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General information about the national YG network:

Lithuanian branch of ENS YGN based on youth public organization called Ignalina Youth Nuclear Association. At the moment there is the only nuclear enterprise in the country – Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP). First unit is under decommissioning process and it’s going to stop operation of Unit 2 in 2009 as a requirement of Lithuania’s entry into EU. But it is announced that new NPP will be built by 2013-2015 nearby and members of Association are proud that their input into this decision was reasonable.

Retrospective

Ignalina Youth Nuclear Association was established in 1988. Since 1999 it is a Youth Department of Lithuanian Nuclear Society (LBEA) and since 2001 Association recognized as a member of ENS YGN.

The main target of the Association’s activities is to create conditions and an effective mechanism for communication, experience exchange, collective creation work and practice of the youth from different countries and nations in the area of nuclear energy, science, culture and ecology. One of mechanisms that contribute to achievement of this target is international symposium that is held annually at DYSNAI festival. By this time the Association has organized 19 similar annual events. Ignalina NPP, LBEA, and since 2005 ENS YGN support the Association activity. The Symposium is a forum for the discussion of the technical, scientific, regulatory and social aspects of the nuclear energy usage.

Successes and Failures in 2006

Since 2002 delegates from Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine and Lithuania take part in Dysnai – approximately 100 participants annually. We believe that Lithuania is a good place for meeting the youth from West and East. During Symposium within Youth Nuclear Festival young people effectively use principals of Human Diplomacy, adopt Good Standards in common life and our profession, and develop new approaches to communicate benefits of nuclear power, promote further peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology for the welfare of mankind.

Organizers produce The Book of Reports and CD and distribute it among participants and concerned organizations and on our web site as well: dysnai.org

Also we made T-shirts, participant kits, CD with songs and newspaper for every delegate. During symposium young people can adopt new trends in nuclear, generate ideas and during festival adopt Good Standards mentioned above. We think that our targets are the same as Congress’, but very cheaper: no hotel accommodation, no restaurant food. But our worry is that there is no mechanism to fix up arriving delegates from West, invitations are still very individual. We solve this problem with Russia and Ukraine via Generating Companies. So we hope in ENS YGN Core members help.