The National Accelerator Centre (CNA) is a Spanish joint institution that, since its creation in 1998, has the mission of carrying out research in particle accelerators and its multiple applications. This article aims to perform a summary of the structure and the facilities of the Centre, while it also contains information about the most recent lines of research with an accent on those belonging to the nuclear physics field. In this way, we want to show the capabilities of CNA, in order to promote collaborations with the scientific and technological communities. The CNA is recognized as an Spanish Singular Scientific and Technological Facility, and it is a users-oriented laboratory, open to the Spanish and the international scientific community belonging to universities, public research institutions, public and private companies, hospitals, or other institutions that require the use of the facilities.

El pdf del artículo es la versión de autor que es parte de la Memoria de Investigación del CNA 2009-2010.

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