Background 

The Masters programme in “Nuclear Energy” reflects the strong international revival of interest in nuclear energy.Its goal is to give high-level students from France and abroad a grounding in the main competencies required by the nuclear industry, and also to prepare students for research.The originality of this programme is that it provides a grounding in all the fields associated with nuclear energy

École des Ponts ParisTech is responsible for the specialist course on “decommissioning and waste management”.

Objectives

This programme provides the necessary grounding in the decommissioning of old nuclear power stations and the management of waste.It also covers all the measures designed to protect people and the environment associated with these activities

Openings 

The career openings for this programme are firstly in positions associated with the management and treatment of radioactive waste, and secondly positions associated with the decommissioning of nuclear installations of all kinds.

This specialism notably provides openings to posts such as:

• design engineering, in particular designing the nature and phasing of decommissioning operations, or designing waste storage facilities;
• performance engineering, responsible for conducting and monitoring on-site operations;
• engineering related to the operation of waste storage facilities.

Such positions are notably found within:

• operators of nuclear power stations (such as EDF, GDF SUEZ, …) or other nuclear installations (AREVA,…), both in France and abroad, which are responsible for decommissioning their facilities;
• organisations responsible for waste management and storage, both in France and abroad (e.g. ANDRA in France);
• industrial enterprises, large and small contractors, involved in decommissioning operations or work associated with waste storage.

Academic partners

This Masters programme draws on the expertise of major academic structures in the Paris region:

• Université Paris-Sud 11, which provides a strong grounding in fundamental and applied physics, with a recognised focus on nuclear physics and energy physics.
• The ParisTech schools, whose teaching and research activities in the energy field cover most of the fields (hydrocarbons, nuclear, renewable energy, energy efficiency, storage, economics…).
• Ecole Centrale Paris and Supélec, which train general engineers and have contributed very significantly to the development of nuclear power in France and abroad for the last 50 years or so.
• INSTN, which is a major player in all training programmes associated with industry and nuclear applications