Yongbyon Nuclear Research Institute
The Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center is North Korea's major nuclear facility, operating its first nuclear reactors. It is located in Nyongbyon County in North Pyongan Province, about 100 km north of Pyongyang.- Type: Industry
- Description: North Korean nuclear site
- Also known as: “Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center”, “Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center”, and “영변 원자력 연구소”
Yongbyon Nuclear Research Institute
- Category: nuclear facility
- Location: North Pyongan Province, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.80278° or 39° 48′ 10″ northLongitude
125.75191° or 125° 45′ 7″ eastOpen location code
8QF7RQ32+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 215200899OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q499004
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Yongbyon Nuclear Research Institute” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مركز يونغبيون للأبحاث النووية العلمية”
- Belarusian: “Ядзерны навукова-даследчы цэнтр у Ёнбёне”
- Bulgarian: “Йонбьон”
- Chinese: “宁边原子能研究中心”
- Chinese: “宁边原子能研究所”
- Chinese: “宁边核反应堆”
- Chinese: “宁边核设施”
- Chinese: “寧邊原子能研究中心”
- Dutch: “Nucleair onderzoekscentrum van Yongpyong”
- Esperanto: “Jongbjono”
- Estonian: “Nyŏngbyŏni Tuumaenergia Instituut”
- Finnish: “Yongbyonin ydintutkimuslaitos”
- French: “Yongbyon”
- German: “Kerntechnische Anlage Nyŏngbyŏn”
- Indonesian: “Pusat Riset Ilmiah Nuklir Yongbyon”
- Indonesian: “Reaktor Yongbyon”
- Japanese: “寧辺核施設”
- Korean: “녕변 원자력 연구소”
- Korean: “녕변핵시설”
- Malay: “Pusat Kajian Saintifik Nuklear Yongbyon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nyongbyon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yongbyon”
- Persian: “راکتور اتمی یونگ بیون”
- Persian: “مرکز علمی و تحقیقات اتمی یونگ بیون”
- Persian: “مرکز علمی و تحقیقات اتمی یونگبیون”
- Persian: “نیروگاه اتمی یونگ بیون”
- Persian: “نیروگاه هسته ای یونگ بیون”
- Polish: “Jongbjon”
- Polish: “Ośrodek Badań Jądrowych w Jongbjon”
- Polish: “Yongbyon”
- Portuguese: “Centro de Pesquisa Científica Nuclear de Yongbyon”
- Russian: “Ядерный научно-исследовательский центр в Йонбене”
- Russian: “Ядерный научно-исследовательский центр в Йонбёне”
- Spanish: “Central Nuclear de Yongbyon”
- Tamil: “யோங்பியோன் அணுக்கரு அறிவியல் ஆராய்ச்சி மையம்”
- Thai: “ศูนย์วิจัยวิทยาศาสตร์นิวเคลียร์นย็องบย็อน”
- Thai: “ศูนย์วิจัยวิทยาศาสตร์นิวเคลียร์ยองเบียน”
- Vietnamese: “Trung tâm hạt nhân Yongbyon”
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