ILE DE FRANCE-GRANDE COURONNE CENTRE DE SACLAY Purpose: basic and applied research Installations: reactors, laboratories, facilities for waste Type: officially civilian center, with some military aspects Location: area of about 200 ha at Saint-Aubin, Saclay, Villiers-le-Bacle (Essonne) on the Saclay plateau about twenty km southwest of Paris. The center is composed of two areas: the center proper and the annex l’Orme des Merisiers Operator: Commissariat à l’énergie atomique Period operation of: since 1952 Substances manipulated: uranium, plutonium, tritium, etc. Saclay conducts basic research in chemistry, physics, biology, and metallurgy. On the side of applied research, the center studies reactor fuels and participates in the development of isotope separation technologies and of various types of reactors. It played an important role in the development of submarine propulsion; and the registered office of Technicatome is still located at Saclay. In addition, it has produced and sold radioelements. We note the main installations relating to the fuel chain and waste storage. II. Reactors and critical assemblies in operation III. Reactors and critical assemblies permanently shut down IV. Accelerators V. Treatment and storage of waste VI. Releases |