I don't intend to represent here the nuclear industry, but for sure I represent one of the major nuclear companies, AREVA. No need to present my company any more, but I feel the need to present myself and the expertise that brings me here in Atlanta because this is the first time that I have the honour to attend an INMM meeting. In the beginning of my career, as young nuclear engineer, I used to travel a lot around the world bringing with me all the necessary documents to present my work to my colleagues, my partners or my customers. Working during 35 years for ANSALDO Italy, General Electric USA, INPO (Atlanta GA) or AREVA France, I never had the information that my travels were considered an export of controlled technology. At that time Export Control was only considered an administrative procedure/paper to present to the customs. That's it. Working in New York between 2001 and 2004 for the Korean peninsula Energy Development Organisation (KEDO) I have discovered the world of the Export Control. KEDO was in charge to build a nuclear power plant in the DPRK (North Korea) in the frame of a political deal between the USA and DPRK foreseeing the construction of a civil nuclear power plant in exchange of the dismantling of the nuclear military facilities in DPRK. Having travelled to DPRK 12 times, I am convinced that this people deserve respect and need help more than a nuclear power plant. Despite the political agreement we couldn't export any nuclear component in the country due to the rigorous respect of the Export Control roles in the different supplier's countries. Then after the WTC terrorist attack in 2001 the KEDO project was suspended in 2003 and finally terminated.
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