Soreq Nuclear Research Center

Coordinates: 31°53′57″N 34°42′10″E / 31.8993°N 34.7028°E / 31.8993; 34.7028

Soreq Nuclear Research Center
המרכז למחקר גרעיני - שורק
Established 1950s
Research type Nuclear research centre
Field of research
 Atomic Energy, Material Physics, Nano-Sciences, Electronics and Instrumentation, Reactor Engineering, Metallurgy
Location Palmachim and Yavne, Israel
Operating agency
 Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC)
Website soreq.gov.il
Reactor building under construction in 1960.

The Soreq Nuclear Research Center (Hebrew: המרכז למחקר גרעיני - שורק‎‎) is a research and development institute situated near the localities of Palmachim and Yavne in Israel. It operates under the auspices of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). The center conducts research in various physical sciences, particularly the development of many kinds of sensors, lasers, atmospheric research, non-destructive testing techniques, space environment, nuclear safety, medical diagnostics and nuclear medicine. It is also one of two facilities in Israel which produce various types of radiopharmacuticals for use by health care organizations throughout the country.

The institute houses a wide array of laboratories and research facilities including an AMF 5 MW pool-type light water nuclear reactor supplied in the late 1950s from the United States under the Atoms for Peace program,[1] a 10 MeV proton cyclotron accelerator, and a 5-40 MeV, 0.04-5 mA proton and deuteron superconducting linear accelerator – the first phase of which was commissioned in 2013 (see also: SARAF – Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility).

Commissioned by the Israeli government in 1956, the reactor building was designed by American architect Philip Johnson.[1] With its distinctive brutalist style, it has appeared on stamps and was one of Johnson's favorite buildings, though security precautions prevented him from visiting the completed structure while in Israel in 1966.[1]

The Center is named after the nearby stream of Soreq.

The Center operates under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Soreq Nuclear Research Center / Philip Johnson, Gili Merin, ArchDaily, 8 July 2013
  2. ↑ "Nuclear Research Center - Soreq". Israel Atomic Energy Commission website. Israel Atomic Energy Commission. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
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