The Negev Nuclear Research Center is an Israeli nuclearinstallation located in the Negev desert, about thirteen kilometers to the south-east of the city of Dimona. The purpose of Dimona is believed to be the manufacture of nuclear weapons. Israel acknowledges the existence of the site, but refuses to disclose any information about its purpose in a policy known as nuclear ambiguity. Information about the facility remains highly classified.


Sl No.		 Name Location Year of Establishment
1 Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) Ahmedabad 1947
2 Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Mumbai 1948
3 Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Hyderabad 1948
4 Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata 1949
5 India Rare Earths Limited Alwaye (Kerala) 1950
6 National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Maharashtra 1950
7 Central Mining Research Institution D hanbad, Bihar 1956
8 Bhabha Atomic Research Center Trombay (Mumbai) 1957
9 Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Durgpur, West Bengal 1958
10 High Altitude Research Laboratory G ulmarg, Kashmir 1963
11 Electronics Corporation of India Hyderabad 1967
12 Uranium Corporation of India Jaduguda(Bihar) 1967
13 Radio Astronomy Center Tamil Nadu 1968
14 Nuclear Fuel Complex Hyderabad 1971
15 Indira Gandhi Centre For Atomic Research Tamil Nadu 1971
16 Variable Energy Cyclotron Center Kolkata 1977
Center of Earth Science’s Studies Trivendrum (Kerala) 1978