The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission has the tradition and experience in research and development activities in Nuclear Science and Technology and other related fields over three decades R & D in the field of peaceful uses of atomic energy has offered a wide range of opportunities for the application of this frontier science in various fields of economic development, including power generation, health and medicine, analytical chemistry and materials development, materials testing and quality control, preservation of food and other essential products, radiation processing technology for quality products, process control and instrumentation, environmental studies and many other fields of applied and fundamental research .