in
Washington, DC. Please contact Adam Borcz at pd@na-ygn.org if you are
interested in volunteering. More information to come.
5.
What makes your NA-YGN Chapter
successful? Go
to NA-YGN's Clean Energy Insight to share and discuss what makes your chapter
successful, what you've done to encourage involvement, and what your plans are
for the future. NA-YGN member Carrington Dillon discusses his recent IYNC
presentation "Key Aspects of a Successful YGN Chapter" on the site.
Please comment and discuss. Contact pi@na-ygn.org or cleanenergyinsight@na-ygn.org with any
questions.
6.
IYNC is looking for a Vice
President.
It was resolved that the Vice President position must be filled in before 30
November 2010 in line with section 3 (C) of the IYNC Bylaws. All
candidates need to submit an Officer Candidate Form to the Executive Secretary,
Senoelo Pheto (Spheto@nnr.co.za) by no later than 8 October 2010. If you are interested in
running contact your country’s representative (USA- misha.swanson@cengllc.com or Canada
Bharath.nangia@amec.com) for the
forms.
Misha Swanson
Communications
Chair
North American
Young Generation in Nuclear
p: 410-470-3449