The Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority EAEA has been established in 1955. It leads the national research and development in the basic and applied peaceful nuclear research.

Egypt was the second in the African Continent, after South Africa, to build a nuclear reactor. The first research reactor (ET-RR-1), commissioned in 1961, is a Van de Graf type 4 MW reactor engineered and built by Russia. Another research reactor ET-RR-2 is 22 MW open pool MultiPurpose Reactor (MPR) located at Inshas, 60 km from Cairo, engineered and built by INVAP

INVAP

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 from Argentina

Argentina

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The EAEA has scientists educated in the topmost universities and research institutes. It is organized into four research centers:

• The Nuclear Research Centre (NRC)
• The Hot Laboratories and Waste Management Centre (HLWMC)
• The National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT)
• The National Centre for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control (NCNSRC)

These centres are further subdivided into major research divisions.

The EAEA is a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency

International Atomic Energy Agency

The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...

and other regional and international organizations.