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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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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Adam Spontarelli (AREVA Lynchburg) Led a team of mentors who worked with local high school students to develop and build a pair of space balloons that ultimately made it to about 100k fee Dave Paauwe (AREVA Lynchburg) Led a team of mentors who worked with local high school students to develop and build a pair
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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,
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
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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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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by Elizabeth Fako (Entergy) “How many of you heard about the White House petition created in June to keep America’s nuclear plants open?” About half the people in a large meeting room raised their hands. “How many of you signed the petition?” Several hands dropped. “How many of you shared the petition on social media?”
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Breaking News… Trying to figure out what your chapter should do for The NAYGN Impact initiative? Check out this list of specific ideas! Email your chapter’s impact goal to thenaygnimpact@naygn.web.zuul.work before August 31st using the form on the website. Congratulations to the Waterford 3 chapter for being the first to submit their ideas for the
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NEI is reaching out to groups to solicit employee profiles from across the industry to communicate nuclear energy’s value and future in a new effort called Powered by Our People. These profiles will be shared across a variety of digital platforms to help personify our industry and increase awareness of nuclear energy’s benefits. If you
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