As part of their continued efforts to give back to the community, NAYGN at NextEra Energy recently became chefs for a day! On Tuesday, July 25, 2017, several members of the Corporate chapter donated supplies and prepared a Mexican themed meal for families at Quantum House, an organization that serves as a home for families […]
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It’s an interesting time to be in the nuclear energy industry. America’s nuclear power plants are the nation’s largest source of carbon-free electricity, provide well-paying jobs and support their local communities. Yet, several reliable nuclear plants have closed in the past few years because of economic challenges driven in part by low-cost natural gas generation.
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On Saturday, July 8th, three Exelon East NAYGN chapters held a joint networking event while moving very fast- the networking took place while rafting over 16 miles of class 2 and 3 whitewater rapids! NAYGN members from the Limerick, Kennett Square, and Oyster Creek chapters participated in the unique event at the Lehigh Gorge Dam
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John Greenwood (Davis-Besse) moderating a panel during Nuclear: What is Means in Ohio From your NAYGN Core The NAYGN Impact area leads provided updates to our President, Abbey Donnahue. Here’s some things you’ll see soon: NAYGN video content, the Children’s Book, new Post Card and Drawing Contest designs, ways to engage local public officials on
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John Greenwood, moderating a panel with (left-right) Senator Judd Gregg of Ohio, Kristy Hartman, Program Manager at National Conference of State Legislatures, Ryan Fitzpatrick from Thirdway, and Bradley Williams from the Department of Energy. John Greenwood may appear as an ordinary engineer at Davis-Besse, but when his site was threatened with pre-mature closure he started
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NAYGN Vice President Christine Johnsen delivering the opening address for Duke Energy’s NAYGN Chapter Conference Photo by: Daniel Lewis From Your NAYGN Core NAYGN is staging to release Marie’s Electric Adventure, a children’s book about nuclear energy developed by NAYGN. Books will be released to every NAYGN chapter near National Nuclear Science Week. More to
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NAYGN-Duke Energy’s annual conference was hosted again with great success in early June with approximately 115 employees showing up to experience all of NAYGN’s pillars on the same day. The focus each year is professional development, and this year did not disappoint as each attendee joined in on three group sessions and one of four breakout
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Ms. Huff’s elementary school classroom had an interesting way to travel the world: through the adventures of a personified paper cut-out named Stanley. Southern Company decided to take Stanley to Vogtle 3&4 in Waynesboro, Georgia. They made a story book about his trip from San Antonia, Texas so the teacher could share it with the
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Cleaning South Carolina’s Palmetto Trail Members of the VC Summer Nuclear Station chapter of NAYGN, gathered one Saturday to help clean up and repair a local stretch of the beautiful South Carolina Palmetto Trail. Established in 1994 by the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, the trail encourages and inspires active outdoor recreation, land conservation and preservation of historical and
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Marie’s Electric Adventure: A Children’s Book About Nuclear Energy The Duke Energy chapter of NAYGN organized and wrote an elementary school-aged children’s book to begin to dispel fears about nuclear energy. The characters in the book are named after important scientists in the history of nuclear: Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, and Albert Einstein. The story
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