Nuclear Research Centers In World

S.No.	Nuclear Research Center	Location	Year of Estb	Objective
1	Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)	US	1946	To apply a unique mix of world-class science, engineering and user facilities to deliver innovative research and technologies.
2	Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)	Australia	1987	To provide scientific and technical advice across the nuclear fuel cycle to government and to support Australia's national strategic and nuclear policy objectives, etc.
3	Belgium Nuclear Research Centre (SCN-CEN)	Belgium	1952	To promote Nuclear safety, radiation protection, etc.
4	Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)	India	1957	To fulfill its mandate of indigenous nuclear power programme and various other applications of nuclear energy, etc.
5	Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)	New York	1947	Nuclear and high energy physics, nonproliferation, structural biology, etc.
6	Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)	Japan	1951	To serve as the comprehensive central research institution for the electric power industry.
8	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)	Bubna	1956	To unite the efforts, scientific and material potentials of its Member States for investigations of the fundamental properties of matter.
9	Austrian Research Centre, Siebersdorf (ARCS)	Austria	1956	It provides research and technological development to realize basic innovations for the next generation of infrastructure related technologies in the fields of health & environment, enery, mobility and safety & security.
10	Bulgarian Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (INRNE)	Bulgaria	1972	To connect the milestone problems Bulgaria in accordance with the modern world tendencies by carrying out scietific investigations.
11	Central Research Institute of Management, Economics and Information of Minatom of Russia (TSNIIATOMINFORM)	Russia	1967	To facilitate the management of the research and production branches of the nuclear industry and to provide reliable technical and economic information to the industry.
12	European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)	Switzerland	1954	To provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics research.
13	Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission) (CEA)	France	1945	To develop all applications of nuclear power, both civilian and military
14	Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA)	Egypt	1955	National research and development in the basic and applied peaceful nuclear research
15	European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)	Belgium	----	To focus on both nuclear safeguards and nuclear safety and includes work at the High Flux Reactor in Petten under a supplementary programme.
16	Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Jülich Research Centre)	Europe	1956	To provide impetus and are engaged as a partner throughout the entire value-adding process of research from basic research up to actual innovations, etc.
17	Government of India Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)	India	1948	To increase share of nuclear power through deployment of indigenous and other proven technologies, along with development of fast breeder reactors and thorium reactors with associated fuel cycle facilities
18	Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research  (IGCAR)	India	1971	conducting broad based multidisciplinary programme of scientific research and advanced Engineering, directed towards the development of sodium cooled Fast Breeder Reactor [FBR] technology
19	Institute for Energy Technology (IFE)	Norway	1948	To contribute to the extension of safe and profitable use of multiphase transportation systems.
20	Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University(IAE)	Japan	1971	To carry out research in advanced and socially acceptable energy systems in the entire processes of energy generation, conversion and utilization.
21	Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares (IPEN)	Brasil	1956	To perform research and development of nuclear energy peaceful applications.
22	International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor(ITER)	France	----	To demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion power.
23	Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC)	Israel	1952	To focus in concerning the advancement of nuclear research and development, and the setting of nuclear policy and priorities.
24	Japan Atomic Energy Agency(JAEA)	Japan	2005	Long term energy security countermeasures to environmental problems, creation of advanced science and technology with competitive edges.
25	Jozef Stefan Institute(IJS)	Belgrade	1949	To provide expert scientific and applied output in the form of processes, products and consultancy, and to produce well-trained young scientists.
26	Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI)	South Korea	1959	To strengthen the competitive edge of the nation's science and technology by achieving technological self-reliance in nuclear technology and expanding its research activities to other related areas.
27	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(LLNL)	California	1952	To ensure the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear weapons through the application of advanced science, engineering and technology.
28	Los Alamos National Laboratory(LANL)	United States	1943	To ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the nation's nuclear deterrent.
29	Nuclear Materials Control Centre(NMCC)	Japan	1972	To promote improvement of nuclear material management industry and systems and international collaboration concerned with nuclear material management, and thereby to contribute to sound development of nuclear power industry and peaceful utilization of nuclear power
30	Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)	Oak Ridge, Tennessee	1943	To maintain the vitality of the Laboratory, enhance the Laboratory’s ability to address future DOE missions, and stimulate exploration at the forefront of science and technology.
31	Oxford Research Group(ORG)	United Kingdom	1982	Pioneering the idea of sustainable approaches to security as an alternative to violent global confrontation, through original research wide ranging dialogue and practical policy recommendations.
32	Paul Scherrer Institute(PSI)	Switzerland	1988	By conducting fundamental and applied research, we work on long-term solutions for major challenges facing society, industry and science.
33	Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology(CEIMAT)	Spain	1951	To contribute to the sustainable development of the country and the quality of life of its citizens, through the generation and application of scientific and technological knowledge in the area of energy.
34	Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) - Department of Energy Technology  (KTH-EGI)	Sweden	1827	To provide state-of-the-art education in the fields of power generation, solar energy, and energy utilization in the built environment by means of economically and environmentally sustainable systems and technologies.
35	Sandia National Laboratory	California	1948	To maintain the reliability and surety of nuclear weapon systems, conduct research and development in arms controland nonproliferation technologies, and investigate methods for the disposal of the United States' nuclear weapons program's hazardous waste.
36	Savannah River Site(SRS)	United States	1950	cleanup activities related to work done in the past for the nation's nuclear buildup.
37	South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA)	South Africa	1999	To undertake and promote research and development in the field of nuclear energy and related technologies; to process and store nuclear material and other restricted material; and to co-ordinate with other organisations in matters falling within these spheres.
38	UK Atomic Energy Authority(UKAEA)	UK	1954	To develop fusion power as a commercially viable, environmentally sound energy source for the future.