International Conference on Physics of Reactors 2024 Plenary SPeaker

Patrick Blaise, PhD, Ing.

Senior Expert

Department of Code Development and Validation

FRAMATOME

Patrick Blaise, PhD, Ing., is Senior Expert at FRAMATOME Department of Code Development and Validation, where is working in support of R&D in the frame of advanced calculation schemes and coupling methods in core physics. He was former Research Director at the Scientific Division of Energies at CEA (French Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission) until 2023.

He was former head of the Experimental Programs Laboratory in the Experimental Physics Section from 2012 to 2018, in charge of designing and conducting experimental programs in 3 main ZPRs: EOLE, MINERVE and MASURCA on the CEA Cadarache Research Centre, and technical contact person for several international collaborations in the field of Zero Power Reactor experimental physics.

Engineer from Brussels Industrial High School (1991), Master in Nuclear Engineering from Louvain Polytechnic School (1992) and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Marseille University (1996), he has about 30 years of experience in the field of experimental programs in critical facilities.

His major fields of research and expertise are experimental reactor physics and associated instrumentation, as well as nuclear data and code V&V.

He is supervisor of several PhD students and co-authored more than 180 papers in peer-review journals and conferences.