R&D Institutions
Known as the cradle of China's nuclear industry, that is, the birthplace of China's nuclear science and technology, the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) is the nation's leading comprehensive nuclear research institution.
Known as the cradle of China's nuclear power engineering, the Nuclear Power Institute of China (NPIC) is the only large-scale comprehensive R&D base in China that integrates nuclear reactor engineering research, design, testing, operation and small batch production. It is a leading member of China's nuclear power R&D network, which also includes the China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute (CNPRI), the Suzhou Nuclear Power Research Institute (SNPRI), the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (SNERDI), the Research Institute of Nuclear Power Operation (RINPO), and the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University.
The China Institute for Radiation Protection (CIRP) specializes in radiation protection research.
The nuclear fuel R&D platform consists of a number of research institutes, including the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology (BRIUG), the Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy (BRICEM), the Institute of Physical and Chemical Engineering (IPCE), the NPIC's Department of Nuclear Fuel, and the CIAE's Department of Radiochemistry.
Research on advanced nuclear energy technologies has enjoyed strong government support. CIAE's area of focus is fast reactors; Tsinghua University's Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology is working on high temperature reactors; the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and CNNC's Southwest Institute of Physics are studying fusion reactors; and CAS's Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics leads the research on thorium-based molten salt reactors.
科技研發機構
中國原子能科學研究院是中國核科學技術的發祥地和基礎性、綜合性核科研基地，被譽為中國核工業的“搖籃”。
中國核動力研究設計院是中國唯一集核反應堆工程研究、設計、試驗、運行和小批量生產為一體的大型綜合性科研基地，被譽為“中國核動力工程的搖籃”。與中廣核研究院、蘇州熱工研究院、上海核工程研究設計院、中核核動力運行研究所、清華大學核能與新能源技術研究院一起，組成了中國核動力科技研發體系。
中國輻射防護研究院是中國專門從事輻射防護研究與應用的綜合科研機構。
以核工業北京地質研究院、核工業北京化工冶金研究院、核工業理化工程研究院、中國核動力研究設計院材料所、中國原子能科學研究院放射化學所為代表的科研機構，構建了中國核燃料科技研發平臺。
中國積極推進先進核能系統的研發，中國原子能科學研究院是快堆研發中心；清華大學核能與新能源技術研究院是高溫堆研發中心；中科院等離子體物理研究所和核工業西南物理研究院是聚變堆研發中心；中科院上海應用物理所牽頭開展釷基熔鹽堆的研發。
