The SRS Community Reuse Organization and its affiliated Nuclear Workforce Initiative are collaborating with local organizations to conduct activities designed to encourage and bring awareness of nuclear technology and the many careers available within nuclear technology and other high-tech industries.
Monday – Friday, October 20 -24, 2014
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center (RPSEC) – USC Aiken
For Middle & High School Students
Program Focus– Journey to the Center of the Atom, Chemical Matters, Probing the Periodic Table and Featuring the Interactive Nucleus
For more details, visit http://rpsec.usca.edu/Events/NNSW/2014/
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Georgia Regents University (GRU) College of Allied Health Sciences – Augusta, GA
Program Focus– Journey to the Center of the Atom, Fundamentals of Nuclear Fuel and more.
For more details contact Sharron Walls at [email protected]
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Kroc Center – Augusta, GA
Program Focus– Interactive forum for regional high school juniors and seniors considering a career pathway that involves STEM skills. During the forum students, teachers, guidance counselors and career specialists will attend breakout sessions and get the opportunity to interact with current professionals in nuclear technology and other high-tech industries, learn about “hot” career topics in our region and view interesting exhibits.
For Regional High School Juniors and Seniors. (Limited Seating with Pre-Registration required)
Registration is coordinated through school districts and educators.
(Teachers, Guidance Counselors and Career Specialists Encouraged to Attend)
List of Exhibitors: Aiken Technical College, Augusta Technical College, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, CB&I AREVA MOX Services, DSM Chemicals, EnergySolutions, Georgia Pacific, Georgia Power Company-Southern Company, Georgia Regents University-Augusta, JANUS Research Group, Inc, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Newport News Shipbuilding, Nuclear Workforce Initiative, Parsons, Rural Sourcing, Inc, SCANA, Savannah River National Laboratory, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Savannah River Remediation, Savannah River Site Leadership Association, SRS Community Reuse Organization, Technical Women in Georgia, Textron Specialized Vehicles, University of South Carolina Aiken and U.S. Navy Programs
GOLD SPONSOR – Premium Level
SILVER SPONSOR – Partner Level
BRONZE SPONSOR – Supporting Level
SPONSOR – Registration Bag
For more information, contact Mindy Mets at [email protected]or Kim Saxon at [email protected]for details.
Local companies are planning to conduct site tours at their facility.
Monday, October 20, 2014 & Friday, October 24, 2014
Southern Company – Plant Vogtle Visitors Center, 7821 River Road, Waynesboro, GA 30803
Students will have an opportunity to visit the nuclear power plant and to understand day to
day operations, ways technology is at work and interact with young professionals in the nuclear industry. (Space is limited) (Registration required)
For more information contact Lisa Chance at 706-826-3881 or [email protected]
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 & Thursday, October 23, 2014
SCANA – V.C. Summer – 100 Bradham Blvd, Jenkinsville, SC 29065
Hosting student and teacher tours of the AP1000 nuclear construction site. (Space is limited) (Registration Required)
For more information, contact Erica Knight at [email protected]or 803-931-5436
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Savannah River Site – Aiken, SC (8:00 am – 4:00 pm)
For CSRA high school science/math teachers (space is limited) Tours will include Savannah River National Laboratory, Environmental and Bioassay Laboratory, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility and Defense Waste Processing Facility. Tour is focused on science application at SRS.
High school principals should contact Kim Mitchell at [email protected]or call 803-952-8782 to register a teacher for the tour.
Monday, October 20, 2014
USC Aiken Convocation Center – Aiken, SC
The Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness (CNTA) will hold their 23rd Annual Edward Teller Lecture and Banquet on Monday, October 20, 2014. The lecture is a community event attended by community leaders, CNTA members, local and national business and corporate interests, government and Savannah River Site officials, and elected officials from Georgia and South Carolina.
Guest Lecturer – Robert Stone (Director – Pandora’s Promise and Oscar-Nominated & Emmy-Nominated Documentary Filmmaker)
Tickets are $50 per person and can be obtained by contacting the CNTA office by email, [email protected] or by phone, (803) 649-3456. Tickets must be purchased by October 3, 2014.
Savannah River Site Leadership Association Speech Contest
The SRS Leadership Association sponsors an annual speech contest open to any student from the CSRA, in grades 9th – 12th. It requires a student to personally prepare a speech of between four and six minute duration relating to leadership.
For more information, contact Cheryl Hartfield, Contest Director, at (803) 952-7121, [email protected].
Teacher Workshop – Bringing Nuclear Into the Classroom
The Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness (CNTA) and the local section of the American Nuclear Society (ANS-SR) conducts workshops for middle school and high school teachers to include hands-on activities that teachers can potentially use to excite students in their classrooms.
For more information, visit http://www.c-n-t-a.com/edumain_files/schoolmain.htm
Teaching Radiation, Energy and Technology (TREAT)
The goal of this workshop is to provide education, training, and experimental opportunities for Central Savannah River Area school teachers. The focus is on training and involvement of participants in learning about environmental radiation. The workshop includes classroom lectures and laboratory hands on exercises. Participants develop activities and study units for utilization in their class rooms.
For more information, please contact de’Lisa Carrico, DOE Environmental Justice Program Manager, at [email protected]or (803) 952-8607
Savannah River Site Public Tour Program –
Limited number of SRS tours for the general public.
For more information visit http://www.srs.gov/general/tour/public.htm
Plant Vogtle Visitor Center –
Educational exhibits on the production of nuclear power
7821 River Road, Waynesboro, Georgia 30830
For more information call 706-554-9407
Aiken Historical Museum –
Learn about Aiken’s past, present and future
433 Newberry Street, SW, Aiken, South Carolina 29801
For more information visit http://www.visitaikensc.com/whattodo/detail/aiken_county_historical_museum1
For more information about
Nuclear Science Week,
contact Mindy Mets, Director of Regional Workforce Programs at [email protected] or Kim Saxon, Assistant Coordinator, at [email protected]
