By Luca Capriotti, IYNC Immediate Past President & IYNC2020 General Co-Chair & Alexander Borovskis, IYNC2020 General Co-Chair The International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) was held in Sydney, Australia on 8-13 March 2020, and co-hosted with the Australian Young Generation in Nuclear (AusYGN). IYNC and, AusYGN are organizations that are committed to ensuring that the youth is engaged and supported […]
The 2020 General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency was held in a hybrid physical/online version for the first time ever, due to the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This however did not stop it from being a busy week to join peers, virtually this time, from all over the world to discuss […]
An important aspect of the IYNC has always been the Technical Content. Each conference become the perfect platform to share the latest works and research with other participants from all around the world as we believe that communicating, debating and sharing ideas is paramount for moving forward. Each conference, the contributions of all participants that […]
Awards The following IYNC network awards will be distributed during the IYNC2020 congress (March 8-13, 2020, Sydney, Australia, iync2020.org) closing ceremony: Young Nuclear Professional – Early Career Award: The outstanding Young Professional Award will recognize a young professional for meritorious service in the interests of civil society and have made a valuable contribution to nuclear […]
The International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) and the Australian Young Generation in Nuclear (AusYGN) will hold the IYNC2020 conference in Sydney, Australia, on 8-13 March 2020. Under the theme “Diversity in Nuclear,” the mission of the conference is to promote and enable the diversity of people engaged in the many peaceful uses of nuclear science […]
Nuclear technology is dynamic and has a variety of applications in different sectors. The future surely holds some more significant applications of nuclear technology. We are aware that the use of nuclear technology for defense/weapons programs has created a negative sentiment with the general public. Images of nuclear bombings and past accidents at nuclear plants […]
“We showed that we are united and that we, young people, are unstoppable,” proclaimed Greta Thunberg during the UN Youth Climate Summit in New York City last week. Youth far and wide are converging and demanding action on the part of their leaders in the fight against climate change through climate strikes, financial buying power […]
The International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) is excited to announce that the IYNC2020 conference will be held in Sydney, Australia, in March 2020 under the theme “Diversity in Nuclear.” The Australian Young Generation in Nuclear (AusYGN) bid to host this congress at IYNCWIN18 and was selected by the IYNC Board of Directors. See their bid […]
The European Nuclear Young Generation Forum (ENYGF) is organized every two years to bring together students and young professionals from across the European nuclear industry. The 2019 edition took place in Ghent, Belgium and was organised by the Belgian Nuclear Society (BNS-YG) and the Netherlands Nuclear Society (Dutch Young Generation, DYG). On Sunday evening the […]
More than 40 nuclear associations representing over 80,000 scientists have today called on the Clean Energy Ministerial Conference (CEM) which will be held in Vancouver later this month to commit to doubling public investment in nuclear-related R&D and innovation within the next five years. The associations said there should be a specific focus on innovative […]
