CIEMAT

Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research
Agency overview
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas


Formed	October 8, 1948; 75 years ago (1948-10-08)
Preceding agency	Junta de Energía Nuclear
Jurisdiction	Spain
Headquarters	Avenida Complutense, 40, 28040 Madrid
Employees	1295 (as July 2021)^[1]
Annual budget	136.7 million € (2022)^[2]
Agency executive	Yolanda Benito Moreno, 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]

References

^ Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (July 2021). "Recursos del CIEMAT". Resumen anual 2020 (PDF) (Report). Madrid. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ Presupuestos Generales del Estado para el año 2022 [State General Budget for 2022] (Ley 22/2021) (in Spanish). Vol. 312. 29 December 2021. pp. 165114–165875 – via BOE.
^ Artieda González-Granda, Juan Ignacio. "Historia de la minería del uranio en Castilla y León" (PDF) (in Spanish). Enusa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2011.
^ Barca Salom, Francesc Xavier (August 2000). "La càtedra Ferran Tallada (1955-1962) La innovació tecnològica i la formació de l'enginyer" [The Ferran Tallada Chare (1955-1962). The technological innovation and the Engennering teaching]. Scripta Nova (in Catalan). 4 (69). Universitat de Barcelona. §4. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ "JEN / CIEMAT: Historia". Madri+d. Comunidad de Madrid. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ Sánchez Ron, José Manuel (2003). "La Física en España (IV): La era franquista". Revista Española de Física (in Spanish). 17 (4). Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 7–13. ISSN 0213-862X. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ "Guillermo Velarde". Instituto de Fusión Nuclear (in Spanish). Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2015.