Volume 10, Issue 10: December 12, 2012
NAYGN Announcements:
1. Congratulations to the 2012 NAYGN Drawing Contest winner - Kailey from Jefferson Elementary in Monroe, Michigan! Kailey did a great job and won by an overwhelming majority of the approximately 4800 votes received on the Clean Energy Insight website! Congrats to the Fermi 2 NAYGN Chapter for hosting her contest as well. Second place goes to Isabelle from Tenie Holmes Elementary in Bay City Texas, and Third place to Lillian from Millville Elementary School in Millville, PA – who both did an awesome job representing Nuclear Energy! The top 5 finalists were showcased at the American Nuclear Society Winter Conference in San Diego, CA, and received numerous votes and praises from members across the board. Thank you to everyone who helped out from the 19 different NAYGN chapters, and to all who participated in the 38 contests - and especially to the nearly 1500 kids who submitted drawings this year! "Roddy Nuclear Builds Tomorrow" with an emphasis on new plant construction was a great theme this year in particular as we all look forward to the new and exciting nuclear growth efforts underway across North America. Thanks again for everyone's participation - please stay tuned on the CEI & NAYGN websites for pictures and posts in the next month as the winners and their schools receive their prizes! Check HERE to see the winning posters.
2. Congratulations to Sandra Stewart, NAYGN’s new Southeast Regional Lead.
3. Save the Date! - NAYGN has a tentative date for January 10, 2013 to hold a webinar with U.S. NRC Commissioner William D. Magwood. Details of the Commissioner’s schedule and are still being finalized. A formal announcement and agenda will soon follow.
4. NAYGN Presents: Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor Webinar. On February 7, 2013 from 2-3 pm, members of the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR) team will give an exclusive presentation to NAYGN members about the Westinghouse SMR program. NAYGN members will hear an overview of small modular nuclear reactors and learn the latest information on the Westinghouse SMR design and program. Call in details will follow.
5. The IAEA will be hosting a Young Generations Event (YGE) at the International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Safe Technologies and Sustainable Scenarios (FR13), to be held in Paris (France), 4-7 March 2013. The Young Generation Event will take place during the plenary session on March 7, 2013 and aims to connect the vision of future generations with the expertise of the current, in the field of innovative technologies for the sustainability of nuclear energy. The Event will be a web based video contest, for which young academics and professionals are invited to produce a video presenting a project, an article or a paper concerning Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles. From all submitted videos, the IAEA, with the help of an International Scientific Committee, will select and invite 5 extraordinary participants, who will present their work in person and in more detail at the YGE in Paris. Every selected young person will be provided with financial support in order to assure his or her presence in Paris. If you are interested in participating, the initial Call for Videos is open now until January 11, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXcpi4ATPtc&feature=plcp. For more information, visit the conference website.
6. NAYGN is currently looking for a few good men and women- the following position is open:
Carolinas Regional Lead- If you are located in the Carolinas Region and interested please contact Chris Hearn.
Jana Thames
NAYGN Communications Chair
thames@na-ygn.org or communications@na-ygn.org
912-366-2204 1-800-722-7774