Volume 7, Issue 2: June 17, 2009
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. Meet the
Core<http://www.na-ygn.org/aboutus2/meet%20the%20core.php> has
been updated...Check out your new officers!
2. Last chance to register for upcoming Webinar
On June 26 at 12:00 (noon-EST), Alex Flint, NEI's Senior Vice President of
Governmental Affairs, will lead a discussion on "Nuclear Energy in the Political
Arena". The discussion will include his insights on the political perspective of
nuclear power in Washington DC, public policy issues Mr. Flint and his team face, and his
thoughts on where the industry is headed with the Obama Administration and a Democratic
congress. Please register
here<http://www.quia.com/sv/299118.html>.
3. Make yourself and your company look good...
For NA-YGNers looking for a development opportunity at a technical society meeting, the
deadline to submit summaries for the 1st Embedded Topical at the 2009 Young Professionals
Congress has been extended until June 24th! Submit summaries at
http://www.ans-ypc.org/.
The Young Professionals Congress is jointly organized by the Young Members Group of the
American Nuclear Society and the North American Young Generation in Nuclear to provide a
forum for young professionals from across the nuclear industry to come together to discuss
the challenges facing the next generation of nuclear professionals. Within this venue,
young professionals have the opportunity to develop non-technical professional skills,
network among their peers and explore the roles and functions of industry organizations,
such as ANS and NA-YGN. The YPC is held each odd numbered year, and is being organized as
a multi-day embedded topical meeting for the first time in 2009. Being a part of YPC2009
also gives participants full access to the 2009 ANS Winter Meeting, Technology Expo and
2009 Risk Management Embedded Topical!
4. The US WIN Conference has been combined with Global WIN this year. This
year's conference theme is "Enhancing Our World Through Nuclear Technology"
and runs 20-24 July in Washington DC. You can save $100 on Registration until June 29,
2009. Check out the
Agenda<http://www.winus.org/portals/0/2009WINAgenda.pdf> and
Register<https://register.nei.org/conferences/win2009registrationform.... for this
event run by a "sister" organization.
5. International Youth Nuclear Congress 2nd
Call<http://www.iync.org/media-center.html?func=fileinfo&id=112> for Papers.
The IYNC2010 conference will be held the week after the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. The
conference location is the City of Cape Town located in the Western Cape Province. The
venue is the internationally renowned Cape Town International Convention Center (CTICC),
which is situated at the foot of the famous Table Mountain. The Deadline for Abstract
Submission is August 3, 2009 and Abstracts should be submitted
here<http://www.conftool.com/iync2010>.
6. Mike Kurzeja Speaks to the Republicans
NA-YGN participated in a republican hearing on new nuclear last week. Michael Kurzeja,
president of NA-YGN joined David Blee, executive director, U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure
Council, Scott Campbell, president, American Council on Global Nuclear Competitiveness and
Alex Flint, senior vice president, Nuclear Energy Institute in Washington DC. To view the
hearing, please click on this
link<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92mmHhHpng8>. You
can read a copy of Mike Kurzeja's testimony
here<http://www.na-ygn.org/index/announcement/Alexander%20McCain%20Tes...;.
Please contact pi@na-ygn.org<mailto:pi@na-ygn.org> to get more involved.
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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