Inauguration day of the ANR SIRA Chair

The inauguration of the SIRA industrial chair (Intergranular Segregation and Fracture Properties of Low-Alloy Steels), led by Frédéric Christien (SMS/MINT), will take place on Thursday, May 28, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM in auditorium F1. On this occasion, we will have the pleasure of welcoming Yves Bréchet for an introductory lecture entitled “The art of aging well for nuclear power plants.”

The SIRA Chair is a research partnership between Mines Saint-Étienne and the companies Framatome and EDF, winner of the “2024 Industrial Chairs” program of the French National Research Agency (ANR). The objective of the chair is to improve the understanding of intergranular embrittlement and aging of low-alloy steel components in nuclear reactors currently in service in France, particularly with a view to potentially extending the operating life of power plants beyond 60 years. The Chair has a budget of €2.2M, financed equally by the partner companies and the ANR.

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