The Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (, BAPETEN) is an Indonesian non-Ministerial Government Institution (LPND) which is under and responsible to the President.

History

1954 - 1958

State Committee for the Investigation of Radioactivity The establishment of this committee was based on the many

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s carried on in the 1950s by several countries, especially the United States, in different regions of the Pacific, that have given rise to the concerns of

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falling in parts of Indonesia. The task of this committee was to investigate the effect of nuclear testing, overseeing the use of nuclear energy, and providing annual reports to the government.

1958 - 1964

Atomic Energy Agency The task of the Atomic Energy Agency was to conduct research in the field of nuclear power and to supervise the use of nuclear energy in Indonesia.

1964 - 1997

National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) BATAN’s task was to carry out nuclear energy research and supervise the use of nuclear energy in Indonesia. Supervision of nuclear energy usage was carried out by units under BATAN, the last of such unit was the Atomic Energy Control Bureau (BPTA). In 2010, PT BatanTek (currently PT INUKI), a commercial company under BATAN, discontinued the high grades of

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s due to International regulation. Now, PT BatanTek produces low grade radioisotope with its technique (electro plating) and is the only one in Asia to produce low grade radioisotope which is useful for 3D

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imaging. The

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of low grade radioisotope is relatively short and will be near zero in 60 hours, so Asia is a

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for PT BatanTek.

1997 - present

Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) National legislation, through Law Act No. 10/1997 on nuclear energy, has provided for the Nuclear Energy Control Board (BAPETEN) to carry out oversight functions against the use of nuclear energy, which includes licensing, inspection and enforcement of regulations.Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency of Indonesia
/ref> The Nuclear energy Act also requires the separation between the regulatory body, i.e. BAPETEN, and the research agency, i.e. BATAN.

Duties

BAPETEN has the tasks of implementing the surveillance of all activities of the use of

nuclear energy Nuclear energy may refer to: *Nuclear power, the use of sustained nuclear fission or nuclear fusion to generate heat and electricity *Nuclear binding energy, the energy needed to fuse or split a nucleus of an atom *Nuclear potential energy, the pot ...

in Indonesia through regulation, licensing and inspection in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

References

External links

''Website of BAPETEN (Indonesian and English)''
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