Belgian Nuclear Society

During a long and distinguished career in industry and public service, Jean-Pol Poncelet held several high-level positions within Ondraf/Niras, AREVA, ESA, the Belgian government,… He recently became the Director General of the European Atomic Forum, FORATOM, the Brussels-based trade association for the nuclear energy industry in Europe. He gave us his view about the future of nuclear energy in Europe and in the world and explained the role of FORATOM.

Willy De Roovere joined the FANC-AFCN in 2006 as General Director, after a short passage at Belgonucleaire and some 30 years at Electrabel, including an 11 years assignment as the general site manager of the Doel NPP.

 “The mission of FANC-AFCN is to protect the people and the environment against the eventual negative effects of radioactive radiation and material”.

 “Compared to a private company, working in a state agency (FANC-AFCN) brings much more interface with the political world”.

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Could you introduce yourself and explain your academic background?

 My name is Vincent Massaut. I was born in 1957. I’ve studied at the University of Liège. I’ve made all my studies there. I graduated in electromechanical engineering with a specialization in nuclear engineering. It was at that time one part of the electromechanical education in engineering.

What is your career path and what is your role at GDF-Suez?

My name is Luc Geraets. I’ve been with the company now for 37 years. I’m a mechanical engineer. I graduated from Louvain back in 1969 and I stayed working at the university for 5 years. I got a PHD in mechanical engineering. After that, in 1974, there was no opening for academic career at that point in time. I looked around the industry and joined what was at that time Traction Electricity which became after several changes Tractebel Engineering, the engineering office of GDF-Suez. I’ve worked for Tractebel for 20 years, mostly in the mechanical area and also project management for engineering projects.