ISUW 2024 Speaker

Since September 2019, Thomas MIEUSSET is nuclear counsellor at the French Embassy in India. Until Summer 2019, he was nuclear counsellor at the French Embassy in South Africa. He was appointed to this position in 2016, following a year as senior executive at the international relations department of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). From 2010 to 2015, he was senior executive at the international relations department of the French nuclear regulatory body (ASN). He was in charge of bilateral relations with North America and several European countries. He was also the ASN’s point of contact for the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP), initiative of national regulatory bodies for the review of GEN III reactors (EPR, VVER…). In 2001, he joined the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), serving as R&D engineer in the reactor studies department of the nuclear energy division. He contributed to the development and validation of a system code used for thermal hydraulics studies. He also contributed to the training and supervision of foreign staff in the framework of an associated laboratory with several countries. He began his career in 1999 as deputy nuclear counsellor for nuclear affairs at the French Embassy in China. Mr. Thomas MIEUSSET, 23 years of experience in the field of nuclear energy, holds a master degree in fluid mechanics and hydraulics.