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MINISTRY OF ATOMIC ENERGY INDUSTRY

Organization on the UK Sanctions List, listed March 2, 2016. Source reference DPR0175.

Programs

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Names and aliases

Details

Countries	North Korea
Addresses	Haeun-2-dong Pyongchon District Pyongyang North Korea

Remarks (as published)

The Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry was created in 2013 for the purpose of modernizing the DPRK’s atomic energy industry to increase the production of nuclear materials, improve their quality, and further develop an independent DPRK nuclear industry. As such, the MAEI is known to be a critical player in the DPRK’s development of nuclear weapons and is in charge of day-to-day operation of the country’s nuclear weapons program, and under it are other nuclear-related organizations. Under this ministry are a number of nuclear-related organizations and research centers, as well as two committees: an Isotope Application Committee and a Nuclear Energy Committee. The MAEI also directs a nuclear research center at Yongbyun, the site of the DPRK's known plutonium facilities. Furthermore, in the 2015 Panel of Experts (POE) report, the POE stated that Ri Je-son, a former director of the GBAE who was designated by the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) in 2009 for engagement in or support for nuclear related programs, was appointed as head of the MAEI on April 9, 2014.

Same name on other lists

MINISTRY OF ATOMIC ENERGY INDUSTRY (un_sc), MINISTRY OF ATOMIC ENERGY INDUSTRY (ofac_sdn), Ministry Of Atomic Energy Industry (eu_fsf)

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