​Patrice Bueso is appointed Director of Strategy, Development and Partnerships of the Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN). He took office on 15 September, 2018.

​Working together will enable the two partners to pool their expertise in explosives science, obtain new experimental data, expand their knowledge and increase their international profile. IRSN aims to deepen its research on detonation of explosives and measurement of their effects on different structures.

​The first version of the software simulates the formation of the explosive atmosphere, then the deflagration of the reactive mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. This type of event represents a major risk of aggravating the consequences of a core melt accident at a nuclear reactor.

​The project goal is to prevent the risk of explosion or ignition of combustible gases produced during a nuclear reactor core meltdown accident, as demonstrated by the accident at Fukushima Daiichi NPP.

​The three new research projects launched by Japan will be conducted under the auspices of the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). Along with its NEA peers, IRSN will share its tools and methods on severe reactor accidents.

​SITEX_Network brings together TSO from eight countries, a safety authority, and five organizations from civil society, and is keen to respond to the call for applications for the joint research program to be launched by the European Commission.

​The MetroRadon research project, which brings together fifteen European partners, including IRSN, is in line with the new requirements on radon under Council Directive.