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Jean-Marie GRAS : Former head of the "Back-end nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear systems of the future" program - Former Senior Corrosion Engineer at EDF R
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The smooth operation of nuclear facilities requires mastery of the problems raised by the behavior of the materials used in their construction. Compared to other fields, the conditions of the nuclear industry are specific in two particular respects: irradiation and its effects on material properties; and the long lifetimes involved, which require prediction of the behavior and aging of materials over the long, or even very long, term.
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