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 ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. The headquarters is located in
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
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
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, development and implementation of peaceful nuclear tools.
See also
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ANAEM Ankara Nuclear Research and Training Center
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ÇNAEM
The Çekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center ( tr, Çekmece Nükleer Araştırma ve Eğitim Merkezi), known as ÇNAEM, is the primary nuclear research and training center of Turkey. The organization was established on March 6, 1958 as a subun ...
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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