The Watts Bar NAYGN provided approximately 45 University of Tennessee students with a glimpse into their potential future careers in nuclear power on Saturday, February 28. Students participating in the American Nuclear Society Student Chapter toured Watts Bar’s construction and operating units to receive first-hand knowledge and understanding of what a nuclear plant looks and […]
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The AREVA Charlotte Chapter of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN), through the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services Adopt-A-Stream Program, has adopted a section of the Little Sugar Creek in Charlotte, N.C. On Saturday, May 16, NAYGN members completed a third stream clean-up event on Little Sugar Creek Tributary #3 near Pearl Street
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Watts Bar provided students from Chattanooga State with a first hand glimpse into nuclear power on Friday, April 24. The students, majoring in various studies of engineering, are part of Chattanooga State’s Engineering program.
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May 29–SHIPPINGPORT — The latest answers about how to best educate high school students aren’t coming from a textbook, in the classroom or from a government-mandated rubric. Instead, they’re coming from places like FirstEnergy Corp.’s Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Shippingport, where about 30 Blackhawk High School juniors and seniors presented the results of
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In the nuclear industry, every day is Earth Day, not only because of our love for clean energy, but because of the commitment employees have to the environment in their communities. On April 22, AREVA’s site in Richland, Washinton celebrated Earth Day by teaming up with the Tapteal Greenway and Energy Northwest for the second
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Breaking News… The Public Information (PI) Monthly News Article is now available! Take a minute to read this month’s article here. If your Chapter has a PI event that they want to share next month contact pi@naygn.web.zuul.work. 2nd Quarter Excellence Awards are closing soon! Nominate someone in your chapter or committee for their exceptional performance,
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On March 4th 2015, the Manhattan-based chapter of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN-New York) went on a tour of Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) in Buchanan, NY. During this time, one of the two reactors was undergoing refueling. After hours of lessons on radiation and the various parts of the plant, the
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Over 2,000 students, 78 volunteers, 8 hours, 1 day…These are the numbers that quantify the maximizing effort of the VC Summer NAYGN chapter during their High School Nuclear Power Blitz Day. On October 10, the VCS NAYGN chapter members went to 18 different high schools surrounding Columbia, SC (Fairfield, Lexington, Richland, Newberry counties) to teach
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The theme of this year’s 2015 Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) Conference and Trade Show was “Power for a Cooler Climate.” Climate change has been a growing concern for over three decades, and scientists predict that the greenhouse gases (GHG) we emit into the air could shift the climate beyond an irreversible tipping point within our
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Breaking News… Did you know United States’ nuclear energy facilities contribute $60 billion annually to gross domestic product in addition to other economic and societal benefits? Check out the latest study here! Please congratulate the following 2014 Excellence Award winners! 2nd Quarter Excellence Awards are now open! Nominate someone in your chapter or committee for
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