Monique Sené (born February 14, 1936) (née Moirez) is a

nuclear physicist Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter. Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the ...

and one of the co-founders of the '' Groupement des scientifiques pour l'information sur l'énergie nucléaire'' (GSIEN) (Association of Scientists for Information on Nuclear Energy) and its first president. As of March 2011 she was Honorary Research Director at the National Centre for Scientific Research and president of GSIEN. She is also Vice President of the Science Committee of '' Association Nationale des Comités et Commissions Locales d'Information'' (ANCCLI) (National Association of Local Information Committees and Commissions) and a member of ANCCLI's . Although she is not an opponent of

nuclear power Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced by ...

''per se'', Sené is a high-profile critic of the French nuclear power programme due to concerns about its safety, the handling of

nuclear waste Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material. It is a result of many activities, including nuclear medicine, nuclear research, nuclear power generation, nuclear decommissioning, rare-earth mining, and nuclear ...

and its imposition without public debate. She worked on

high energy physics Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies combinations of elementary particles up to the scale of protons and neutrons, while the stu ...

at the

École Polytechnique (, ; also known as Polytechnique or l'X ) is a ''grande école'' located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris. The school was founded in 1794 by mat ...

at the time of GSIEN's foundation. In 1998 Monique Sené was awarded by

Dominique Voynet Dominique Voynet (born 4 November 1958) is a French politician who is a member of Europe Écologie–The Greens. She is the former mayor of Montreuil and was a French senator for the '' département'' of Seine-Saint-Denis. Life Dominique ...

the rank of Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honour for her work as anti–nuclear power activist.

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