The Institute of Nuclear Energy Research

Introduction

The Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER) is a national institute specialized in nuclear technology R&D. The institute is under the administration of the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) in the Executive Yuan. INER is located in scenic Lungtan, Taoyuan, close to Shihmen Dam. In the past years, under the guidance of the AEC, INER's goals have been set as: to apply nuclear technology, to improve civilian welfare, and to assure nuclear safety. The R&D efforts in INER can be classified into five fields: nuclear engineering technology, nuclear safety, radiation protection and detection, radioactive waste management, and civilian nuclear applications. The newly-established TRR-II Project will result in long term improvement of the Taiwan Research Reactor for new R&D applications.

For many years, in addition to the R&D on nuclear-related technology, INER's outstanding non-nuclear achievements can be found in the fields of medical health, resource recovery, environmental protection, public safety and disaster prevention techniques, chemical analyses, and photoelectric science.

In recent years, in order to promote the public understanding of nuclear energy and lift the secrecy of nuclear R&D, INER is now entirely open to the public. INER has put a very strong emphasis on public relations and has eagerly wanted the public to better understand INER. In reality, for the welfare of the public, INER's R&D results and techniques have accumulated for the past 30 years and are already widely applied to many projects outside of INER.