Analogue studies at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

The various research activities of the French Atomic Energy Commission in the analogue study field are presented. Most of them are conducted in collaboration with major research organisations both French and international. The scientific community has been associated to these programmes at different steps of their realisation. This brief description illustrates the great diversity and complementarity of actions conducted by CEA for better understanding, through the study of natural analogues, the basic processes that will rule the long term behavior of radwaste materials in a repository and hence contributing to hopefully guaranty disposal safety