French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique; et aux énergies alternatives
Agency overview
Formed	18 October 1945 by Charles de Gaulle
Preceding agency	Commissariat à l'énergie atomique;
Headquarters	Paris and Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Employees	20,572 (2020)
Annual budget	€5.1 billion (2020)
Agency executives	François Jacq, General administrator; Patrick Landais, 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 since 20 April 2018), advised by the high-commissioner for atomic energy (currently Patrick Landais). Its yearly budget amounts to €5.1 billion and its permanent staff is slightly over 20,500 persons.

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