French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission

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French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission

Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
Agency overview
Formed	18 October 1945; 79 years ago (1945-10-18) by Charles de Gaulle
Preceding agency	Commissariat à l'énergie atomique
Headquarters	Paris and Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Employees	21,000+ (2022)[1]
Annual budget	€5.8 billion (2022)[1]
Agency executives	François Jacq [fr], General administrator Patrick Landais [fr], High Commissioner for Atomic Energy
Website	cea.fr (en)

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 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^[2]), advised by the high-commissioner for atomic energy (currently Patrick Landais [fr]). Its yearly budget amounts to €5.8 billion and its permanent staff is slightly over 21,000 persons.^[1]