CEA

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a public agency devoted to research, development and innovation in four main societal challenges:
- Energy transition (nuclear and renewable energy);
- Digital transformation of industry;
- Technologies for the medicine of the future;
- Defence and security.

The CEA employs 19,000 people located in 9 centers spread throughout France.

In the field of nuclear energy, CEA’s programs cover a large range of activities: Optimisation of fuel cycle and reactors, safety of nuclear facilities, future reactors, dismantling and radioactive waste management, radiobiology and radiation protection.