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Volume 9, Issue 25: May 11, 2012
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. We have many reasons to celebrate! Over the past few months, Combined Operating
Licenses have been approved for the construction and operation of new nuclear units at the
V.C. Summer and A.W. Vogtle sites. I encourage all our members to read the recent blog
posts at
www.cleanenergyinsight.org<http://www.cleanenergyinsight.org>, including a
story from one of our members working for SCANA. NA-YGN finalized an election approving a
new vision statement and welcoming four new Core members. In August, Christine Csizmadia,
Bobby Ashworth, Jan Garcia, and Natalie Sachar will be taking over for our departing core
members, Liz McAndrew-Benavides, Erin West, Adam Strange, and Chris Waugh. Thank you to
all of these NA-YGN members for their accomplishments, devotion, and willingness to serve
in leadership roles. Finally, I want to thank all of our members for a successful 2011.
End of year metrics for 2011 are now available. NA-YGN members contributed 58,519 hours
to professional development and networking and 29,797 hours in public information and
community service. Overall, this equates to 88,315 hours of time spent in 2011 by NA-YGN
members on the promotion of nuclear science and technology and the young professionals
working in its varied fields! That is a solid increase of nearly 5% from 2010 .
2. The annual NA-YGN professional development seminar at the Canadian Nuclear Society
(CNS) conference will be held on June 10th in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The agenda and
registration form are published on the CNS website:
http://conf2012.cns-snc.ca/na-ygn.html. This seminar is free for all members. The Canadian
Nuclear Society is pleased to offer a discount to NA-YGN members interested in attending
the full CNS conference. Please visit
https://cns-snc.ca/register/conference_registratons/1Q8t3sOIr to complete your
registration using the following registration discount code: NA-YGNJR
3. IYNC2012 Registration Is Now Open - The 2012 North American Young Generation in
Nuclear (NA-YGN) annual workshop will be held in conjunction with the International Youth
Nuclear Congress (IYNC) bi-annual meeting August 5-11 in Charlotte, N.C. Click
here<http://www.nei.org/newsandevents/conferencesandmeetings/iync> to register.
4. IYNC2012 Registration Committee - NA-YGN is looking for volunteers to help welcome
our international attendees at the 2012 conference. Please contact
registrar@na-ygn.org<mailto:registrar@na-ygn.org> if you are planning on attending
the conference and would like to help.
5. NA-YGN is looking for candidates to fill the Atlantic Regional and Northeast Lead
positions. Previous experience in local chapter leadership is highly recommended for this
position. Candidates should send a resume and a short statement describing why they want
the position to usa@na-ygn.org<mailto:usa@na-ygn.org>.
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