Build Your Own Fuel Bundle!

Framatome-Richland NAYGN’s Build-A-Bundle activity gets students to try their hand at manufacturing a nuclear fuel assembly and gain a better understanding of nuclear fuel and fuel products. What’s more, the designers have offered all the tools and...

NuScale Power’s Small Modular Reactor

NuScale Power submitted the first-ever Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Design Certification Application (DCA) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in December 2016.  The NRC accepted the DCA submittal in March 2017 and the NRC’s final report approving the design is...

Luca Capriotti and the ANS Big Event

Meeting Luca, the first thing you notice is his welcoming Italian accent. He’s a nuclear engineer at Idaho National Laboratory, and a fan of Inter Milan FC. He’s also a nuclear advocate, an IYNC officer, and the kind of person that makes NAYGN so great. Luca’s been a...

Local Students Tour River Bend Station

Written by: Erin Gryniak As part of our commitment to give back to the local community, River Bend Station’s North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN) chapter hosted site tours for Baton Rouge Community College students on Friday, October 27 and Friday,...