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Busy days at the Visitors Centre

18 Sep 2009 - Véronique Marfaing
Joseph Huguet, Minister of Universities and Companies from Cataluña, during his site tour with ºÚÁÏרÇø Director-General Kaname Ikeda and Carlos Alejaldre, Deputy Director-General for Safety & Security.

Last week, ºÚÁÏרÇø welcomed some important visitors. On 16 September, the ºÚÁÏרÇø Director-General Kaname Ikeda welcomed Ambassador Yasuo Saito from the Japanese Embassy in France. On 17 September, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand came to visit both CEA Cadarache and ºÚÁÏרÇø. This delegation was composed of high officials from Thai ministries. In the scope of this visit, which was orientated towards an overview of different sources of energy research, Deputy Directory-General Gary Johnson gave them a technical introduction to the ºÚÁÏרÇø Project at the Visitors Centre.

On the same day, Joseph Huguet, Minister of Universities and Companies from Cataluña, visited the ºÚÁÏרÇø site. The tour was organized by Capenergies. He met Director-General Ikeda and listened to a presentation given in Spanish by the Deputy Director-General for Safety and Security, Carlos Alejaldre. Agence Iter France also welcomed a delegation of 73 members of the Chambre du Commerce et d'Industries de Marseille Provence. Neil Calder, Head of Communication at the ºÚÁÏרÇø, gave them an introduction on the international program and Françoise Flament, Head of the Procurement & Contracts Division, explained the positive economic ramifications of ºÚÁÏרÇø on the region.

Kaname Ikeda welcoming Ambassador Yasuo Saito from the Japanese Embassy in France.
From left to right: Gary Johnson, Deputy Director General of Tokamak Department at ºÚÁÏרÇø; Francois Gauché, Director of Agence Iter France; and the EGAT Thai delegation get together in front of the platform.