Three of the six SFEN 2018 Awards won by Orano teams
Following its general assembly on June 14, 2018, at the Maison de la RATP in Paris, the French Nuclear Energy Society (SFEN - Société Française d'Energie Nucléaire) presented the "2018 SFEN Awards" to the nuclear industry winners. The awards recognize a variety of work, studies, theses and other contributions relating to nuclear energy.
This year, three of the six SFEN Awards have been awarded to Orano group teams.
The Prix Jean Bourgeois
each year rewards a researcher for a thesis that he or she has already
been defended. This year it went to our Marion Losno, materials engineer
at Orano Projets. Formally employed by the CEA, her thesis, carried out
in the Physico-Chemistry department of CEA-Saclay, focused on reducing
the size of samples taken from liquid solutions from nuclear fuel
processing using "microfluidics". This young engineer has demonstrated
that by using the technology, already developed for biology, it is
possible to massively reduce the volumes needed for analysis, and as a
result those of the corresponding liquid effluents. Two patents have
already been filed for the solution imagined by Marion Losno.
The Technological Innovation Award
was awarded to a team from Orano Dismantling and Services for the
development of an innovative customizable biological protection system
named IRIS. This technology provides operators with an optimal and
easy-to-deploy protective mechanism for use during investigations and
interventions in highly radioactive environments. Inspired by
operational experience, this new device can deliver a high level of
protection in just a few seconds and significantly optimizes the time
spent handling biological protections on a day to day basis. The device
has been deployed at the Marcoule site since early 2018.
The Public Information Award
went to Orano Tricastin's communication team for its initiative
entitled "Discovering energy - scientific workshops for young people".
Aimed at elementary, middle and high school students, these activities
designed for the school setting foster an understanding of the different
energy sources, including nuclear power and renewables. The
"Discovering energy" science workshops can be adapted to different
school curricula in collaboration with the teachers. They are part of a
broader initiative to promote local information and exchanges with the
pupils of the surrounding communes with the Orano Tricastin industrial
platform. 2,700 students have taken part in these workshops since their
creation in 2010.
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