İrfan Koca has been working as Principal Consultant for MRC Türkiye since 2011. He holds Bachelor of Science degree in Physics obtained from Hacettepe University, and he was also special student in Nuclear Engineering Master’s Programme at Middle East Technical University.
He started his career in the nuclear field in 1983 as a project engineer at the Turkish Electricity Authority (TEK) Nuclear Power Plants Department, and later took an active role in the evaluation studies of the nuclear power plant tenders at that time as the Chief Engineer.
He has worked as Head of R&D and Coordination Department at Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) between 2009 and 2016 where he was responsible for planning, coordination and implementation of bilateral relations between TAEK and IAEA, OECD/NEA, CERN and SESAME; management of IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme for Türkiye; and acting as national EU contact point for nuclear issues, planning and coordination of technical and legislative activities between Türkiye and European Union.
Between 2002 and 2009, he served as Scientific Counselor of Turkey to the IAEA in Vienna. During this period, he represented Turkey in numerous technical and political meetings held within the IAEA and in events held in New York, Geneva, and Vienna within the scope of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT).
After his retirement in November 2016, he gave consultancy to the Japanese company MHI in the field of nuclear safety and licensing during the feasibility studies of the Sinop NPP project. Since 2017, he has also worked as a consultant in the business development studies of the Spanish company IDOM in the Turkish and Middle East nuclear markets.
