Archive for October, 2006

Carolina NA-YGN featured in ANS News

The American Nuclear Society’s latest newsletter features a photo and summary of the Spokesperson Training Workshop. Prema Chandrathil from ANS provided the second half of the workshop with a session titled “Getting Your Message Across and Dealing with Other Opinions.” See the photo and summary on page 7 of the newsletter.

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Carolina NA-YGN Attends Chapel Hill Town Meeting

Members of the Carolina Chapter of NA-YGN attended the Chapel Hill Town Council meeting on Wednesday, September 27, 2006. The Town Council was proposing a resolution to recommend to the NRC that they “refuse to consider any ‘early relicensing’” of Progress Energy’s Shearon Harris plant until the plant has been brought into full compliance with NRC fire regulations. This resolution was unanimously passed at the end of the meeting.
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Nuclear Fact Sheet: Safety of Commercial Nuclear Power Plants

The Public Information Committee members have developed a one page fact sheet about nuclear safety. This fact sheet covers the industry’s continuing emphasis on safe operation, risk-informed decision making, and improved industry-wide communication. Fact sheet - Nuclear Safety [pdf]

The PI committee plans to continue developing a series of fact sheets with the aim of providing objective information about hot nuclear topics. The next fact sheet will cover on-site fuel storage. The next fact sheet should be released in approximately one month and will be available to download.