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General information about the national YG network

The YG network in Italy is supported and is a part of AIN Associazione Italiana Nucleare - Italian Nuclear Association.

The main purpose of the YG network in Italy is to establish a national network within the younger generation of professionals and students that are willing to make efforts to raise the interest in nuclear science and technology and learn from the experiences and knowledge of mature established professionals.

The YG network in Italy was re-born after ENC2002, European Nuclear Conference and Exhibition, Lille - FRANCE; October 2002 with the purpose to gather Young Nuclear Engineers (age below 35) throughout the country with a mailing list. Later it included Italian Young Nuclear Engineers that are studying and working abroad. Also few Italian Nuclear Engineers of age above 35 joined the mailing list during the year although it is meant primarily for discussion and information of the young generations. The purpose is to include people working or studying in the field of nuclear sciences and technologies interested in the further development of the field, especially for energy production applications in the country. For this reason the name: INN (Italian Nuclear Network) was chosen.

The idea is modeled on the concept created by the European Nuclear Society (ENS) where the aim is to establish links between people new to the field and more experienced individuals. In Italy there is a big generation gap between the pioneers of the nuclear era in the country (almost retired) and the new generations (almost disappeared because not much interest and job opportunities).

Some of the aims and objectives of INN in agreement with AIN, ENS and other network of the same kind in Europe and worldwide can be summarized as:

1. organize a network as a base for information and discussion;

2. improve communication between experts, members of the list, public;

3. promote knowledge transfer between generations within the nuclear industry;

4. encourage young people to stay within the nuclear field and provide a resource for the future;

5. provide career opportunities and development;

6. improve the development of nuclear technology.