| Atomic Energy Research Establishment | |
| Size: | 259 acre |
| Formation: | 1975 |
| Type: | Nuclear research institute |
| Headquarters: | Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh |
| Region Served: | Bangladesh |
| Language: | Bengali |
Atomic Energy Research Establishment is a government nuclear research station in Bangladesh and is located in Savar Upazila, Bangladesh. It was built to develop skilled manpower trained in the uses of nuclear resources.[1] [2] It is under the control of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and it is the largest institute under the commission.[3]
President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ordered the establishment of an atomic research institute on 27 January 1973. Most of the research centres and educational institutions of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission were in West Pakistan. At independence, Bangladesh only possessed Atomic Energy Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture and three nuclear medical centres.[4] Atomic Energy Research Establishment was established in 1975 at Ganakbari, Savar Upazila, Dhaka District. It was placed under the administration of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, which had been facing manpower shortages since the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971.
In 1986 a 3 MWth TRIGA Mark-II research reactor was added to the establishment.[5] The institution campus also has an AERE clinic, a Central Administration Division building, and a Central Finance and Accounts Division building. In 1999 the plan was placed to build Energy Unit, Central Engineering Workshop, and Central Library to add to the establishment.
There are 12 independent institutions in its Savar campus that research nuclear related fields: