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History |
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The
National Centre of Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS" was
founded at the end of the 1950’s, as a decentralized
public service and was initially named Nuclear
Research Centre "DEMOKRITOS".
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The
initial aim of the new centre was the utilisation
of the advantages of nuclear energy for peaceful
aims. Within this framework, and for the first
time in the contemporary history of Greece,
the repatriation of many Greek scientists emerged.
These scientists gradually developed the structures
and the organisation of scientific research
in our country and participated in the configuration
of the Centre as a really pioneering multi-branch
centre.
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In
1985, the Centre was renamed as National Centre
of Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS" (N.C.S.R. "D")
and became a self-administered governmental
legal entity, under the supervision of the
General Secretariat of Research and Technology
(G.S.R.T.) of the Ministry of Development.
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Nowadays,
the scientific activities of the Centre take
place in eight administratively independent
Institutes: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Institute
of Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection,
Institute of Materials Science, Institute of
Telecommunications and Informatics, Institute
of Microelectronics, Institute of Physics/Chemistry,
Institute of Biology and the Institute of Radioisotopes
and Radiodiagnostic Products.
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The
activities of these Institutes concern the
sectors such as: nanotechnology, microsystems,
integrated telecommunications and informatics
technology systems, modern technologies for
cultural heritage, control of environmental
pollutants, nuclear technology and radiation
protection, accelerative systems technologies
and detector devices, generation and characterization
of innovative materials, bioactive molecules,
natural products and biotechnology, medicines
and diagnostics technologies, telemedicine,
etc.
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