Expert Information

Name: PERES Véronique

E-Mail: veronique.peres@orano.group

Tel: (+33) 6 79 17 23 23

Work unit: ORANO

Degree: PhD & HDR

Title: Dr

Position: R&D Project Manager

Profile: PDD in CEA (chromium doped UO2 for nuclear fuel applications)

From 1995 to 2010: Project manager and R&D domain leader in the manufacturing of UO2 fuel pellets in Areva Group

From 2010 to 2018 : University lecturer and researcher at ENSME (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne) in chemical engineering and high temperature corrosion of materials (metal dusting of iron in petrochemical environment, corrosion of zircaloy alloys in case of nuclear accident, development of in situ methods using thermogravimetry and acoustic emission to follow corrosion)

From 2018 to now : Fellow (level 3) expert in Orano, R&D project manager in MOX fuels programs.

Expert approved by the European Commission in the field of nuclear fuel; Reviewer of the European H2020 projects: HERACLES (Low enriched uranium research fuels), ESSANUF (European Supply of Safe NUclear Fuel), IL TROVATORE : this project deals with the development of the most promising cladding materials for accident-tolerant fuels (ATFs).

Presentation title: Zirconium alloys cladding material oxidation in accidental conditions