Antoni Lloret Collection

Antoni Lloret Orriols, Catalan physicist active in the fields of high energy physics, solid physics and the creation of photovoltaic energy. Born in Barcelona in 1935, Lloret studied Physical Sciences at the Universitat de Barcelona and received his doctorate from the Universities of Barcelona and Paris-Sorbonne. He has developed part of his career in France, as a member of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). In Catalonia he has collaborated with the Applied Physics Laboratory of the Universitat de Barcelona and has been a professor and researcher at the Science Park of the same university. He has also acted as an independent expert in the field of nuclear safety for the Executive Council of the Generalitat de Catalunya to address the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in the United States and in the Dictamen de la Comissió d’Investigació de la Central Nuclear d’Ascó, and has promoted the development of photovoltaic energy, dedicating the last years of his professional career to the research and design of sustainable building projects. He has collaborated with organizations that are activists for sustainability and antinuclearization and has been a speaker at several conferences. A corresponding member of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans, his scientific career has been recognized with the Narcís Monturiol Medal (2004) and the Creu de Sant Jordi (2008). In addition to numerous scientific articles, Lloret has been a prolific author of books on science, scientific dissemination, and literary creation, including Dictionnaire de l’Atome (with P. Musset, Larousse, 1964, translated into English and published by Collins in 1968); Diccionari de Ciència i Tecnologia Nuclears (Edicions 62, 1978); Micmac (with Jaume Fuster, Edicions de La Magrana, 1993) and El Cafè Metropol (Edicions de La Magrana, 1999). His last novel is Max i Odile, raó i passió (Pagès, 2015).

Collection description: The collection consists of documents donated to the UAB thanks to the mediation of Xavier Roqué ( Institut d'Història de la Ciència i Departament de Filosofia, UAB) and, later on, also Jaume Valentines (Institut d'Història de la Ciència - UAB Barcelona). The documents are dated between 1968 and 1981 and correspond to the period of Lloret as director of the Grupo Experimental de Altas Energías of the Junta de Energía Nuclear and also when he worked as an independent expert in nuclear safety by the Generalitat de Catalunya. The documents from 1968 to 1970 provide very relevant information to analyse the first stage of Spain at CERN (European Nuclear Research Organization), including the press dossiers prepared by the Junta de Energía Nuclear when the continuity of Spain in the organization was negotiated. It includes the report of Three Mile Island delivered to the Generalitat in 1979, as well as two versions prior to the definitive one, and the Butlletí Oficial del Parlament de Catalunya in 1981, with the Dictamen de la Comissió d’Investigació de la Central Nuclear d’Ascó where he participated

Collection date range: 1968-1981

Collection incorporation date: 2017 

Depositary library: Science and Technology Library  

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