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Nuclear Facilities

Nuclear Fusion Research Center (NFRC)

Location: Tehran
Size: Medium-sized compound with multiple buildings
Subordinate to: AEOI
Primary Function: Research in plasma physics

Description:

NRFC provides qualitative and quantitative analysis of toxic and trace elements in various environmental samples. It operates various assemblies including the Alvand and Damavand Tokamaks, and conducts research in Plasma applications in industry.

Key Source:
"Nuclear Fusion Research Center," AEOI, http://www.aeoi.org.ir/NewWeb/department.asp?id=55.


	Updated January 2006

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	Maps
	WMD411: U.S. and Hostile Powers: Iran
	Issue Brief: IAEA Board Welcomes EU-Iran Agreement: Is Iran Providing Assurances or Merely Providing Amusement?
	Issue Brief: IAEA Board Deplores Iran's Failue to Come into Full Compliance: Is Patience with Iran Running Out?
	Issue Brief: Iran and the IAEA: A Troubling Past with a Hopeful Future?
	Issue Brief: The Second NPT PrepCom for the 2005 Review Conference
	Issue Brief: WMD in the Middle East
	Treaties and Organizations
	NIE: Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities (2007)
	CRS: Iran’s Nuclear Program: Recent Developments (2007)
	In Focus: IAEA and Iran
	FAS: Iran Special Weapons Guide
	Survival: Assessing Iran's Nuclear Programme (2006)
	The Role of WMD in Iranian Security Calculations (2004)
	Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions (2004)
	Iran's Nuclear Facilities: A Profile (1998)
	Iran and CBW (1998)

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