1. MASTER MaNuEn
Materials Science for
Nuclear Energy

2. Context Need for materials Science competences
Have the current PWR last longer : durability issues
Future reactors EPR, Gen III, Gen IV

3. Assets Joint Master with EDF (Matérial Ageing Institute)* and CEA * :
50% of the lectures in the Master are given by engineers from CEA and EDF
A direct contact with engineers of the field and future employers :
Part of the lectures on site in EDF-Paris or CEA Cadarache
Visits of research labs
A common set of lectures (3 monthes) then 2 options
Structures
Fuel
A serie of general interest lectures on energy issues :

4. Organisation Common lectures Option « Components » Option « Fuel »
Reactir design and materials selection
Physics of irradiation damage (modelling)
Durability and fracture, corrosion under irradiation,
Option « Components »
Lectures at EDF R&D
Feedback on field experience from EDF plants
Materials for future generation
Materials issues in downstream fuel cycle
Option « Fuel »
Lectures at CEA Cadarache
Fluids , fuels and coolants
Fuel irradiation
Fuel cycle

6. Training program, EPRI is a member of the partners.
Partnership Materials ageing Institute MAI
The Materials Ageing Institute is a utility oriented research center founded in January 2008 by Electricité de France
(EDF), the Tokyo Electric Power Corporation (TEPCO) and the US
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
The key purpose of the MAI is to direct efforts in research and development
towards ageing of materials used in electrical power facilities.
This initiative
by the world’s biggest nuclear operators is motivated by the conviction that sharing research, experimental results, feedback and scientific information will significantly contribute to our understanding of the ageing processes in various materials employed in both nuclear and non-nuclear power plants. The combination of operational know-how, experimental knowledge, and computer modelling of coupled processes can then be used to anticipate ageing and henceforth
Le bâtiment du MAI
Training program, EPRI is a member of the partners

8. Contacts
Emilie Ferrié Yves Bréchet