Volume 8, Issue 8: September 30, 2010
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. To Store or not to store?? Is that the question? Join NA-YGN on October 13th at 1pm
EST for a webinar discussion on the political status of Yucca Mountain and what the legal
implications to individual licensees are as a result of the redirection in public policy.
Our speaker will be Marshall Cohen, Senior Director - State and Local Government Affairs,
from NEI and Vincent Zabielski, Associate Nuclear Counsel at PSEG. To register click
here<http://www.quia.com/sv/445170.html>. If you have any questions contact
webinars@na-ygn.org<mailto:webinars@na-ygn.org>.
2. Back to School means it is Annual Drawing Contest time again! This year Roddy
Nuclear is the Power of the Future. Check out the redesigned
website<http://na-ygn.org/publicinfo/drawingcontest/2010%20-%20Roddy%2...
for rules and planning timeframes on how your chapter can present to 4th and 5th graders
on nuclear science and technology. Last year over 3,000 posters were submitted reaching
students all over North America. Help us reach out to more students this Fall before the
deadline of October 22, 2010. If you have any questions contact
schooloutreach@na-ygn.org<mailto:schooloutreach@na-ygn.org>.
3. 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<http://www.inpo.org/onlineregistration/or_OnlineRegistration.asp?... to
ensure you get registered! If you do not have access to the INPO website, please email
Giovanna
Montañes-Durand<mailto:Montanes-DurandPG@INPO.org?subject=Register%20me%20for%20the%20NAYGN%20SE%20Regional%20Event!>
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<mailto:pmason1?subject=I'd%20like%20more%20information%20-%20NAYGN%20SE%20Region%20Event>,
the event chair.
4. 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<mailto:pd@na-ygn.org> if you are interested in
volunteering. More information to come.
5. What makes your NA-YGN Chapter successful? Go to NA-YGN's Clean Energy Insight
to share and discuss what makes your chapter successful, what you've done to encourage
involvement, and what your plans are for the future. NA-YGN member Carrington Dillon
discusses his recent IYNC presentation "Key Aspects of a Successful YGN Chapter"
on the
site<http://www.cleanenergyinsight.org/energy-insights/key-aspects-of-...;.
Please comment and discuss. Contact pi@na-ygn.org<mailto:pi@na-ygn.org> or
cleanenergyinsight@na-ygn.org<mailto:cleanenergyinsight@na-ygn.org> with any
questions.
6. IYNC is looking for a Vice President. It was resolved that the Vice President
position must be filled in before 30 November 2010 in line with section 3 (C) of the IYNC
Bylaws. All candidates need to submit an Officer Candidate Form to the Executive
Secretary, Senoelo Pheto (Spheto@nnr.co.za<mailto:Spheto@nnr.co.za>) by no later
than 8 October 2010. If you are interested in running contact your country's
representative (USA- misha.swanson@cengllc.com<mailto:misha.swanson@cengllc.com> or
Canada Bharath.nangia@amec.com<mailto:Bharath.nangia@amec.com>) for the forms.
Misha Swanson
Communications Chair
North American Young Generation in Nuclear
e: swanson@na-ygn.org<mailto:swanson@na-ygn.org>
p: 410-470-3449
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