Jožef Stefan Institute

The mission of the Jožef Stefan Institute is the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge at the frontiers of natural science and technology for the benefit of society at large through the pursuit of education, learning, research, and development of high technology at the highest international levels of excellence.

The institute was founded by the State Security Administration (Yugoslavia) in 1949 for atomic weapons research.

[citation needed] Over the last 60 years it has created a number of important institutions, such as the University of Nova Gorica, the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School[1] and the Ljubljana Technology park.

The General Atomics TRIGA Mark II reactor is rated for a nominal 250 kW thermal.

[3] The Central Radioactive Waste Storage of Slovenia is co-located at the institute's reactor facility.