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CEA Paris-Saclay

FormationMarch 1, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-03-01)
Location
  • France

Board of directors

Christian Bailly, director (2021–present)

Parent organization

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Websitewww.cea.fr/paris-saclay Edit this at Wikidata

Formerly called

CEA Saclay center (+ separate sites)

The CEA Paris-Saclay center is one of nine centers belonging to the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). Following a reorganization in 2017, the center consists of multiple sites, including the CEA Saclay site (formerly a "center"), the Fontenay-aux-Roses site and the sites of Paris, Évry, Orsay and Caen.[1]

Historically, as the main Saclay site was the heart of French nuclear research it was called Saclay Nuclear Research Center prior to the shift towards other fields of research and innovation beyond nuclear.[2][3]

The center has close ties with Paris-Saclay University, being located on the Saclay plateau and active in the Paris-Saclay project for innovation.

Organization

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map of Île-de-France with markers on each site of CEA Paris-Saclay
Saclay

Saclay

Paris

Paris

Fontenay

Fontenay

Évry

Évry

Orsay

Orsay

5 of the 6 sites of CEA Paris-Saclay, in the Île-de-France region of France

Since February 2017, various sites were grouped together to CEA Paris-Saclay, including[4][1]

History

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On 10 October 1945, Charles de Gaulle launched the CEA. In 1946, the Fontenay-aux-Roses site was realized, followed by the Saclay site 6 years later in 1952. The Saclay site, located 20 km south of Paris on the Saclay plateau, is much bigger and was chosen in part to be close to Université Paris-Sud (which today is part of Paris-Saclay University).[7]

The Saclay site was designed by the architect Auguste Perret.[8]

Research

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The complex employs more than 7,500 scientists.[7] Although CEA Saclay was initially focused on nuclear research, multiple domains of research are carried out there since a few decades back. These include:[9]

Reactors

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The Saclay site has been home to multiple nuclear research reactors, including the Osiris [fr], Isis [fr] and Orphée [fr] reactors.

The Osiris and Isis reactors (operated between 1965–2019[10]) inspired the design of Iraq's Osirak [fr] facility.[11][12] Multiple bacterial species were discovered to thrive in those reactor cores during operation, and may have fed off hydrogen from radiolysis.[13]

Notable subsidiaries

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Director of the site

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People

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Institutionnel Plans d'accès". CEA.fr (in French). 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  • ^ "Du génie nucléaire au génie biologique" (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  • ^ Rayner-Canham, Marelene F. (1997). A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity. Philadelphia, Pa.: Chemical Heritage Foundation. pp. 97–123. ISBN 978-0-7735-6658-3. OCLC 191818978.
  • ^ fontenay-aux-roses.cea.fr/far/Pages/Le-centre/histoire.aspx
  • ^ joliot.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/research_entities/SHFJ/Presentation.aspx
  • ^ "CIMAP - Presentation (English)". cimap.ensicaen.fr. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  • ^ a b "Histoire du site CEA de Saclay : Le plus grand centre de recherche en Europe". 2022-11-25. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  • ^ "CEA de Saclay: le palais de la science d'Auguste Perret" (in French). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  • ^ "CEA Paris-Saclay : Domaines de recherche". cea.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  • ^ "Osiris-Isis" (in French). Authority on Nuclear Safety [Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire]. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  • ^ Ramberg, Bennett. Nuclear Power Plants as Weapons for the Enemy: An Unrecognized Military Peril. University of California Press, 1985. p. xvii.
  • ^ Cordesman, Anthony H. Iraq and the War of Sanctions: Conventional Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction. Praeger, 1999. p. 605.
  • ^ Petit, Pauline C. M.; Pible, Olivier; Van Eesbeeck, Valérie; Alban, Claude; Steinmetz, Gérard; Mysara, Mohamed; Monsieurs, Pieter; Armengaud, Jean; Rivasseau, Corinne (Dec 2020). "Direct Meta-Analyses Reveal Unexpected Microbial Life in the Highly Radioactive Water of an Operating Nuclear Reactor Core". Microorganisms. 12 (8): 1857–. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8121857. PMC 7760952. PMID 33255667.
  • ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-bailly
  • ^ "Michel Bédoucha, nouveau directeur du centre CEA de Saclay". CEA/Presse & Médias (in French). 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  • ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michel-bedoucha-b0645511a
  • ^ "Michel Bédoucha: a new Director for the CEA Saclay Center". cea.fr. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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