Volume 9, Issue 25: May 11, 2012
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. We have many reasons to celebrate! Over the past few months, Combined Operating Licenses have been approved for the construction and operation of new nuclear units at the V.C. Summer and A.W. Vogtle sites. I encourage all our members to read the recent blog posts at www.cleanenergyinsight.org, including a story from one of our members working for SCANA. NA-YGN finalized an election approving a new vision statement and welcoming four new Core members. In August, Christine Csizmadia, Bobby Ashworth, Jan Garcia, and Natalie Sachar will be taking over for our departing core members, Liz McAndrew-Benavides, Erin West, Adam Strange, and Chris Waugh. Thank you to all of these NA-YGN members for their accomplishments, devotion, and willingness to serve in leadership roles. Finally, I want to thank all of our members for a successful 2011. End of year metrics for 2011 are now available. NA-YGN members contributed 58,519 hours to professional development and networking and 29,797 hours in public information and community service. Overall, this equates to 88,315 hours of time spent in 2011 by NA-YGN members on the promotion of nuclear science and technology and the young professionals working in its varied fields! That is a solid increase of nearly 5% from 2010 .
2. The annual NA-YGN professional development seminar at the Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS) conference will be held on June 10th in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The agenda and registration form are published on the CNS website: http://conf2012.cns-snc.ca/na-ygn.html. This seminar is free for all members. The Canadian Nuclear Society is pleased to offer a discount to NA-YGN members interested in attending the full CNS conference. Please visit https://cns-snc.ca/register/conference_registratons/1Q8t3sOIr to complete your registration using the following registration discount code: NA-YGNJR
3. IYNC2012 Registration Is Now Open - The 2012 North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NA-YGN) annual workshop will be held in conjunction with the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) bi-annual meeting August 5-11 in Charlotte, N.C. Click here to register.
4. IYNC2012 Registration Committee – NA-YGN is looking for volunteers to help welcome our international attendees at the 2012 conference. Please contact registrar@na-ygn.org if you are planning on attending the conference and would like to help.
5. NA-YGN is looking for candidates to fill the Atlantic Regional and Northeast Lead positions. Previous experience in local chapter leadership is highly recommended for this position. Candidates should send a resume and a short statement describing why they want the position to usa@na-ygn.org.
Jana Thames
NA-YGN Communications Chair
thames@na-ygn.org or communications@na-ygn.org
912-537-5965