CDTN was founded at the UFMG School of Engineering in 1952. It is one of the units of the National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN), an agency linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Located in Belo Horizonte (MG), CDTN operates in research and development, teaching (postgraduate) and provision of services in the nuclear area and related areas. The main activities of the Center today involve the areas of nuclear technology, minerals, materials, health and the environment.

The Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN), through the national contract between CAPES and IEEE has an unlimited open access agreement with IEEE that enables researchers to publish articles as open access without open access fees in all IEEE fully and hybrid open access journals. The agreement applies to all original research articles accepted for publication between 5 November 2024 – 30 October 2027. To benefit from this agreement, the corresponding author has to be affiliated with Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN). Please use the correct institution name and your institutional email address during submi​​ssion. It is recommended for authors to select the CC BY 4.0 license. The open access funding request will be approved by an OA administrator at CAPES. Overlength page charges or color fees are not covered by the agreement and will be charged to authors.