Michael Fütterer

Senior Expert at European Commission - Joint Research Centre

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Experience

  • Technical Director Generation IV International Forum at Generation IV International Forum (GIF)
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    https://www.gen-4.org Since 2001, the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) has been fostering international cooperation to advance the development and deployment of innovative Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems. As its Technical Director I - chair the GIF Experts Group; - advise the GIF Policy Group, coordinate R&D collaborations, facilitate communication within GIF; - monitor and report progress in GIF Projects, Working Groups and Task Forces; - promote industry engagement; - ensure fluid information exchange with other organizations with related scope.

  • European Commission (24 yrs 2 mos)
    • Portfolio Leader - Small Modular Reactors
      Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Coordinating and managing the JRC's project portfolio on nuclear Small Modular Reactors to contribute to decarbonization and other energy policy objectives. https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-science-and-knowledge-activities/small-modular-reactors_en https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en

    • Senior Expert at European Commission - Joint Research Centre
      Sep 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

      • Analysis of trends in (nuclear) energy innovation, support to European energy policy development, involvement in European and international collaboration on nuclear energy innovation. • Coordinator of EU Commission activities related to the High Flux Reactor Petten. • Member of the secretariat of the European nuclear stakeholder organization SNETP (www.snetp.eu) and member of the Coordination Board of the European Nuclear Cogeneration Industrial Initiative (www.nc2i.eu). • Past Chair and member of the GIF Very High Temperature Reactor System Steering Committee (www.gen-iv.org).

    • Portfolio Leader - Nuclear Energy for Decarbonization
      Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 · 2 yrs

      Analyzing the capacity of nuclear power to decarbonize energy-intensive industry.

  • Head of Laboratory for Core Development Studies at French Atomic Energy Commission CEA
    May 2000 - May 2002 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    - Team management - Core design and fuel cycle optimization of nuclear reactors

  • Project Leader at Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    1993 - 2000 · 7 yrs

    European project leader for development of components for future nuclear fusion reactors

  • Trainee at Westinghouse Electric Company (then ABB Atom)
    Oct 1989 - Jan 1990 · 4 mos

    Adaptation and validation of a thermal-hydraulics computer code for power plants.