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Recherche and innovation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation.
Discover the main research areas on which the CEA works.
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NEWS | INSTITUTIONAL
On November 18th, the CEA welcomed Slovenian Secretary of State, Dr. Jure Gasparic, in its Cadarache site.
PRESS RELEASE | SUPERCOMPUTERS | HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING | NEW TECHNOLOGIES
EuroHPC JU and the Jules Verne Consortium (GENCI, CEA, SURF, GRNET) are proud to announce today that the Eviden, a leader in Advanced Computing and AI, and AMD, a leader in high-performance computing and SiPearl, the EU company designing the high-performance CPUs have been chosen to provide Alice Recoque the new European Exascale System.
NEWS | ENERGIES | NUCLEAR ENERGY | NUCLEAR FUSION
The CEA and ITER are pleased to announce that they will co-host in 2026 the first European session of the Lise Meitner program, named after the Austrian-Swedish physicist who was renowned internationally for her work on nuclear fission. Launched by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), this program aims to enhance the participation of women in the nuclear sector, targeting women in the early and mid-career stages.
PRESS RELEASE | COMPUTING | SIMULATION ＆ MODELLING | HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
The High-Performance Computing and Quantum Simulator hybrid (HPCQS) project has taken a decisive step with the inauguration of two quantum computers – Jade and Ruby – installed respectively at the Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) and the CEA.
PRESS RELEASE | NUCLEAR ENERGY | INNOVATION FOR INDUSTRY
Nikon SLM Solutions and the French Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) are proud to launch MANTRA, a new joint innovation hub focused on data collection and demonstration for components produced by large additive manufacturing (AM) for nuclear energy applications.
NEWS | ENERGIES
The Franco-Australian Indopacific Centre for Energy Transition, also known as FACET, organised its first Symposium in France hosted by CEA and Université Grenoble Alpes. This event gathered 155 participants from France and Australia, including a 37-member Australian delegation of researchers, experts, and industry representatives.
NEWS | PRESS RELEASE | COMPUTING | HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
Quandela, GENCI and CEA today announced the delivery of Lucy, a 12-qubit universal digital photonic quantum computer, to the Très Grand Centre de calcul (TGCC) of CEA. The system, delivered by the French-German consortium Quandela – attocube systems AG, was procured by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking in the context of the consortium EuroQCS-France.
NEWS | INSTITUTIONAL | INNOVATION FOR INDUSTRY
The CEA, alongside with the CNRS, Inserm and IFPEN, helps France top the European ranking of public research’s patent filing. This is the result of a study conducted by the European Patent Office covering the period 2001-2020.
PRESS RELEASE | NEWS | NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Soitec and CEA-Leti partner to advance automotive cybersecurity with FD-SOI technology
NEWS | INSTITUTIONAL | NUCLEAR ENERGY
On 15 October 2025, the French Embassy in Rome hosted the conference “Franco-Italian scientific cooperation: a pillar of the future of the nuclear industry”, organized by the CEA.
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CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world.