Other Names: Nuclear Electronics Institute, Nuclear Electronics Laboratory
Location: Pun’gang-chigu (分江地區), Yŏngbyŏn-kun (寧邊郡), North P’yŏng’an Province (平安北道), North Korea (adjacent to the 0.1MWt critical assembly at the Yŏnbyŏn Nuclear Research Center)
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
Description: The Nuclear Electronics Research Institute was probably constructed in the 1960s. The facility was based on an early Soviet design, and reportedly conducts research in reactor controls and develops various gauges and devices.
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Key Sources:
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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