TIP Award! Millennial Nuclear Caucus, Ohio NAYGN, Drawing Contest, Video Winners

From your NAYGN Core

• Congratulations!  NAYGN will be receiving a Top Innovative Practice Award during the NEA Conference in recognition of your NAYGN Impact efforts!  A big thank you to all of our members - The results of this effort prove that allowing innovative ideas to flow from the bottom-up, utilizing the enthusiasm of volunteers, and collaborating across companies and organizations is what is needed to advance the future of nuclear.
• With this TIP Award, NAYGN will be joining industry leaders in innovation and exhibiting your efforts behind this recognition during this year’s Nuclear Energy Assembly in Atlanta, GA. If you haven’t registered for this joint NAYGN-NEI conference yet, sign up today!
• Already planning to attend the NEA? Check out this save-the-date for the Millennial Nuclear Caucus – a great way to network with other nuclear advocacy groups across the country! More details to come.

Hearing from Our Members

• NAYGN members from FirstEnergy bused to Ohio’s Statehouse to support keeping Davis-Besse and Perry operating (see image above). One of those attending was Davis-Besse’s Chapter President, Connor Russell.
• We received hundreds of drawings from this year's Drawing Contest!  We've narrowed these down to 13 great submissions and need your vote to decide our winners! Please cast your vote by May 1st.
• Over 1,000 members participated in our career Report Survey! Benchmarking Committee Lead Paul Balik and his team are working to complete the 2018 Career Report, and we'll be contacting each of the randomly drawn prize winners.
• We have our winners! Congratulations to the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1^st place), the Spanish Nuclear Youth Group (2^nd), and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (3^rd) for winning the most votes in the ANS Nuclear Explained Video Competition.

Last Words

• Geoscientist Scott Montgomery offered a promising world perspective on the future of nuclear generation in The Seattle Times.
• Even closer to home, New Jersey may have found the right legislative mix to support nuclear generation in an increasingly renewables-focused climate.