Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) is a French government-funded technological research organisation. CEA is active in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defence and security, information technologies and health technologies. In each of these fields, the CEA maintains a cross-disciplinary culture of engineers and researchers, building on the synergies between fundamental and technological research. CEA employs 15, 867 employees and has a budget of € 4.3 billion.