
The Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mineral Research Agency
was formed from other agencies and the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority which was the official nuclear energy institution of
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. The headquarters is located in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
since 1956, the year it was founded. Among its objectives are high level of academic research in
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 ...
, development and implementation of peaceful nuclear tools.
See also
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ANAEM
The Ankara Nuclear Research and Training Center (), known as ANAEM, is a nuclear research and training center of Turkey. The organization was established on August 18, 2010 as a subunit of Turkish Atomic Energy Administration (, TAEK) in its ca ...
Ankara Nuclear Research and Training Center
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ÇNAEM
The Çekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center (), known as ÇNAEM, is the primary nuclear research and training center of Turkey. The organization was established on March 6, 1958 as a subunit of TAEK, Turkish Atomic Energy Administration (, T ...
Çekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center
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SANAEM Sarayköy Nuclear Research and Training Center
References
Nuclear research institutes
Research institutes in Turkey
Organizations based in Ankara
Research institutes established in 1956
Nuclear technology in Turkey
1956 establishments in Turkey
Government agencies established in 1956
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