Guide to the Central Library
The JAEA Library is open to the JAEA community as well as the general public during the hours of 9:00 a,m-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
We reserve the right to refuse or restrict service to anyone as well as the right to inspect personal belongings. If you wish to use the JAEA Library's on-site resources, please call in advance to make proper arrangements.
For questions or more information contact the library at (+81)-29-282-5742 or by email at
Access to on-site materials in the JAEA Library is available to certain categories of non-employees.
Authorized users who do not have a badge for access to JAEA must contact JAEA Library administration office to coordinate a visit at least 24 hours in advance of the visit.
The JAEA Library is open to 24 hours to JAEA employees who applied.
The library desk is staffed during the hours 9:00 a,m-5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.
Photocopies service is available. Please see, detail is Library copy service
JAEA Central Library's OPAC can be searched from anywhere through the Internet via the Homepage.
Library Materials
JAEA Central Library gathered Books(50,000), Journals(2,000), Report of domestic or foreign(800,000) , DOCKET (365,000) at May, 2024. Library Materials filed is Physics(23%), Nuclear(16%), Chemical(14), Engineering(14%), Chemical Engineering(8%) ,Medicine or Safety Engineering(5%) and other(20%).
Main Library items is
The nearest station is Tokai station in JR Joban Line
It takes about 10 minutes to taxi from the nearest station to Nuclear Science Research Institute.
Nuclear Science Research Institute
2-4 Shirane Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
Library, Institutional Repository and INIS Section
Research and Development Promotion Department
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Tel: (+81)-29-282-5742
Fax: (+81)-29-282-5920
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