Fusion Energy Program Manager
Current Management of “Fusion Energy" R&D program at the CEA Energy Division, for the development of technologies needed for the exploitation of controlled thermonuclear fusion as a source of sustainable, clean and carbon-free energy.••••• ~ 50 experts in 20 labs. 3M€+ contracts per year.o Definition of strategy to meet the objectives set up by the program of Energy at CEAo Business development o Bid management for industrial, European H2020 and Horizon Europe calls for tenders and Grant Agreements o Development of academic and industrial partnershipo Commercial contracts managemento Budget proposals and monitoringo Agile or predictive projects management o Internal reporting using specific R&D KPI (patents, scientific papers, ...)o International communications.••••• "Fusion Energy" R&D activities at the CEA Energies Division :o Design of complex nuclear pressurized "heat exchangers" plasma faced componentso Thermal, mechanical, Thermal Hydraulic, and Neutronic numerical simulationso Development of FEM, Monte Carlo and ACP codes : Cast3M, Tripoli-4, OSCAR.o Qualification tests of new materials (Eurofer), design rules development and codification in RCC-MRx nuclear codeo Development and charaterization of advanced ferritic martensitic steels and ODSo Modelling of complex material structures at different scales, using ab initio calculations, object kinetic Monte Carlo (OKMC), Artificial Intelligence (AI) technics, ...o Fabrication of Nuclear Pressurized Equipments (ESPN)o R&D on innovative manufacturing technics: Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing, TIG/laser/fusion welding, HIP, ...o R&D on thin corrosion coating manufacturingo Development of instrumentation for fusion specific environment (LiPb liquid metal, magnetic field)o Nuclear maintenance expertise.••••• Clients : Eurofusion, F4E, ITER, ANR, H2020, Horizon Europe, BPI, Renaissance Fusion, Gen-F••••• Partners : Framatome, KIT, ENEA, CIEMAT, UKAEA, CVREZ, WIGNER