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[[File:Soreq Nuclear Reactor 1960.jpg|thumb|250px|Reactor building under construction in 1960.]]
The '''Soreq Nuclear Research Center''' ({{lang-he|המרכז למחקר גרעיני - שורק}}) is a research and development institute situated near the localities of Palmachim and Yavne in Israel. It operates under the auspices of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). The center conducts research in various physical sciences, particularly the development of many kinds of sensors, [[Physics:Laser|laser]]s, atmospheric research, [[Engineering:Nondestructive testing|non-destructive testing]] techniques, space environment, nuclear safety, medical diagnostics and [[Medicine:Nuclear medicine|nuclear medicine]]. It is also one of three facilities in Israel which produce various types of [[Biology:Radiopharmacology|radiopharmacuticals]] for use by health care organizations throughout the country.

The institute houses a wide array of laboratories and research facilities including an AMF 5 MW [[Engineering:Pool-type reactor|pool-type]] light water [[Physics:Nuclear reactor|nuclear reactor]] supplied in the late 1950s from the United States under the Atoms for Peace program,<ref name=archdaily>[http://www.archdaily.com/398642/ad-classics-soreq-nuclear-research-center-philip-johnson/ Soreq Nuclear Research Center / Philip Johnson], Gili Merin, ArchDaily, 8 July 2013</ref> a 10 [[Physics:MeV|MeV]] [[Physics:Proton|proton]] [[Physics:Cyclotron|cyclotron]] accelerator, and a continuous wave, 5-40 MeV, 0.04-5 mA proton and deuteron superconducting [[Physics:Linear particle accelerator|linear accelerator]] – the first phase of which was commissioned in 2013 (''see also:'' [[Organization:SARAF – Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility|SARAF – Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility]]).

Commissioned by the Israeli government in 1956, the reactor building was designed by American architect Philip Johnson.<ref name=archdaily/> With its distinctive brutalist style, it has appeared on stamps and was one of Johnson's favorite buildings, though security precautions prevented him from visiting the completed structure while in Israel in 1966.<ref name=archdaily/>

The Center is named after the nearby stream of Soreq.

The Center operates under the [[Physics:IAEA safeguards|safeguards]] of the [[Organization:International Atomic Energy Agency|International Atomic Energy Agency]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nuclear Research Center - Soreq|url=http://iaec.gov.il/English/Soreq/Pages/default.aspx|website=Israel Atomic Energy Commission website|publisher= Israel Atomic Energy Commission|accessdate=22 January 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://soreq.gov.il/mmg/Pages/Home.aspx Official website] (Hebrew)
*[http://www.isorad.co.il/en/ ISORAD] – Nuclear medicine solutions company based at the Soreq Center
*[http://www.nti.org/facilities/419/ Soreq Nuclear Research Center (SNRC)], NTI
*[http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub925_web.pdf The Radiological Accident in Soreq], International Atomic Energy Agency, May 1993
*[http://www.ejwiki.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80_%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%C2%AB%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%C2%BB Центр ядерных исследований «Сорек»] {{ref-ru}}

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