National Research and Innovation Agency

Also known as BRIN, BATAN, National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia, ORTN, Research Organization for Nuclear Energy

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is Indonesia's cabinet-level government research agency, headquartered in Jakarta. It began in 2019 attached to the Ministry of Research and Technology and became a standalone agency in 2021, absorbing national research bodies including the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN). BATAN's research work became BRIN's Research Organization for Nuclear Energy (ORTN), founded on 1 September 2021, whose research centres cover nuclear reactor technology, nuclear materials and radioactive waste, radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, accelerators and nuclear safety. Indonesia has three research reactors: Kartini in Sleman, the G.A. Siwabessy multipurpose reactor in Serpong, and a TRIGA reactor in Bandung.