Volume 9, Issue 3: June 23, 2011
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. Atlantic Regional Meeting Registration is Now Open: The Atlantic Regional Conference will take place August 20th in Lynchburg, VA. Registration closes on August 5th. Please visit the event website for additional information and to register: https://sites.google.com/site/atlanticnaygn/ The event will include an opportunity to participate in the Global Fuel Cycle Activity and a variety of outdoor activities for the afternoon - including Tubing down the James River. Please forward any questions about the event to your planning committee representative or Bobby Ashworth, atlantic@naygn.org.
2. The Midwest 2011 regional conference on Operating Experience will be hosted by Sargent & Lundy L.L.C. in downtown Chicago, on Friday August 12th, 2011, with an evening reception is offered for all attendees on Friday night at the Sargent and Lundy Auditorium located at 55 E. Monroe St. in downtown Chicago. 2011 Midwest Regional NA-YGN Conference Flyer is available. For more information contact Midwest@na-ygn.org.
3. 2011 International Nuclear Energy Olympiad – World Nuclear University and the Korean Nuclear Energy Promotion Agency are now accepting student applications for the first International Nuclear Energy Olympiad. This unique nuclear awareness competition will take place September 26-30, 2011 in Seoul, South Korea. Ten teams of two will be awarded an all expense paid trip to present their plans to increase public acceptance of nuclear energy in their home country. Applications are online and are due by July 3, 2011.
4. The International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) is co-hosting the 2012 NA-YGN Professional Development Conference, the IYNC 2012. This will be the first time since 2004 that the IYNC will be hosted in North America. NA-YGN is proud to co-host this exceptional conference in Charlotte, North Carolina from August 5-11, 2012. The IYNC 2012 conference will supplement NA-YGN’s annual professional development conference with new technical tracks, workshops, and tours. Young professionals and students from around the world will have the opportunity to present their research papers to an audience of their peers. The first conference announcement is attached.
5. Please welcome our newest chapter of NA-YGN: PPL -Susquehanna. The PPL -Susquehanna Chapter is in the Northeast Region, in Berwick, PA. The local chapter leaders are Kip McCabe and Jessica Kishbaugh, see the NA-YGN website for contact information.
6. The NA-YGN 2011 Professional Development Conference Power Point presentations and notes are now available on the NA-YGN Website, attached as links to the agenda.
7. The Rules & Bylaws committee and Knowledge Transfer and Retention (KT&R) committee are looking for members and leaders.
Jana Thames
NA-YGN Communications Chair
thames@na-ygn.org or communications@na-ygn.org
912-537-5965