Membership Announcements Volume 16, Issue 9

Happy National Nuclear Science Week! If you’re out there doing something great this week, please share on our Facebook and Twitter using #nuclearsciweek Breaking News… A record breaking 5,025 postcards were sent to local and state government officials as part of the 2016 Postcard Push Day! Please congratulate the following 2nd Quarter Excellence Award winners! […]

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How Duke Energy Is Passing the Torch to Young Employees

Original Post by Anne Fisher Almost half the nuke division’s workers could retire within five years. A couple of years ago, Lee Causey, at age 29 already a senior engineer in Duke Energy’s nuclear group, co-invented a game with teammate Brad Black called “Megawatt Fever.” Loosely based on Monopoly — there’s even funny money and

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The NAYGN Facebook Page is Shining a Spotlight on Our Members

As of October 11, 2016, NAYGN has started showcasing our members on our Facebook page with new biweekly post (published on Tuesday and Thursday mornings) called the NAYGN Member Spotlight. These member features highlight why our members believe nuclear energy is important and why they are a part of the NAYGN organization.  Please visit our

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AREVA NAYGN Works with High School Students on a ‘Space Balloon’ Project to Photograph the Earth from Space

Submitted by Adam Spontarelli (AREVA, Inc.) Our goal was to take a picture of the Earth. We thought about simply enjoying existing images easily found online, but similar to the satisfaction gained from changing your own brake pads, we decided it would be more enjoyable to take the pictures ourselves. So with three NAYGN members,

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GE-Hitachi NAYGN & Duke Energy NAYGN Supporting National Nuclear Science Week Event in Wilmington, NC

GE Hitachi, Duke Energy To Bring Annual Nuclear Science Event To Area By Jenny Callison, posted May 9, 2016 (original post) Correction: This version of the story corrects the amount of time the Brunswick Nuclear Plant has operated safely to 40 years. Southeastern North Carolina will be the site of the 2016 Nuclear Science Week

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WCYGN Sponsors Teams for Benefit Softball Tournament

Wolf Creek Young Generation in Nuclear sponsored two softball teams that played in the “Let’s Go to Bat for Kenny” memorial softball tournament Saturday. The two teams were Chain Reaction (full-time employees) and Isotopes (co-ops and interns). The softball tournament is a fundraiser for the Kenny Roney Scholarship fund and a benefit for the Coffey

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The Campaign for Nuclear: Key Takeaways from the Duke Energy NAYGN Chapter Conference

  Last month, Duke Energy’s chapter of North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN) held its annual conference in Charlotte, N.C., bringing together young professionals from across the company’s nuclear fleet. As the conference’s timely theme, “The Campaign for Nuclear,” suggests, the focus of this event was how to educate yourself and others about the

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