Fanny Courtin holds the PIETE (Projet Interdisciplinaire d'Évaluation de la Transition Énergétique) 2024-2029 Chair in “Nuclear power scenarios of the future”. She joined the SUBATECH department at IMT Atlantique on 05/02/2024.
Research
Fanny Courtin is a reactor and nuclear fuel cycle physicist. A junior professor at IMT Atlantique since 2024, she coordinates the "Scenario team" at the Subatech Laboratory (UMR 6457, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associées). Her research focuses on prospective studies of the evolution of the nuclear fuel cycle. Her publications include: Courtin, F. et Thiollière, N. (2024) Naissance et vie d’une communauté de physiciens des réacteurs et du cycle autour des scénarios nucléaires. Entreprises et histoire. She has been invited as an academic expert by the Académie des sciences (France) and the The Royal Society (United Kingdom),in London in July 2024.
Teaching
As part of the FISE generalist engineering program at IMT Atlantique, she teaches 64 hours/year of the 2 Advanced Themes (TAF) in Nuclear Engineering (A) “DEMIN” in year 2 and Nuclear Engineering (B) “DEMIN*” in year 3.
Nuclear Engineering (A) enables students to develop skills essential to the nuclear energy industry and other applications of the atom: industrial, medical, digital,
and Nuclear Engineering (B) enables engineers to design, develop, implement and operate in the nuclear sector.
Background
Fanny Courtin studied physics at the University of Nantes, then pursued her doctoral studies at IMT Atlantique on the recycling of materials in the French nuclear fleet. She then worked for 6 years at CEA Cadarache as a research engineer in nuclear reactor and fuel cycle physics
