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=                   Saclay Nuclear Research Centre                   =
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                             Introduction                             
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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.

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.

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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Since February 2017, various sites were grouped together to CEA
Paris-Saclay, including
* Saclay site
* Fontenay-aux-Roses site
* Paris site
* Évry site (Genoscope)
* Orsay site (Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, SHFJ)
* Caen site (GANIL and )


                               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).


The Saclay site was designed by the architect Auguste Perret.


                               Research                               
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The complex employs more than 7,500 scientists. Although CEA Saclay
was initially focused on nuclear research, multiple domains of
research are carried out there since a few decades back. These
include:
* Low-carbon energies
* Climate and environment
* Matter and universe
* Health and life sciences
* Technology for industry


 Reactors 
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The Saclay site has been home to multiple nuclear research reactors,
including the ,  and  reactors.

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


                         Notable subsidiaries                         
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* National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INSTN), which
is dedicated to the academic and professional training in the field of
atomic energy.
*  (IRAMIS), which houses the  (LIDyL) joint research unit where both
Anne L'Huillier and Pierre Agostini attained breakthroughs in
attosecond lasers, leading to their Nobel prize share in 2023.
* NeuroSpin is a neuroimaging research center with some of the most
powerful MRI machines in the world


                         Director of the site                         
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* Christian Bailly (2021-present)
* Michel Bédoucha (2016-2021)
* Jacques Vayron (2012-2016)
* Yves Caristan (2005-2012)
* Jean-Pierre Pervès (2000-2005)
* Eliane Loquet (1993-2000)
* Jean Bazin (1990-1993)
* Paul Delpeyroux (-1990)
* ...
*  (1954-1970)
* Jules Guéron (1951)


                                People                                
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* Jules Guéron, first director of the CEA's nuclear research center
* Jean-Baptiste Waldner, alumnus
* Étienne Klein, physicist, philosopher of science, author, and radio
host
* Anne L'Huillier, ultra-fast laser physics, 2023 Nobel laureate in
physics
* Pierre Agostini, pioneer of strong-field laser physics, 2023 Nobel
laureate in physics


                            External links                            
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* [http://www-centre-saclay.cea.fr/en Official website of Saclay in
English]


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