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Chair of nuclear waste

Created in 2009 at Ecole des Mines in Nantes, this chair brings together the Foundation and the main stakeholders in the nuclear waste sector, namely ANDRA (the French agency for radioactive waste management), EDF and AREVA.

The EDF-HEC Chair of New Business Models in Energy

This teaching and research chair was created in 2009 with two aims: to improve our understanding of current changes and challenges in the energy sector, and to promote solutions based on energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Sustainability of Materials and Structures for Energy Generation Chair

Created in 2008 and carried by Ecole des Mines ParisTech and Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, the Chair enjoys the support of EDF, GDF-SUEZ and GRTgaz.
The Chair develops teaching missions for Masters programmes and for the specific training provided at the Material Ageing Institute, whose research centre was created in 2009.

Sustainable Energies Chair

Nuclear and Renewable Energies, in partnership with the Ecole Polytechnique (http://www.polytechnique.fr/). Created in 2008 in partnership with EDF, the European foundation for tomorrow's energies and the Fondation de l'Ecole Polytechnique, the Sustainable Energies Chair is particularly active within the context of the 3rd year teaching programme at the Ecole Polytechnique, focusing on the "Energies of the 20th Century".

Sustainable Development Chair, in partnership with the Ecole Polytechnique

Launched in 2003, this Chair is driven by an interdisciplinary spirit in which the economic and social sciences cooperate with the biological and physical sciences. Its purpose is to help respond to the major challenges of the coming years by improving knowledge and teaching within the field of sustainable development.