Volume 9, Issue 12: October 27, 2011
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. IYNC 2012 Call For Papers! The IYNC 2012 conference will supplement NA-YGN’s annual professional development conference with several technical tracks. Young professionals and students from around the world will have the opportunity to present their research papers to an audience of their peers. The deadline for summaries is January 15st. See the flyer or visit www.iync.org for more information. Click here for summary submission guidelines. Please forward the Call for Papers flyer to your colleagues! Please contact excom@na-ygn.org for any questions.
2. Fall 2011 Go Nuke! Is now available on the NA-YGN website.
In this edition-
Presidents Corner
Canada Wins First International Nuclear Energy Olympiad
The Day that Changed our World
Energy Expert Speaker Series – Learning from Fukushima Dai-ichi
Regional Reports
Events, and so much more
3. Save the Date: National Nuclear Science Week (NNSW) is January 23 to 27, 2012. You can learn more about this celebration at the NNSW website. http://www.nuclearscienceweek.org/
4. Plans for the annual Southeast Regional Conference are well under way. The conference will be hosted by NextEra Energy and will be held at the Jupiter Beach Resort in Jupiter Florida November 2-4. Registration is accessible via the new Southeast Region website: www.se-ygn.org The Southeast Region will sponsor a beach clean-up along with Friends of Jupiter Beach, a nonprofit organization, at the SE regional conference on Friday, Nov. 4.
5. Please welcome two new chapters to the NA-YGN family: Siemens and UNC Charlotte. Both chapters are in the Carolinas region and located in Charlotte, NC. The Siemens chapter lead is Becky Rollins. The Siemens chapter is just kicking off and they are building momentum among the employees in their new office location. The UNC Charlotte chapter lead is Stephen O'Flynn O'Brien. The UNC Charlotte chapter has had a successful fall kickoff and is looking forward to hosting a seminar series and a nuclear awareness event on campus.
6. The World Nuclear University(WNU) is inviting NA-YGN members to participate in the World Nuclear University School on Radiation Technologies (RT School) taking place in Daejeon, Korea (13 May – 1 June 2012). The RT School will be based on the format of the WNU Summer Institute, but with a program focused on the non-power applications of nuclear technology. The curriculum has been developed in close cooperation with the IAEA’s Department for Nuclear Applications and the World Council on Isotopes. Click here to download the full announcement. Please note that some professionals from developing countries will be eligible for IAEA assistance. Applicants seeking such assistance should return their application form to WNU Coordinating Centre, bsjeong@world-nuclear-university.org,no later than 28 October 2011. Applicants funded by their employer should return their form no later than 13 January 2012.
7. The U.S. Department of Energy has recently proposed a regulation that governs the export of peaceful nuclear technology, including for the production of electricity, to the multi-billion dollar global market. This proposed change could:
Adversely impact competitiveness of U.S. nuclear suppliers,
Disrupt existing commercial arrangements between U.S. manufacturers and their overseas customers,
Create additional administrative burdens
Significantly slow down the number of jobs created and brought in to U.S.
Please send click the link below to send your comment letter to the Department of Energy today and express your concerns. The comment period closes December 7, 2011 . TAKE ACTION
8. The Professional Development Committee will be holding its first call to begin planning for IYNC2012 on November 8th. The schedule for upcoming webinars will also be developed during this call. If you are interested in joining the PD committee, please contact pd@na-ygn.org.
Jana Thames
NA-YGN Communications Chair
thames@na-ygn.org or communications@na-ygn.org
912-537-5965