Jean-Christophe Niel elected President of ETSON, the European TSO network

The European Technical Safety Organisations Network, ETSON (Etson.eu) held its general meeting on June 14, and elected Jen-Christophe Niel, Director General of IRSN, as Chairman for a 3-year term.

ETSON's 12 EU members, along with the UK, Japan and Ukraine, have entrusted their new President with the responsibility of continuing ETSON's commitment to nuclear safety, safety authorities, other nuclear industry players and European citizens. The President will have to promote the association's values of exchange, transparency and scientific excellence, as well as strengthening its action in dedicated nuclear safety research, in support of technical expertise, to meet tomorrow's safety challenges.

Jean-Christophe Niel thanked his peers for their support and confidence, and in particular highlighted his priorities in terms of training young generations of experts and strengthening ETSON's cooperation with international organizations (European Commission, IAEA, OECD/NEA) and networks of safety authorities, such as WENRA (Wenra.eu) and ENSREG (ensreg.eu).

Jean-Christophe Niel succeeds Uwe Stoll, Managing Director of GRS, the German TSO, who assumed these responsibilities for 6 years.