Other Names: Yŏngbyŏn Nuclear Physics Research Institute, Nuclear Physics Institute, Atomic Energy Research Center and College of Physics
Location: Pun’gang-chigu (分江地區), Yŏngbyŏn-kun (寧邊郡), North P’yŏng’an Province (平安北道), North Korea
Subordinate to: Yŏngbyŏn Nuclear Research Center (寧邊原子力硏究센터), General Department of Atomic Energy (原子力總局), Cabinet (內閣)
Primary Function: Research and development, education and training
Description: In April 1955, during the second plenary session of North Korea’s Academy of Sciences, the decision is made to establish the “Atomic and Nuclear Physics Research Institute (原子 및 核物理學硏究所).” The Nuclear Physics Research Institute was established in 1964, and was reportedly expanded and reorganized in 1982. The institute conducts research on nuclear reactor physics & technology, and on nuclear fuel and materials. The institute also trains nuclear engineers and physicists. According to Bermudez, the institute was responsible for the daily operation of the nuclear reactors in Yŏngbyŏn. In 1993, the institute’s director was Dr. Yun Chang Ho.
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Key Sources:
“Pukhanŭi Haekkwanryŏn Yŏn’guhwaldong,” Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, <http://www.kaeri.re.kr>; Kim T’ae U, Haeg’ŭl A’nŭn Taet’ongnyŏng’i P’ilyohada (Forthcoming); Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., “Exposing North Korea’s Secret Nuclear Infrastructure—Part Two,” Jane’s Intelligence Review, August 1999, p. 43; ROK Ministry of Unification, Pukhan Kaeyo 2000 (Seoul: Ministry of Unification, 1999), p. 413.
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