The International Organization for Atomic Energy (IOAE) declared referent for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Environment Studies Institution (CEAC) from Cienfuegos, a province of Cuba.
Local media in this territory reported that the appointment turns this institution into the only one in Cuba with this condition.
The recognition specifically considers the application of nuclear techniques linked to the sea ecosystem investigations, specialists from that institution develop from regional and national projects, closely linked to IOAE.
Yukiya Omano, director of that organization, from the United Nations, highlighted the work of the Cuban entity during her visit where she could appreciate the high scientific level job of the researchers and the results of the studies.
Specialists from the institution know the meaning of the increase in the capacities of the Laboratory of Nuclear Techniques for the continental development, among them those to give solution to the problems in the coasts of Caribbean islands.
Geographers, physicists, experts in radio chemistry and biologists work in CEAC, all of them with a high professional qualification.
The objectives of the institution ratify the Cuban interest to use nuclear energy with pacific purposes.
