The Board of Directors rules, through its deliberations, on IRSN matters of governance. More specifically, the Board deliberates on general conditions governing organisation and operation, the Institute’s programs and strategy, and the annual report. It also approves the budget, the budget amendments, the year-end financial statements and income appropriation.
Perrine GOULET, MP for the Nièvre department
Stéphane PIEDNOIR, senator for the Maine-et-Loire department
Christian DUGUÉ, inspector for nuclear security at the DGA (Direction générale de l’armement – Directorate-General for Armaments), representing the Minister of the Armed Forces
Benoît BETTINELLI, head of the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection mission of the Technological Risks Department, representing the Minister for the Environment
Joëlle CARMES, deputy director of environmental and food risk prevention at the DGS (Direction générale de la santé – Directorate-General for health), representing the Minister for Health
Guillaume BOUYT, deputy director for the nuclear industry at the DGEC (Direction générale de l’Énergie et du Climat – Directorate-General for energy and climate), representing the Minister for Energy
Frédéric RAVEL, scientific director for the energy, sustainable development, chemicals and processes sector at the DGRI (Direction générale pour la Recherche et l’Innovation – Directorate-General for research and innovation), representing the Minister for Research
Bruno BERTHET, head of the risk analysis and management office at the DGSCGC (Direction générale de la Sécurité civile et de la Gestion des crises – Directorate-General for civil security and crisis management), representing the Minister for civil security
Anne AUDIC, deputy director for “work, health & safety conditions” at the DGT (Direction générale du Travail – Directorate-General for labour), representing the Minister for employment
Alicia SAOUDI, head of the energy, investments, industry and innovation office at the DB (Direction du budget – Budget Directorate), representing the Minister in charge of the Budget
François BUGAUT, representative in charge of nuclear safety and radiation protection for defense-related activities and installations
Bernard DOROSZCZUK, chair of the ASN (Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire – Nuclear Safety Authority)
Patrick DUFOUR, auditor General of the Armed Forces on special assignment, nominated by the Minister for the Armed Forces
Ginette VASTEL, doctor in pharmacology, nominated by the Minister for the Environment
Marie-France BELLIN, chair of the IRSN Board of Directors, university lecturer and hospital practitioner in the department of diagnostic and interventional radiology of the Bicêtre-Paul-Brousse hospital, nominated by the Minister for Health
Laurent MOCHÉ, CEO of Edenkia, nominated by the Minister for Energy
Fanny FARGET, scientific research director at the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique – National scientific research centre), nominated by the Minister for Research
Nicolas BRISSON, CGT
Laurence FRANÇOIS, CFE-CGC
Léna LEBRETON, CGT
Patrick LEJUSTE, CGT
Annie CONSTANT, CFDT
Thierry FLEURY, CFDT
David BOIREL, CFE-CGC
Sandrine ROCH-LEFÈVRE, CFE-CGC
Cédric BOURILLET, director general for risk prevention and Government commissioner
Jean-Pascal CODINE, budget auditor
Jean-Christophe NIEL, director General of IRSN
Louis-Michel GUILLAUME, IRSN Deputy Director General in charge of defense-related missions
Isabelle FLORY, IRSN accounting officer
Cédric GOMEZ, works Committee secretary
The committee examines the programme of activities prepared by the Institute’s Nuclear Defense Expertise Division (DEND) before it is submitted to the Institute’s Board of Directors. It is consulted when the Board of Directors is called upon to make decisions relating specifically to the organisation or operation of this division and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors on matters related to DEND activities.
François BUGAUT, chair of CODEND, in charge of nuclear safety and radiation protection for defense activities and installations
Thierry BURKHARD, general, Armed Forces Chief of Staff.
Represented by the Air Force Brigadier-General, Nicolas LEVERRIER
Joël BARRE, engineer General for Armaments, DGA.
Represented by the Engineer General for Armaments, Christian DUGUE
Isabelle SAURAT, government general secretary for the Ministry of the Armed Forces.
