Manon Besnard is a nuclear engineer from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l’Energie, l’Eau et l’Environnement (ENSE3) at Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, serving since 2014 as nuclear and energy expert with WISE-Paris (World Information Service on Energy), a French non-profit consultancy. Her focus is on nuclear safety and waste management issues. She is a member of permanent advisory expert groups of the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) on radiactive waste (GPD) and decommissioning (GPDEM).