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The Sun goes down on San Onofre
Our thoughts are with friends and colleagues at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) after Friday's news of the shutdown and eventual decommissioning of the two units in southern California (link to article). NAYGN has reached out to our members located at SONGS and we will continue to support them i...
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Diversity in Nuclear Science
One aspect of NAYGN that most inspires me is our membership diversity. At every NAYGN event I inevitably meet and learn from a ton of technical peers. But I also meet human resources representatives, communications specialists and political wonks – all with a joint interest in pushing nuclear science and te...
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Announcing the 2012 NAYGN Drawing Contest Winner!
[Approx. Read Time: 1 minute] Congratulations to the 2012 NAYGN Drawing Contest winner - Kailey from Jefferson Elementary in Monroe, Michigan! [caption id="attachment_3860" align="alignleft" width="600"] 2012 NAYGN Drawing Contest Winner - Kailey - Submitted by the Fermi Nuclear Station NAYGN Chapter[/c...
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The Nuclear Industry through the Eyes of an Intern
For the past few months, I have been working as a summer intern for Bechtel Power on the Generation mPower project. During the school year, I spend my time as a graduate student pursuing a Master’s degree in civil/structural engineering at Georgia Tech. As the summer and my internship draw to an end, I thi...
The Sun goes down on San Onofre
Our thoughts are with friends and colleagues at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) after Friday's news of the shutdown and eventual decommissioning of the two units in southern California (link to article). NAYGN has reached out to our members located at SONGS and we will continue to support them in whatever way we can. We look forward to learning from how the technical, regulatory, political and public pe...
Diversity in Nuclear Science
One aspect of NAYGN that most inspires me is our membership diversity. At every NAYGN event I inevitably meet and learn from a ton of technical peers. But I also meet human resources representatives, communications specialists and political wonks – all with a joint interest in pushing nuclear science and technology forward. And the same goes for diversity in nuclear science. Our members are not only vested in th...
Announcing the 2012 NAYGN Drawing Contest Winner!
[Approx. Read Time: 1 minute] Congratulations to the 2012 NAYGN Drawing Contest winner - Kailey from Jefferson Elementary in Monroe, Michigan! [caption id="attachment_3860" align="alignleft" width="600"] 2012 NAYGN Drawing Contest Winner - Kailey - Submitted by the Fermi Nuclear Station NAYGN Chapter[/caption] Kailey did a great job and won by an overwhelming majority of the approximately 4800 votes received...
The Nuclear Industry through the Eyes of an Intern
[Approx. Read Time: 3 minutes] [caption id="attachment_3886" align="alignleft" width="150"] Adam Lineberry, NAYGN Member[/caption] For the past few months, I have been working as a summer intern for Bechtel Power on the Generation mPower project. During the school year, I spend my time as a graduate student pursuing a Master’s degree in civil/structural engineering at Georgia Tech. As the summer and my inte...
Vote for the 14th Annual NAYGN Drawing Contest Winner!
[Approx. Read Time: 1 min] Voting for the 14th Annual NAYGN Drawing contest is now available below! We had an incredible number of entries with participation from 19 NAYGN chapters across North America with 38 contests and 1495 drawing submissions! This years' theme of "Roddy Nuclear Builds Tomorrow” – placed an emphasis on the importance of new plant construction for the future of nuclear and growing energ...
The 14th Annual NAYGN Drawing Contest is Here!
[Approx. Read Time: 1 minute] [caption id="attachment_3317" align="aligncenter" width="726"] 13th Annual Contest Winning Submission - Giovanni[/caption] The 14th Annual NAYGN Drawing Contest is here! NAYGN is hoping to build on the continuing success of the contest after last year's 13th Annual Contest. This years’ theme is “Roddy Nuclear Builds Tomorrow” – with an emphasis on the importance of new...
Teacher Workshop at IYNC/NAYGN Public Information Day 2012
[Approx. Read Time: 2 minutes] By Suzanne Baker, Guest Author and Director of PopAtomic Studios I recently had the privilege of participating in the Nuclear Technology Workshop for Teachers in Charlotte, NC. The all-day event, organized by Kristine Madden (NextEra Energy) and Dr. Stephen Harris (Savannah River National Laboratory - SRNL), was a part of the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC)/ North Am...
How to Hold Your Own NAYGN Letter Writing Campaign
[Approx. Read Time: 4 mins] Have you been thinking about ways for your North American Young Generation in Nuclear Chapter to reach out to energy policymakers and make a difference in the energy debate? It's a fact that nuclear power must be considered as an integral part of the United States' energy policy if we want clean, cheap, and reliable energy in the future. You could spend thousands of dollars to send me...
Get Excited! The New & Improved Clean Energy Insight Is Here!
Welcome to the new and improved CleanEnergyInsight.org website. The new website has a few new features and better navigation. You may notice a few bugs here and there I am still working out some kinks. Thanks, Mike Bloom...
One to One-Hundred: The Growth of NAYGN Local Chapters
[Approx. Read Time: 3 minutes] Much as a sports franchise has a core group of players that are the heart and soul of the team local Chapters form the nucleus of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN). Since the organization's inception, local chapters have conducted nearly 340,000 hours of activities in support of their members. "It is great to see what an impact the local chapters have made...
jaydon britt says:
I hope you win Kaileykeith duffy says:
great poster malia you have my vote!keith a. duffy says:
malia,fantastic drawing I'm voting for you.keith