Represented by Colonel Franck MOLLARD
Marc VERAN, vice-admiral, nuclear weapons inspector
Mélanie JODER, budget director of the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Recovery (MEFR).
Represented by Alicia SAOUDI
Philippe BERTOUX, director of strategic, security and disarmament affairs for the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Represented by François COTTEL
Marie-Anne BARBAT LAYANI, senior civil servant for defense and security of the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Recovery (MEFR).
Represented by Christian DUFOUR
Émilie PIETTE, senior civil servant for defense and security of the Ministry of Ecological Transition (MTE).
Represented by Mario PAIN
Serge POULARD, advisory member
The scientific council examines and provides its advice on the IRSN activity programmes, and it oversees the quality and scientific relevance of the IRSN research programmes. It assesses the results of these programmes and is able in this way to provide recommendations on the direction of the Institute’s activities. It may be consulted by the Board’s chairperson or by the supervisory ministers on any subject within the Institute’s remit.
Robert BAROUKI, professor of Biochemistry at the University of Paris and Head of the Inserm unit T3S: “Toxicology, Therapeutic Targets, Cellular Signalling and Biomarkers”, Head of the clinical metabolomics and proteomics biochemistry department at the Necker hospital for sick children; Chair of the Scientific Council
Jean-Christophe AMABILE, brigadier General (Medical Doctor), Professor at the Military School of Val-de-Grâce, Director of the French Defense Radiation Protection Service (SPRA)
Christine ARGILLIER, research Director and Deputy Scientific Director of the Water Department at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)
Bernard BONIN, scientific Advisor for the Energy Division of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Alain KAUFMANN, director of the ColLaboratory, a collaborative and participatory action research unit at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
Louis LAURENT, scientific Director at the French National Research and Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases (INRS)
Elsa MERLE, professor at the PHELMA Engineering School of the Grenoble Institute of Technology
Michèle SEBAG, research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Digital Sciences of the University of Paris Saclay
Pierre TOULHOAT, president of the Environment and Climate Change Division at the French National Academy of Technologies
Marc VERWERFT, head of the nuclear fuels group at the Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie/Centre d’Etude de l’Energie Nucléaire (aka the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre), Foundation of Public Utility, SCK CEN (Belgium)
Denis VEYNANTE, research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), macroscopic molecular and combustion laboratory, CentraleSupélec, deputy director of the open data for research department of the CNRS
The Ethics Commission is an advisory body provided for by IRSN’s decree of organisation. It is responsible for advising the Board of Directors on preparing ethical charters that are applicable to the Institute’s activities and for monitoring their implementation, particularly as regards the conditions under which separation is ensured between expert appraisals carried out on behalf of government departments and those carried out for public or private operators. It also serves as a mediator when problems of an ethical nature arise.
Françoise ROURE, president of the Commission since April 2018. Inspector General, President of the “Safety, Security and Risks” Section of the CGEIET (Conseil général de l’économie, de l’industrie, de l’énergie et des technologies – General Council of the Economy, Industry, Energy and Technology) and member of the Inspection Committee, PhD in Economics, speciality “International Economics”
Lionel BOURDON, senior Medical Officer, Associate Professor, Val-de-Grâce. Retired. Recent positions held: Scientific Director of the Institute for Biomedical Research of the Armed Forces (IRBA, Brétigny-sur-Orge), Director of the research component of the Armed Forces Health Service transformation programme (“SSA 2020”), Senior research professor for the Armed Forces Health Service
Marc CLÉMENT, president of the Administrative Tribunal Chamber of Lyon, member of the Environmental Authority of the CGEDD (Conseil général de l’environnement et du développement durable – General council of the environment and sustainable development). Member of the Implementation Committee of the Aarhus Convention (United Nations). Member of the Commission since 2015
Alexandra LANGLAIS, CNRS researcher in environmental law, CNRS bronze medallist – Environmental research manager at the IODE (Institut de l’Ouest : Droit et Europe – Western Institute: Law and Europe) – author of research and expertise documentation on the laws concerning waste, soil, water, etc. Also a member of the GDR NoST (Standards research network – science and technologies)
Mauricette STEINFELDER, inspector General, member of the CGEDD (Conseil général de l’environnement et du développement durable – General council of the environment and sustainable development) and the Environmental Authority, retired
Éric VINDIMIAN, engineer General in rural engineering, water and forests, specialist in the impact of toxic substances on the environment and health and in the assessment of public environmental policies, member of the Environmental Authority of the CGEDD (Conseil général de l’environnement et du développement durable – General council of the environment and sustainable development). Member of the Commission since 2009
Raja CHATILA, emeritus professor of robotics, artificial intelligence and ethics at the University of Sorbonne in Paris. Member of the College of ethics of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation and of the Scientific Council of Orange
The committee is an advisory body to the IRSN Board of Directors, giving opinions on research objectives and priorities in the fields of nuclear safety and radiation protection. It adopts a global approach that takes into consideration the requirements of society and the public authorities, complementing the activity of IRSN’s scientific council, and which focuses on the quality and relevance of the Institute’s research programmes and outcomes from a scientific perspective.
