COSTRUZIONI APPARECCHIATURE ELETTRONICHE NUCLEARI C.A.E.N. SpA
Acronym: CAEN
General Information
Identification Code: 005476244544-25
Website: www.caen.it
Entity Form: SpA
Registration Category: Companies & groups
Registration Date: 11/2/2021
Last Update: 10/20/2023
Mission & Interests
Goals: CAEN is one of the most important spin-offs of the Italian Nuclear Physics Research Institute, founded in Viareggio in 1979. CAEN designs and manufactures sophisticated electronic equipment for nuclear physics research and is today among the world’s leading companies in the field: there are several hundreds of thousand CAEN Low/High Voltage and data acquisition channels now working in all the most important Nuclear Physics Laboratories over the World. In the last years CAEN diversified its offer, extending its market, taking part into national and international programs and becoming a real “Innovation Company”. In 2016 CAEN founded the division CAEN SyS (System and Spectroscopy) to take on the challenge to develop innovative products for nuclear safety and security, as well as other innovative projects concerning homeland security.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Borders and security
- Business and industry
- Customs
- Education and training
- Environment
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- International co-operation and development
- Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
- european
- national
- global
- sub-national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: 2013/59/EURATOM Directive (Received in Italy by D.Lgs. 101 del 31/7/2020):
- Development of the techological infrastructure and systems for tracking of radioactive sources for the benefit of the implementation of the national data repository managed by the ISIN (Italian Nuclear Safety Authority).
- Proposition and implementation of R&D actions on nuclear safety and security, in particular the MICADO project (www.micado-project.eu) devoted to novel characterization and digitization techniques for nuclear waste management, providing new inputs for future standardization and regulatory frameworks at EU level.
Communication Activities: Participation with talks/posters at many international events, including:
- ICOND2021 (www.icond.de);
- ANIMMA2021 (www.animma.com);
- IAEA International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management: Solutions for a Sustainable Future (https://www.iaea.org/events/international-conference-on-radioactive-waste-management-2021);
- IAEA International Conference on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources – Accomplishments and Future Endeavours (https://www.iaea.org/events/safety-security-radioactive-sources-2022)
Participation to Events organized by EU:
- Security Research Event 2019 (https://www.sre2019.eu/)
- Information Session to present the Customs Control Equipment Instrument (CCEI) dedicated to the equipment manufacturers and service providers, organized by DG TAXUD
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Via Vetraia 11
Post Code: 55049
City: Viareggio (LU)
Country: ITALY
Phone:
Indic Phone: 39
Phone Number: 0584388398
EU Office
Address: Via Vetraia 11
Post Code: 55049
City: Viareggio (LU)
Country: ITALY
Phone:
Indic Phone: 39
Phone Number: 0584388398
Financial Data
Closed Year:
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Contributions:
Total Budget: 0
Grants:
- Source: Grant Agreement number: 847641 — MICADOAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2214: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 111: 53
- Source: Grant Agreement number: 101003460 - PROBESAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2214: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 111: 54
- Source: Grant Agreement number: 101006726 - aMUSEAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2214: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 111: 55
- Source: Grant Agreement number: 101004761 - AIDAINNOVAAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2214: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 111: 56
Current Year:
Grants:
- Source: Grant Agreement number: 101004761 - AIDAINNOVAAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2214: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 111: 51
- Source: Grant Agreement number: 101060028 - HARPERSAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2214: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 111: 52
Membership Information
Members25 Percent: 5
Members: 5
Members F T E: 1.25
Info Members: This is an extimation based on internal statistics and in accordance with the present plan of activities
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Organisation Members: ANPEQ (www.anpeq.it)
AIRP (www.airp-asso.it)
CBRN-P3 cluster (https://cbrnitalia.it/)
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