Happy Galentine's Day!

By Lenka Kollar

Happy Galentine's Day! The day before Valentine's day is the day to celebrate your female friends, or "gal" pals. It was first coined on the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation by the feminist lead lady Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler). If you haven't seen the show, you should know that it is hilarious and also refreshing in that the lead character is not only female, but also funny, smart, motivated, and compassionate.

So in honor of Galentine's Day, I want to give a shout out to all of of my favorite female nuclear professionals and students on Twitter. Be sure to follow them!

U.S. Women in Nuclear (website) @WomenInNuclear
Suzy Hobbs Baker (PopAtomic Studios, Nuclear Literacy Project) @popatomicstudio
Kristine Madden @kmadz21
Kirsty Gogan (Energy Blog) @kirstygogan
Emma-Jayne Gooch (NuExec Consulting) @ejGooch
Elizabeth McAndrew-Benavides @nuclearliz
Sarah Nuclear @SarahNuclear
Meredith Angwin (Yes Vermont Yankee Blog) @yes_VY
Tracy Mason @traymay5
Rita Patel @RitaTherPita
Anagha Iyengar @AnaghaIyengar
Andrea Jennetta (Fuel Cycle Week) @NuclearBuzz
Caroline Cochran (Things Worse Than Nuclear Power Blog)  @CarolineCDW
Carol Berrigan @nukegrl
Julie Ezold @jgezold
Mimi Holland Limbach @MimiHolland
Sarah Dirndorfer @sarahdirndorfer

I'm sure I forgot some so please add your favorite female nuclear engineers in the comments!