Identified by the British government in February 1998 as having procured goods and/or technology for weapons of mass destruction programs, in "addition to doing non-proliferation related business;" conducts agricultural research using nuclear technologies; an affiliated research center of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI); inaugurated in 1989; began its research work in 1995; composed of three departments, the Applied Physics Department, the Optic and Coating Department, and the Executive Department; the research activities carried out in the Department of Applied Physics include design and construction of the Argon Ion Laser, production of thyratons, research on output power stabilization of the Argon Ion Laser, advanced welding of metals and non-metals, and development of ceramic welding used in Geiger detectors and temperature sensors; located 100 km south of Tabriz in the northern part of Bonab City in the Azarbaijan province; its main site occupies 10.5 hectares.
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