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Lydie Evrard, born Lydie Xuân Thuy Nguyen, is a French engineer and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security at the IAEA since 2021. She is also the Deputy Director General of the
In April 2021 she became the Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security at the IAEA. She was also the Deputy Director General of the IAEA. At the end of that year she was knighted when joining the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 195 ...
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Life
Evrard's first degree is in engineering, she has earned Master’s degrees in Oil and Gas Operations and Public Administration. Evrard became an engineer in 1995 when she started work at the French Ministry of Energy. Throughout her career she was involved in regulation.
In April 2021 she became the Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security at the IAEA. She was also the Deputy Director General of the IAEA. At the end of that year she was knighted when joining the French Legion of Honor
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...
. Her department of Nuclear Safety was created in 1996 as a response to the Chernobyl nuclear accident
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 nuclear reactor, reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainia ...
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In September 2021 she was conducting inspections at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station following the nuclear accident there to ensure that corrective measures had been made.
In April 2022 she led an IAEA team delivering additional equipment to the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
On 29 August 2022 she was leading the safety team sent to investigate the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The overall IAEA team was led by Rafael Grossi
Rafael Mariano Grossi (born 29 January 1961) is an Argentina, Argentine diplomat. He has served as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since December 3, 2019. He was formerly the Argentine Ambassador to Austria, concu ...
, IAEA's Director General, and the other Deputy Director Massimo Aparo
Massimo Aparo (born 31 July 1953) is an Italian nuclear engineer, who started working as acting deputy director general and head of the Department of Safeguards, after Tero Varjoranta has resigne effective 11 May 2018.
Biography
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from the IAEA' safeguards department was also on the leadership team. No leaks had been reported at the plant before their arrival but shelling had occurred days before.
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