Volume 8, Issue 19: March 18, 2011 Call to Action: Attend a Town Hall Meeting Near You! The Nuclear Advocacy Network is asking for our help. As the nuclear situation continues to unfold in Japan, Members of Congress will be headed back to their home states for recess this coming week. Nuclear Advocates, we need your help! The Nuclear Advocacy Network needs to debunk the inaccurate information and show our legislators not only the solid support our industry was built on, but the industry commitment to safety and security, through steps already being taken right now, and will be further taken once the events in Japan are thoroughly analyzed and understood, and their relationships, if any, to U.S. reactor designs and safety preparations. As President Obama said: "Our nuclear power plants have undergone exhaustive study, and have been declared safe for any number of extreme contingencies ... but when we see a crisis like the one in Japan, we have a responsibility to learn from this event, and to draw from those lessons to ensure the safety and security of our people." See the list of town hall meetings<http://resources.nei.org/documents/cheese/THMs.xls> scheduled to see if your Representative is hosting a meeting and plan to attend and participate. You can also call your legislator's office for town hall information. Find contact information for your legislator on the Nuclear Advocacy Network<http://nuclearadvocacynetwork.org/legislatorsearch.aspx> website. Questions on the town hall should be sent to pi@na-ygn.org<mailto:pi@na-ygn.org>. Special Webinar: Town Hall Meeting Pre-Job Brief NA-YGN will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting Pre-Job Brief on Monday, March 21st at 2 p.m. eastern time. If you are interested in participating, please register here http://www.quia.com/sv/515408.html. Webinar instructions will be sent out at noon on March 21st. Questions (on the webinar) should be sent to webinars@na-ygn.org<mailto:webinars@na-ygn.org>. Note: If you are a member of a local chapter, please try and consolidate participants into conference rooms. This will allow more people to participate in the webinar. Please plan to participate in your local town hall meeting and use the reputable resources to voice your steadfast support for nuclear power: * Visit the NEI dedicated page<http://resources.nei.org/japan> for the updated FAQs<http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/fa... and fact sheets on the recent Japan nuclear events * Use the ANS Talking Points<http://resources.nei.org/documents/cheese/links/ANS%20Talking%2... to support your case * Visit www.ansnuclearcafe.org<http://www.ansnuclearcafe.org> and learn more about what the nuclear community is doing Japan Disaster Relief Effort NA-YGN members are encouraged to support their company's fundraising drive to provide disaster relief for those in Japan.