Back مختبرات خان للأبحاث Arabic Laboratoris de Recerca Khan Catalan Khan-Forschungszentrum German खान रिसर्च लैबोरेटरीज Hindi Khan Research Laboratories Italian کہوٹا ریسرچ لیبارٹریز PNB Laboratório Khan (Paquistão) Portuguese اے کیو خان ریسرچ لیبارٹریز Urdu

Khan Research Laboratories

Khan Research Laboratories
Former name
See note[note 1]
Established31 July 1976 (1976-07-31)[1]
Field of research
National security
Fundamental science
LocationKahuta in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Affiliations
Operating agency
National Command Authority
Websitekrl.com.pk

The Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories (shortened as KRL),[2] is a federally funded research and development laboratory located in Kahuta at a short distance from Rawalpindi in Punjab, Pakistan. Established in 1976, the laboratory is best known for its central role in Pakistan's nuclear weapons program and its understanding the nuclear science.[3]

Established in 1976, it was originally organized as a top-secret plant dedicated to enrichment as a response to the India's detonation of its first nuclear bomb in 1974.[3] Chosen for its remote yet relatively accessible location from Rawalpindi. [3][4][5] In the 1970s, the site was the cornerstone of the first stage of Pakistan's atomic bomb program, and serves as the center for conducting the nuclear scientific research.[6]

It is globally known for its research in gas centrifuges to produce the enriched uranium; and in past, it has competed with the PINSTECH on wide variety of weapon designs but it is now have focused in civilian missions, including the national security, fusion science and supercomputing.[6][7]


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  1. ^ Aziz, Shaikh (26 July 2015). "A leaf from history: Defending Kahuta". DAWN.COM.
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  3. ^ a b c Moltz, Sarah J. Diehl, James Clay (2008). Nuclear weapons and nonproliferation : a reference handbook (2nd ed.). Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1598840711.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  7. ^ "Sample Preparation Facilities". GC University Press. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

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