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The Centro para Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology Research, CIEMAT), an Organism of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, is a Public Research Agency that is mainly focused on the energy and the environment, but also conducts studies into many advanced technologies and in various areas of fundamental research. | The Centro para Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology Research, CIEMAT), an Organism of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, is a Public Research Agency that is mainly focused on the energy and the environment, but also conducts studies into many advanced technologies and in various areas of fundamental research. | ||
It was founded in 1951 with the denomination of Junta de Energía Nuclear (JEN), and renamed CIEMAT in 1986. | It was founded in 1951 with the denomination of Junta de Energía Nuclear (JEN), and renamed CIEMAT in 1986. | ||
<ref>A.R. de Pablos, J.M. Sánchez Ron, ''De la JEN al CIEMAT'', Ediciones Doce Calles S.L. (2001) [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIPO NIPO 402-01-005-7]</ref> | |||
Its focus is on research and technological development projects, serving as a reference for technical representation of Spain in international forums, and advising government on matters within its field of competence. | Its focus is on research and technological development projects, serving as a reference for technical representation of Spain in international forums, and advising government on matters within its field of competence. | ||
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* [http://www.ciemat.es CIEMAT web site] | * [http://www.ciemat.es CIEMAT web site] | ||
* [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIEMAT CIEMAT in the Wikipedia] (Spanish) | * [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIEMAT CIEMAT in the Wikipedia] (Spanish) | ||
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