Volume
8, Issue 10: November 11, 2010
NA-YGN
Announcements:
1.
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.
2.
NA-YGN has kicked off a new initiative called
+One.
This project is a joint knowledge transfer and professional development
initiative targeted at helping NA-YGN members become engaged with the
industry's technical decision making activities. The first +One program with
the Nuclear Energy Institute is ready to receive applications. Interested
individuals can learn more about +One by clicking here.
3.
NA-YGN has added a new chapter! Welcome Zachry Nuclear Engineering’s Charlotte, NC
location as our newest addition.
4. Potential
tracks for IYNC (Charlotte 2012) have been announced and are looking for Track Chairs and
reviewers. If you are interested in helping out in any of these areas contact
the North American Liaison for IYNC.
Track 1 Plant Design Construction,
Operation and Maintenance
1.1 Design
1.2 Construction
1.3 Operation
1.4 Maintenance
Track 2 Thermal Hydraulics
Track 3 Core design, simulation and
modeling
Track 4 Nuclear Materials, Chemistry and
Structural Integrity
Track 5 Advanced and Innovative Nuclear
Systems
Track 6 Fusion Science and Technology
Track 7 Reactor Safety and Human
Factors
Track 8 Radiation Science and Medical
Applications
Track 9 Policies, Safeguards, Economics
and HR in Nuclear
Track 10 Young Generation Activities
Track 11 Professional
Development—Strategic Planning
5.
The Fall Issue of GoNuke! is available. Check it out here.
Lots of articles about what you can do with your career in nuclear and for your
career in nuclear, including why you should run for an NA-YGN office. The Winter Issue of GoNuke! is looking for authors…if you like to write and have something to
say about Public Information please contact communications@na-ygn.org.
6.
Check out the Public Information - Video
Committee’s video testimonials on the NA-YGN’s
Youtube channel.
Testimony was collected at last May’s PD Conference in San Francisco,
CA. If you are interested in joining with the Video Committee or
would like to submit a NA-YGN testimonial on one of these topics
(attached), please contact Christine Csizmadia at video@na-ygn.org
or blog about it on www.cleanenergyinsight.org.
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.
Misha Swanson
Communications
Chair
North American
Young Generation in Nuclear
p: 410-470-3449