Youth Nuclear Forum 2025: A Platform for Professional Growth and New Ideas
From June 20 to 22, 2025, the Youth Nuclear Forum took place at Rivne NPP, organized by the Ukrainian Nuclear Society with the support of NNEGC “Energoatom”, Rivne NPP branch, as well as partners Energy Safety Group and Radіy RPE. The event brought together over 50 young professionals, scientists, students, and experts from across Ukraine’s nuclear sector.
The forum served as a platform for experience exchange, professional development, and interregional cooperation. Participants included representatives of all Ukrainian nuclear power plants, leading scientific institutes, specialized enterprises, and universities.
A key element of the program was the case project competition. Interdisciplinary teams, formed in advance, worked on pressing topics such as green energy transformation, creation of energy islands, development of nuclear technologies in medicine, workforce potential of the industry, construction of energy satellite towns, and advancement of Ukraine’s nuclear fuel cycle. The winning team presented a project focused on nuclear medicine development, particularly the production of radiopharmaceuticals for cancer treatment.
Participants also had the opportunity to visit Rivne NPP’s facilities, explore the plant’s infrastructure, and attend a training session on the role of the human factor in nuclear safety and operational efficiency.
According to organizers and participants, the forum not only enabled participants to work on practical assignments but also fostered new professional contacts and united young specialists from different regions of Ukraine. The relevance of selected topics, the high quality of project preparation, and the use of modern technologies, including artificial intelligence, were particularly emphasized. Participants noted that working together on the cases deepened their understanding of complex nuclear industry challenges and revealed its potential not only in energy production but also in related fields such as medicine.
“The Youth Nuclear Forum demonstrates how important intergenerational collaboration is for the development of the nuclear sector. We see fresh ideas, a high level of preparation, and a genuine desire among participants to advance not only energy production but other applications of nuclear technologies,” said Danilo Lavrenov, First Vice President and Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian Nuclear Society.
Events like this contribute to building a strong youth community in Ukraine’s nuclear field, strengthening cross-sectoral cooperation, and preparing a new generation of professionals for the sustainable development of nuclear energy.
