http://www.carolina-naygn.org Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:04:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The results of the latest Recruitment & Retention Benchmarking Report are now available. This survey solicited responses from all chapters of YGN and the results contain lots of information about the salaries and benefits offered to young professionals in the nuclear industry. Thanks to our own Matt Cameron, Sarah Chisholm, and Adam Strange for helping make ... http://www.carolina-naygn.org/2008/04/23/recruitment-retention-benchmarking-report/ In October of 2007 our chapter participated in the NA-YGN Drawing Contest.  YGN members give a presentation to 5th graders on the different ways to produce electricity, how nuclear fission works, and everyday applications of nuclear science and technology.  This year Adam Strange, Paul Swaney, Ashley Peterman and Sarah Chisholm ... http://www.carolina-naygn.org/2008/02/12/2007-na-ygn-local-drawing-contest-winners/ Our chapter logged around 950 hours of Professional Development and Public Information activities in 2007. We helped contribute along with over 40 other chapters to the 33,529 hours reported by our overall NA-YGN organization. Compare this to only 12,000 hours in 2006.  Our organization has done a great job growing more ... http://www.carolina-naygn.org/2008/01/31/pd-and-pi-hours-up-big-in-2007/ The recent CNN-YouTube Democratic debates featured a question about the use of nuclear energy for domestic power. Watch the video of the candidates' responses here. See the rest of the questions and answers for the Republican and Democratic debates here. http://www.carolina-naygn.org/2007/12/10/candidates-answer-question-about-nuclear/ The 2007 NA-YGN Annual Professional Development Workshop was held in Miami, Florida on May 22-24.  Representatives from NA-YGN chapters were gathered to listen to presentations from leaders in the nuclear industry.  It is an opportunity which invites an exchange of ideas and a place to discuss concerns, problems, and successes ... http://www.carolina-naygn.org/2007/11/28/262/ Carolina NA-YGN recently sent a member to the 2007 American Nuclear Society Winter Conference.  For this conference, "Making the Renaissance Real", nuclear professionals from around the country met (November 11th-17th) in Washington, D.C.   Lectures hinged upon the theme of the current revival of interest in nuclear power as the cleanest, most ... http://www.carolina-naygn.org/2007/11/28/2007-ans-winter-conference/ This month's Engineering Explorers Post 228 Program is on Electrical Engineering.  The students will be building an electronic counter using breadboards.  Since it is close to the holidays, we need volunteers of all types, especially if you happen to be an electrical engineer or good with circuits.  The program will ... http://www.carolina-naygn.org/2007/11/14/november-engineering-explorers-post-program/ Carolina YGN is teaming up with EPRI and AREVA to supply volunteers for a high school engineering program.  Engineering Explorers Post 228 is a program for local high school students geared towards teaching about the different engineering disciplines using hands-on experiments and tours.  The program needs volunteers to help out ... http://www.carolina-naygn.org/2007/11/14/engineering-explorers-post-228/ The 2007 NA-YGN Regional Conference was held this past August in Charlotte, NC.  The theme of this year's event was "Racing Towards Your Future". http://www.carolina-naygn.org/2007/11/09/2007-regional-conference/ The Carolina NA-YGN 4-Site Meeting was held this past March in Spartanburg.  The agenda included an update of National YGN events for the year, committee updates on their activities the past year, a presentation on the company in 10 years, a panel discussion by current management and technical tracks on ... http://www.carolina-naygn.org/2007/11/09/2007-4-site-meeting/