The French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Cadarache

> The site

• 1 600 ha with 900 enclosed
• 480 buildings, 19 of which are Basic Nuclear Facilities
• More than 5 000 employees (ITER non included)
• 2 100 CEA employees
• 1 200 AREVA Group and IRSN
• 2 000 permanent employees from subcontracting firms
• 300 temporary collaborators (PHD students, French and foreign collaborators

Situated in Saint-Paul-Lez –Durance (Bouches-du-Rhône), CEA-Cadarache is one of the largest technological research and development centers in Europe.

The center’s activities are focused on several technological R&D platforms, dedicated for the most part to nuclear energy (fission and fusion) but also to new energy technologies, and to studies of plant/environment interaction and micro-biology.

> Lot of projects in Cadarache

The most important is a new nuclear facility called Jules Horowtiz Reactor.

It is an international irradiation reactor, a flexible and evolving tool for different generations of reactors.

More information on projects at CEA Cadarache