The CEA Paris-Saclay (formerly CEA Saclay) center is one of nine centers belonging to the

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission or CEA ( French: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives), is a French public government-funded research organisation in the areas of energy, defense and securit ...

(CEA). The Saclay site hosts the administrative headquarters of the CEA. Historically, it was the heart of French nuclear research since

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founded it after the Second World War. Its campus was designed by the architect

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. It is now a part of the confederation of

Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University (french: Université Paris-Saclay) is a public research university based in Paris, France. It is one of the 13 prestigious universities that emerged from the division of the University of Paris, also known as the Sorbonne. ...

, along with

CentraleSupélec CentraleSupélec (CS) is a top French graduate engineering school of Paris-Saclay University in Gif-sur-Yvette, France. It was established on 1 January 2015, as a result of a strategic merger between two prestigious grandes écoles in France ...

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, ENS Paris-Saclay,

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, IHES, etc.

Research

The complex employs more than 7,000 scientists (including other smaller

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sites) and is located in the

Essonne Essonne () is a department of France in the southern Île-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659 across 194 communes.Saclay Plateau The Plateau de Saclay, also called Silicon Valley Européenne (in English, European Silicon Valley), is located north of Essonne and south-east of Yvelines, 20 km south of Paris. It is bounded by the valley of the Yvette (''Vallée de Chevreuse ...

. The research carried out ranges from fundamental research to applied research and, thanks to the Orpheus research reactor, lasers and magnetic resonance research into the

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. Research at Saclay is focussed on different topics: * Applied nuclear research: Research is carried out to optimise current and future French nuclear reactors using the Osiris experimental reactor and the Tamaris earthquake simulation laboratory as well as further research into nuclear waste management. * Technology research: Research into IT systems used in nuclear installations,

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as well as sensor technology. * Health research: Research into the effects of radioactivity on living cells and molecules,

protein engineering Protein engineering is the process of developing useful or valuable proteins. It is a young discipline, with much research taking place into the understanding of protein folding and recognition for protein design principles. It has been used to imp ...

and

Medical imaging Medical imaging is the technique and process of imaging the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention, as well as visual representation of the function of some organs or tissues (physiology). Medical imaging seeks to rev ...

. * Environmental research: Research into the

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and greenhouse gases. * Fundamental Research.

Notable subsidiaries

Institut national des sciences et techniques nucléaires Th(National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology), in French: ''L' Institut national des sciences et techniques nucléaires,'' is a public higher education institution administered by the CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy ...

(National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology) or INSTN which is dedicated to the academic and professional training in the field of atomic energy. * NeuroSpin ( fr) is a neuroimaging research center with some of the most powerful MRI machines in the world

People

Jules Gueron Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). It is the given name of: People with the name *Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer *Jules Abadie (1876–195 ...

, first director of the CEA's nuclear research center *

Jean-Baptiste Waldner Jean-Baptiste Waldner (born 30 March 1959) is a French engineer, management consultant and author, known for his contributions in the fields of computer-integrated manufacturing, enterprise architecture, nanoelectronics, nanocomputers and swarm i ...

, alumnus *

Étienne Klein Étienne Klein (; born 1958) is a French physicist and philosopher of science, born in 1958. A graduate of École Centrale Paris, he holds a DEA (Master of Advanced Studies) in theoretical physics, as well as a Ph.D. in philosophy of science and an ...

, physicist, philosopher of science, author, and radio host

References

External links

Official website of Saclay in English
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