Government Regulation No. 65 on December 5, 1958 establishing the Atomic Energy Council and the Atomic Energy Institute.
Government Regulation No. 33 year 1965 renamed the Atomic Energy Institute into the National Atomic Energy Agency (Badan Tenaga Atom Nasional or BATAN)
In accordance with Act No. 10 Year 1997 on Nuclear Energy and the latest Presidential Decree No. 64 Year 2005, BATAN has been stipulated as a Non Departmental Government Institution which is under and responsible to the President. BATAN is led by a Chairman and its rogramme is under the coordination of the Minister of Research and Technology