CIEMAT explained

Agency Name:Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research
Native Name:Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Jurisdiction:Spain
Preceding1:Junta de Energía Nuclear
Headquarters:Avenida Complutense, 40, 28040 Madrid
Region Code:ES
Employees:1295 (as July 2021)[1]
Budget:136.7 million € (2022)[2]
Chief1 Name:Yolanda Benito Moreno
Chief1 Position:Director
Website:https://www.ciemat.es/

The Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT), until 1986 Junta de Energía Nuclear (JEN), is a Spanish public research institution.

History

The Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) is a Spanish public research institution which specializes in energy and the environment. It is attached to the General Secretariat for Research of the Ministry of Science and Innovation.[3] [4] [5]

In September 1948, Francisco Franco, by means of a decree of reserved character, created the Board of Atomic Investigations o Junta de Investigaciones Atómicas (JIA), constituted 8 October 1948 and formed by Jose Maria Otero de Navascués (director-general and president until 1974), Manuel Lora-Tamayo, Armando Durán Miranda and José Ramón Sobredo i Rioboo.

In 1951, after finishing the secret phase, it was rebaptized as Board of Nuclear Power or Junta de Energía Nuclear (JEN), under the presidency of General Juan Vigón and with Otero de Navascués as chief of the main directorate (later he would be its president again), and has since carried out research and technological development projects, serving as a reference to technically represent Spain in international forums and to advise public administrations on matters within its areas of research.[6]

In 1956, Guillermo Velarde entered the Division of Theoretical Physics of this Meeting, later being named Director of Technology that included the Divisions of Electronics, Theory and Calculation of Reactors, Nuclear Fusion, Engineering and Reactors in Operation.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas . July 2021 . Resumen anual 2020 . Madrid . Recursos del CIEMAT . 27 July 2022.
  2. Ley . 22/2021 . 29 December 2021 . Presupuestos Generales del Estado para el año 2022 . State General Budget for 2022 . es . . 312 . 165114–165875.
  3. Web site: Artieda González-Granda . Juan Ignacio . Historia de la minería del uranio en Castilla y León . Enusa . https://web.archive.org/web/20110923235320/http://www2.enusa.es/publicacionescons/historia_mineria.pdf . 23 September 2011 . es.
  4. Barca Salom . Francesc Xavier . La càtedra Ferran Tallada (1955-1962) La innovació tecnològica i la formació de l'enginyer . Scripta Nova . August 2000 . 4 . 69 . 27 July 2022 . §4 . The Ferran Tallada Chare (1955-1962). The technological innovation and the Engennering teaching . Universitat de Barcelona . ca.
  5. Web site: JEN / CIEMAT: Historia . Madri+d . Comunidad de Madrid . 27 July 2022.
  6. Sánchez Ron . José Manuel . La Física en España (IV): La era franquista . Revista Española de Física . 2003 . 17 . 4 . 7–13 . 27 July 2022 . Universidad Complutense de Madrid . es . 0213-862X.
  7. Web site: Guillermo Velarde . Instituto de Fusión Nuclear . Universidad Politécnica de Madrid . es . 29 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141219213123/http://www.denim.upm.es/index.php/es/personnel/110-guillermo-velarde . 19 December 2014 .