The Young Members Group of the American Nuclear Society and the North American Young Generation in Nuclear have jointly organized a forum for young professionals from across the nuclear industry to come together to discuss the challenges facing the next generation of nuclear professionals.

The Young Professionals Congress venue is for young professionals to develop non-technical professional skills, network among their peers and explore roles and functions of industry organizations, such as the American Nuclear Society and the North American Young Generation in Nuclear.

The Young Professionals Congress is held each odd numbered year, and for the first time in 2009 is being organized as a multi-day embedded topical meeting. Being a part of YPC 2009 also gives participants full access to the 2009 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Technology Expo.

North American Young Generation in Nuclear unites young professionals who believe in nuclear science and technology and are working together throughout North America to share their passion for a field that is alive and kicking.

Currently, the  American Nuclear Society membership is composed of 11,000 engineers, scientists, administrators and educators representing 1,600 plus corporations, government agencies and educational institutions.

South Carolina State University has the first nuclear engineering degree to be created in over a quarter-century and is the only undergraduate nuclear engineering program located at a historically black college and university. The program has been operational since 2000, beginning with five students.

In September 2002, South Carolina State University, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, received approval by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education to offer a bachelor degree in nuclear engineering to be awarded jointly by both universities.  This collaboration was the direct result of the Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology Program in Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics, which pairs minority institutions with institutions offering a nuclear engineering degree to increase the number minorities entering the diverse fields of nuclear science and technology.

The mission of the nuclear engineering program is to produce engineers who are highly skilled, competent and well prepared to enter careers in the public and private sectors and pursue degrees beyond the baccalaureate level in professional or graduate school.
          
2009 Young Professionals Embedded Topical at the ANS Winter Meeting November 15-19, 2009 in Washington DC.

 The theme for this year is: "Working Outside the Box: Understanding Ourselves as Instruments of Change"

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