The Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER), established in 1968, is the state-level institution dedicated to research and development of atomic energy technologies. INER’s major scope of research covers nuclear energy safety, environmental energy conservation, and civilian radiation applications. Besides, to meet the government's demands on strategies evaluation of energy economic development and on decommissioning of nuclear facilities in the future, INER also devotes itself in energy economics research, in R&D of nuclear power plant decommissioning technologies, radioactive waste treatment and disposal technologies.

Based on atomic energy technologies researches, INER has expanded its realms of R&D and has obtained a considerable amount of unique and tradable technologies and patents. Through technology transfer, technical service, and collaborative development, INER assists local enterprises in product development, process innovation, and system improvement and achieves significant results. For example, a technology transferee took part in the "2018 Taipei AMPA" innovative product awards contest with the product named "Top-end Window Film" and won the accessories bronze medal in more than one hundred competitors. Other competition results in invention shows include:

• INER wins nineteen (19) awards in the "Taipei International Invention Show & Technomart", including six (6) gold medals, five (5) silver medals, and eight (8) bronze medals. More than 80% of INER's contenders have been awarded.
• INER wins the 15th National Innovation Award with "Theranostic Probes (DOTA-NIR790) for Multimodality Imaging, Radiotherapy, and Photothermal Therapy".