CONTEXT
The Master Nuclear Energy is an international Master's degree, whose objective is to provide high-level foreign and French students with the main knowledge necessary for the nuclear industry producing low-carbon electricity. Through the quality and scope of the content processed, it makes it possible to meet a wide spectrum of the needs of companies in this field by recruiting students with high initial employability. This Master's degree also aims to prepare students for research in the nuclear field (e. g. Reactor Physics, Modeling and Simulation, Instrumentation, Radiochemistry). The entire Master's degree therefore addresses the different professions in civil nuclear energy.
Its teaching is entirely provided in English.
École nationale des ponts et chaussées is in charge of the “dismantling and waste management” specialty.
GOALS
This master aims to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to conduct a project to clean up and dismantle old nuclear installations (reactor, plant, workshop, laboratory, installation, contaminated site or soil) and to manage radioactive wastes.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
This specialism provides job opportunities in fields associated firstly with the management and treatment of radioactive waste, and secondly with the decommissioning of nuclear installations of all kinds.
This master notably provides such opportunities as:
- Engineering design, with a particular focus on the nature and phasing of decommissioning operations, or the design of waste storage facilities.
- Production engineering, with responsibility for conducting and monitoring on-site operations.
- Engineering related to the operation of waste storage facilities.
- PhD thesis in research laboratory.
The employers in these domains are notably:
- Operators of nuclear power stations (such as EDF, GDF SUEZ, …) or other nuclear installations (ORANO,…), both in France and abroad, who are responsible for decommissioning their facilities.
- Bodies responsible for waste management and storage, both in France and abroad (e.g. ANDRA in France)
- Industrial enterprises, large and small firms, which carry out decommissioning operations or work associated with waste storage.
ACADEMIC PARTNERS
This Master's degree draws on the skills of major academic players in the Paris region:
• Paris-Sud 11 University which provides strong training in the field of fundamental and applied physics, with recognized specificity in nuclear physics and energy physics.
• ParisTech schools (ENSTA and ChimieParisTech), whose teaching and research activities in the field of energy cover most areas (hydrocarbons, nuclear, renewable energies, energy efficiency, storage, economy, etc.).
• Ecole Centrale Paris and Supélec which train general engineers and who have contributed greatly to the development of nuclear power in France and abroad for around fifty years.
• INSTN (Training Institute attached to the CEA) which is a major player in all training associated with nuclear industry and applications