Yannick Le Tonqueze (ITER Organization, France)
L'incontro fa parte del ciclo 2023-24 "Past-students and Expert Webinars in Nuclear Energy", un programma di webinar sull'energia nucleare tenuti da ex-studenti unipi ed esperti internazionali.
Il ciclo è organizzato nell'ambito del progetto ENEN2plus, dell'European Nuclear Education Network.
Yannick Le Tonqueze, 50 years old, got a master´s diploma in Nuclear Engineering from INSTN (France). He joined CEA in 1999 in Research reactors division in Grenoble, during 4 years he managed characterization and dismantling of Reactors diagnostics and irradiation loops, Fission products and tritium labs with on field experience. In 2003, he decided to move in LMJ project near Bordeaux in the CEA military branch. He worked 3 years, as Nuclear Safety engineer, in integrated team with key Companies to develop LMJ systems following strong system engineering approach. Then, he became the Nuclear safety manager for all the project and prepare a major Safety report who was presented to the Nuclear authority. In 2009, he got the opportunity to become IFMIF architect, working with Japanese compagnies, and Nuclear Safety coordinator in Japan during 3 years. Then in 2012, He came back in France in CEA Cadarache to become RES (Nuclear Submarine test facility) deputy Project leader to finalize the facility who is now under operation. Finally he joined ITER in 2016, first in Integration division and quickly ITER DG asked him to be in charge of Nuclear Integration Unit, to manage ITER Radiation safety challenges, who is now the Radiation Safety and Environment Unit that he is leading since 2019.