Nomination pending for the Research and innovation department, representing the Ministry of Ecological Transition
François-Xavier GOMBEAUD, weapons inspector for nuclear security, Armaments Inspectorate, representing the Ministry of the Armed Forces
Fabrice LEGENDRE, task Officer at the Policy and Supervisory Office, Directorate-General for Energy and Climate (DGEC), representing the Ministry of Ecological Transition
Hervé Visseaux, head of the physical hazards prevention division, Directorate-General for labour
Vincent CLOITRE, director of the office of the director general of the ASN
Manuel CARRACSO, deputy director of the technical department – Lyon, EDF
Bernard LE GUEN, president of the SFRP (Société française de radioprotection – French radiation protection society)
Bertrand MOREL, director of research and development, representing ORANO
Jean-Marc SIMON, associate University Professor, hospital practitioner, radiotherapy-oncology department at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital
Sébastien CROMBEZ, director responsible for safety, the environment and the industrial strategy (DISEF) of Andra
Jean-Paul CRESSY, FCE-CFDT
Martine DOZOL, FO
Patrick BIANCHI, CFTC
Jacques DELAY, CFE-CGC
Christian HOLBÉ, CGT
Philippe BOLO, MP for the Maine-et-Loire department + one nomination pending
Nomination pending
Bertrand RINGOT, mayor of Gravelines
Alain GALLO, mayor of Pierrelatte
Jean-Paul LACOTE, representative of France Nature Environnement
Simon SCHRAUB, director of the Ligue nationale contre le cancer
Lionel LARQUE, executive officer of the Alliance sciences-société (Alliss)
Jean-Claude DELALONDE, president of Anccli (Association nationale des comités et commissions locales d’information – National association of local information committees and commissions)
Christine NOIVILLE, chair of the High Committee for transparency and information on nuclear safety (HCTISN)
Marie-France BELLIN, chair of the IRSN Board of Directors, university lecturer, hospital practitioner in the department of diagnostic and interventional radiology of the Bicêtre-Paul-Brousse hospital
Philippe STOHR, director of nuclear energy, representing the CEA
Cyrille THIEFFRY, task Officer for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Affairs, IN2P3, representing the CNRS
Inserm, nomination pending
Étienne AUGE, professor of physics, Vice-president of Paris-Sud, representing the French Conference of University Presidents (CPU)
Vincent LAFLECHE, director of ParisTech, representing ParisTech
Christophe BADIE, environmental assessments department, Public Health England, United Kingdom
Ted LAZO, NEA (Nuclear Energy Agency), OECD
Patrick LANDAIS, atomic energy high commissioner
Cédric BOURILLET, government commissioner, represented by Benoît BETTINELLI, Task Officer for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, Ministry for Ecological Transition
Robert BAROUKI, chair of the IRSN Scientific Council
Jean-Christophe NIEL, director general of IRSN