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Volume 9, Issue 3: June 23, 2011
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. Atlantic Regional Meeting Registration is Now Open: The Atlantic Regional
Conference will take place August 20th in Lynchburg, VA. Registration closes on August
5th. Please visit the event website for additional information and to register:
https://sites.google.com/site/atlanticnaygn/ 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,
atlantic@naygn.org<mailto:atlantic@naygn.org>.
2. The Midwest 2011 regional conference on Operating Experience will be hosted by
Sargent & Lundy L.L.C. in downtown Chicago, on Friday August 12th, 2011, with an
evening reception is offered for all attendees on Friday night at the Sargent and Lundy
Auditorium located at 55 E. Monroe St. in downtown Chicago. 2011 Midwest Regional NA-YGN
Conference
Flyer<http://www.na-ygn.org/professionaldevelopment/pddocs/2011%20Midw...
is available. For more information contact
Midwest@na-ygn.org<mailto:Midwest@na-ygn.org>.
3. 2011 International Nuclear Energy Olympiad - World Nuclear University and the
Korean Nuclear Energy Promotion Agency are now accepting student applications for the
first International Nuclear Energy Olympiad. This unique nuclear awareness competition
will take place September 26-30, 2011 in Seoul, South Korea. Ten teams of two will be
awarded an all expense paid trip to present their plans to increase public acceptance of
nuclear energy in their home country. Applications are
online<http://www.nuclearolympiad.org/> and are due by July 3, 2011.
4. 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<http://www.na-ygn.org/professionaldevelopment/pddocs/Firs...
is attached.
5. Please welcome our newest chapter of NA-YGN: PPL -Susquehanna. The PPL
-Susquehanna Chapter is in the Northeast Region, in Berwick, PA. The local chapter
leaders are Kip McCabe and Jessica Kishbaugh, see the NA-YGN website
<
http://na-ygn.org/localchapter2/docs/localchapters.pdf> for contact information.
6. The NA-YGN 2011 Professional Development Conference Power Point presentations and
notes are now available on the NA-YGN
Website<http://www.na-ygn.org/professionaldevelopment/workshops/2011/2...;,
attached as links to the agenda.
7. The Rules & Bylaws committee <mailto:mcandrew@na-ygn.org> and Knowledge
Transfer and Retention <mailto:kt@na-ygn.org> (KT&R) committee are looking for
members and leaders.
Jana Thames
NA-YGN Communications Chair
thames@na-ygn.org<mailto:thames@na-ygn.org> or
communications@na-ygn.org<mailto:communications@na-ygn.org>
912-537-5965