Volume 9, Issue 2: June 9, 2011
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. Atlantic Regional Meeting Registration is Now Open: The Atlantic Regional Conference will take place August 20th in Lynchburg, VA. 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.
2. On Sunday, June 5, the Canadian region of NA-YGN hosted its annual professional development seminar at the Canadian Nuclear Society conference, which was held in Niagara Falls, Ontario. We had 65 enthusiastic members in attendance to witness some very interesting presentations discussing:
• Nuclear FAQs – The author of www.nuclearfaq.ca presented interesting facts about the Canadian nuclear industry
• The People Puzzle - Gaining an insight into our own personalities and how our personality influences our relationships with others
• MBA versus M. Eng: “What’s the Value Proposition?” –Four NA-YGN members discussed experiences with completing their masters degrees
• Sustainable Development: A Uranium Mining Perspective
Thanks goes out to the Canadian Nuclear Society, Cameco Corporation, all presenters/facilitators/volunteers and the members who attended! If you have questions, please contact Chris Waugh, Canadian Regional Lead.
3. 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.
4. The Rules & Bylaws committee and Knowledge Transfer and Retention (KT&R) committee are looking for members and leaders.
5. In March, the EPA released a draft rule to the Clean Water Act Section 316(b). This rule may force some power plants to install unnecessary environmental technologies would drive up energy costs and affect everyone’s bottom line.
As nuclear advocates, we need to take action and provide comments to the EPA to impact the 316(b) final rule. The comment period closes on July 19, 2011. The EPA is currently accepting comments, click the ‘Take Action’ button to make a difference.
6. Please welcome our newest chapter of NA-YGN, the Idaho Chapter. The Idaho Chapter is in the West Region, in Idaho Falls, ID. The local chapter lead is Shannon Bragg-Sitton; see the NA-YGN website for contact information.
7. The NA-YGN 2010-11 End of Year report and the 2011-12 Strategic Plan have been posted to the NA-YGN website.
Jana Thames
NA-YGN Communications Chair
thames@na-ygn.org or communications@na-ygn.org
912-537-5965