Marcoule Nuclear Site ( French : Site nucléaire de Marcoule ) is a nuclear facility in the Chusclan and Codolet communes , near Bagnols-sur-Cèze in the Gard department of France , which is in the tourist, wine and agricultural Côtes-du-Rhône region. The plant is around 25 km north west of Avignon , on the banks of the Rhone .
18-523: Operational since 1956, Marcoule is a gigantic site run by the atomic energy organization Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA) and Areva NC and is known as CEA VALRHO Marcoule. The first industrial and military plutonium experiments took place in Marcoule. Diversification of the site was started in the 1970s with the creation of the Phénix prototype fast breeder reactor, which was operational until 2009, and
36-437: A cross-disciplinary culture of engineers and researchers, building on the synergies between fundamental and technological research. CEA is headed by a board headed by the general administrator (currently François Jacq [ fr ] since 20 April 2018 ), advised by the high-commissioner for atomic energy (currently Patrick Landais [ fr ] ). Its yearly budget amounts to €5.8 billion and its permanent staff
54-633: A mix of uranium and plutonium oxides. MOX is used to recycle plutonium from nuclear fuel; this plutonium comes from the COGEMA La Hague site . The ATelier Alpha et Laboratoires pour ANalyses, Transuraniens et Etudes de retraitement (ATALANTE) is a CEA laboratory investigating the issues of nuclear reprocessing of nuclear fuel and of radioactive waste . The site housed a number of the first generation French UNGG reactors , all of which have been shut down. Since then, it has also operated two heavy water reactors to produce tritium . Cooling for all of
72-550: Is divided into four directorates , or divisions: The direction des énergies [ fr ] (DES) comprises four institutes: The direction de la recherche technologique [ fr ] (DRT), known also as CEA Tech division, is divided between two CEA sites, at Saclay and Grenoble. CEA Tech focuses on technological research and development in the field of energy, IT (both hardware and software) and healthcare informatics. It plays an active role in transferring knowledge and research to industry. The CEA Tech division
90-473: Is further divided into three research institutes: The current director of DRT since january 2023 is Julie Galland. The direction de la recherche fondamentale [ fr ] (DRF) consists of 9 institutes: The current DRF director since 2 november 2019 is Elsa Cortijo. The direction des applications militaires [ fr ] (DAM) builds the nuclear weapons of the French military and designs
108-554: Is nowadays an important site for decommissioning nuclear facilities activities. As of 2016 the Phénix reactor was planned to be succeeded by the sodium-cooled fast reactor ASTRID (Advanced Sodium Technical Reactor for Industrial Demonstration), foreseen to become operational in the 2030s. However, in 2019 the ASTRID project was closed. Since 1995, the MELOX factory has been producing MOX from
126-776: Is slightly over 21,000 persons. CEA was created in 1945; since then, the successive high-commissioners have been Frédéric Joliot-Curie , Francis Perrin , Jacques Yvon [ fr ] , Jean Teillac [ fr ] , Raoul Dautry , René Pellat [ fr ] , Bernard Bigot , Catherine Cesarsky , Daniel Verwaerde [ fr ] , and François Jacq [ fr ] . In December 2009, French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared that CEA should change its name from Commissariat à l’énergie atomique (English: Commission for Atomic Energy ) to Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (English: Commission for Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies ); this change took effect on 10 March 2010, when
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180-559: The Marcoule Nuclear Site. In 2007 over 500 million euros was spent supporting the work of the 30 laboratories. Commissariat %C3%A0 l%27%C3%89nergie Atomique 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 security, information technologies and health technologies. The CEA maintains
198-635: The University Paris-Saclay. The INSTN, Institut national des sciences et techniques nucléaires (National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology) is a public higher education institution administered by the CEA (French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission) under the joint authority of the Ministry of National Education , Higher Education and Research, the Ministry of the Economy , Industry and
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#1732851698322216-465: The decision was published in the Journal officiel de la République française . It conducts fundamental and applied research into many areas, including the design of nuclear reactors , the manufacturing of integrated circuits , the use of radionucleides for curing illnesses, seismology and tsunami propagation, the safety of computerized systems , etc. It has one of the top 100 supercomputers in
234-498: The plants comes from the Rhône river. On 12 September 2011, there was an explosion in an oven used to melt metallic waste of a "weak and very weak" level of radioactivity, killing one person, and injuring four. The explosion happened in the Centraco centre, used by Socodei, a sister company of Électricité de France . A safety cordon was set up around the plant by fire officers because of
252-636: The power plants for the nuclear submarines of the French Navy . The sites of the DAM include: CEA has spun off multiple companies, some being partial subsidiaries or where CEA has minority interest. Some such companies are listed below: CEA has played an active role in research, development and innovation in the four main areas of low-carbon energies (nuclear and renewable), technologies for information and health technologies, very large research infrastructures (TGIR), and defense and global security. Moreover, two of
270-482: The risk of leakage. The CEA in Marcoule have numerous laboratories and research institutes which carry out research into; A science museum for the general public, Visiatome Marcoule, devoted to energy issues is located by the Marcoule site. While most facilities are located at the main Marcoule site, a small number of facilities at Pierrelatte (located close at the Tricastin Nuclear Site ) do also belong to
288-518: The ten CEA centers across France have joined with the University of Paris-Saclay to develop high quality research and training. The centers which form a part of the University of Paris-Saclay include: (Since 2017, these two centers merged into CEA Paris-Saclay center, and are now referred to as sites in that center.) The CEA researchers involved in the University of Paris-Saclay represent over 20% of
306-403: The university's research potential, particularly in the field of physics and engineering. CEA maintains a strong presence in training to master and engineer level by administering INSTN , wherein various courses are taught by its researchers. CEA has around 400 researchers who hold an accreditation to supervise research, making it a significant contributor to the research and doctoral programs of
324-623: The world, the Tera-100 . TERA 100, first system designed and built in Europe to reach the petaflops in 2010, was ranked in 5th position in the worldwide TOP 500. CEA is now building TERA-1000 which is a key step in the implementation of their Exascale program for the computing needs that CEA would face by 2020. In March 2016, Reuters published an article describing the "Top 25 Global Innovators – Government" and placed CEA as "number one" amongst "The World's Most Innovative Research Institutions." CEA
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