About Us
The "Young Nuclear Professionals’ Forum", known as the YNPF, was formed in 2016 to foster collaboration across professionals the Nuclear Industry. The YNPF is a collective of nuclear professionals early within their career who support the Safety Directors’ Forum (SDF) and Nuclear Engineering Directors’ Forum (NEDF) to improve and promote best practice across the industry by completing task on their or their associated sub-groups' behalf. We consist of representatives from a range of companies in the civil and defence nuclear sector including nuclear licensed sites, MOD nuclear authorised sites, companies with major nuclear interests and regulatory bodies (as agreed by the group membership).
The YNPF meets regularly 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 and are great for challenging ourselves, gaining experience outside of our day-to-day roles and putting forward an alternative perspective on the challenges facing the nuclear industry today whilst looking to improve the industry for the future.
Vision
A self-sustaining platform for young professionals to have a valued voice in the nuclear industry.
Mission
To be a respected, taskable resource group which is mutually beneficial with respect to both the development of our members and the development of the Nuclear Industry.
Objectives
- Establish a communal resource pool, provided by the group’s parent companies, as a taskable commodity to undertake actions, research, report compilation and 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
- Q4 2021: YNPF Annual Conference 2021, Bristol
- Q3 2022 Meeting: Sellafield, Cumbria
- Q2 2023 Meeting: BAE Systems, Cumbria
- Q4 2023 Meeting: Springfields Westinghouse, Lancashire
- Q2 2024 Meeting: Virtual Meeting
- Q3 2024: YNPF Annual Conference 2024, Cumbria
Current Tasks Updates
- Sustainability Across the Nuclear Industry Task.
- Research Landscapes Task.
- SDF Website Capability Task.
- Collaborative Working Optimisation.
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.
Key Challenges
- Re-instatement of the YNPF following the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- 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.
Useful Documents
YNPF Welcome Pack
Generational Analysis for the Recruitment and Retention of Talent within the Nuclear Industry v1.0
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 – Emily Hayhurst
- Vice-Chair (Tasks) - Samantha Hutchinson
- Vice-Chair (Membership) - Liam Hindley
- Communications Officers – Alexa Seward & Alice Steen
- Sponsor – Mark Treasure (Chair of the SDF)