About Us
The YNPF meets quarterly to discuss current and future programmes of work and to facilitate the sharing of knowledge. The completion of tasks is a key focus of the YNPF, which challenges us to develop our skills whilst we gain experience outside of our day-to-day roles. Our tasks forward an alternative perspective on the challenges facing the nuclear industry today whilst looking to improve the industry for the future.
Mission
We want to be a self-sustaining platform for young professionals to have a valued voice in the nuclear industry. We integrate into the industry by collaborating on stakeholders with tasks, however we also want to bring new ideas and ways of working to the teams we join. Our sponsors and support network assist us with this so that both our members and the wider nuclear industry can see benefit.
Objectives
- Establish a communal resource pool, provided by the group’s parent companies, as a taskable commodity to undertake actions, research, report compilation and/or presentation delivery to order to achieve the missions of both the SDF and NEDF.
- Facilitate the collaboration and communication of professionals early in their career throughout the Nuclear Industry.
- Fostering a relationship between its members and the SDF, NEDF and their sub-groups. This relationship can support with members getting further involved with the groups in the future, e.g. SDF Sub-Group Secretary.
- Providing a space to support the personal development of members technically, in areas which may relate to or differ from their working sector in the industry, as well as behaviourally in areas such as communication, leadership experience, project management techniques and reporting experience.
- Ensure that the YNPF is in itself sustainable and able to support the SDF and NEDF for the future of the industry.
Programme of Work
Meeting Activity
- Q2 2024: Quarterly Meet (Virtual)
- Q3 2024: Annual Conference 2024, Cumbria
- Q1 2025: Company Representatives Meeting
- Q1 2025: Quarterly Meet (Virtual)
- Q2 2025: Quarterly Meet (Hosted) [TBC]
- Q3 2025: Annual Conference 2025 [TBC]
- Q4 2025: Quarterly Meet (TBC) [TBC]
Current Tasks Updates
- Sustainability Across the Nuclear Industry Task.
- SDF Website Capability Task.
- Induction Pack Working Group
- Review on In-House Training Material
Key Completed Tasks
- "Nuclear Storage Solutions" Task- Results delivered to SDF in Q4 2017.
- "New Nuclear Generation" Task- Report and final presentation delivered to SDF in Q1 2018.
- "Implications of Brexit" Task- Results delivered to SDF in Q1 2018.
- "Internal Regulation Competency Framework for the IOWG"- Framework delivered in Q1 2022.
- "Collaborative Working Optimisation" Task – Results delivered via report to SDF in Q1 2025
- "Research Landscape" Task – Report and Final Presentation delivered to NEDF in Q1 2025
Key Challenges
- Management of Membership Numbers.
- Maintaining a sense of continuity of the group, when key members prepare to step down.
- Management of information sharing when working across multiple companies and sectors.
- Maintaining a working relationship with all key companies when YNPF recruitment is down
Useful Documents
YNPF Welcome Pack
Links to other sites
YNPF LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ynpf
Contact Us:
Message us on our LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ynpf
- Chair – Coralie Thomson
- Vice-Chair (Tasks) - TBC
- Vice-Chair (Membership) - Liam Hindley
- Communications Officers – Alexa Seward
- Sponsor – TBC