Lydie Evrard
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Born | Lydie Xuân Thuy Nguyen[1] |
Nationality | Frankreich |
Occupation | Engineer |
Employer | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
Known for | Head of the Department of. Nuclear Safety and Security at the IAEA |
Lydie Evrard born Lydie Xuân Thuy Nguyen is a French engineer and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security at the IAEA since 2021. She is also the Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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Evrard's first degree is in engineering, she has earned Master’s degrees in Oil and Gas Operations and Public Administration.[2]
Evrard became an engineer in 1995 when she started work at the French Ministry of Energy. Throughout her career she was involved in regulation.[2]
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In April 2021 she became the Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security at the IAEA. She was also the Deputy Director General of the IAEA.[2] At the end of that year she was knighted noining the French Legion of Honor.[1]
In September 2021 she was conducting inspections at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station following the nuclear accident there to ensure that corrective measures had neen made.[3]
On 29 August 2022 she was leading the safety team sent to investigate the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Decree of December 31, 2021 on promotion and appointment in the national order of the Legion of Honor". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ a b c "Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security". www.iaea.org. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "IAEA senior officials came to Japan and had a discussion toward the full-scale implementation of the review on the safety of ALPS treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station". www.meti.go.jp. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ IAEA Imagebank (2022-08-29), Lydie Evrard (02011236), retrieved 2022-08-29