▁Science . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁the ▁National ▁Institute ▁for ▁Research ▁in ▁In organ ic ▁Material s ▁( NI RI M ) ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁T osh ima , ▁Tokyo , ▁Japan . ▁N I RI M ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁T su k uba ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁in ▁the ▁very ▁early ▁stages ▁of ▁the ▁T su k uba ▁Science ▁City . ▁This ▁event ▁was ▁considered ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁transfer ▁of ▁a ▁national ▁research ▁inst itute ▁in ▁Japan . ▁ ▁An ▁independent ▁administrative ▁inst itute ▁N I MS ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁T su k uba ▁by ▁mer ging ▁N RI M ▁and ▁N I RI M ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁Camp uses ▁▁ ▁N I MS ▁camp uses ▁are ▁named ▁S engen , ▁Nam iki , ▁Sak ura , ▁and ▁Meg uro . ▁In ▁addition , ▁N I MS ▁has ▁a ▁beam line ▁station ▁at ▁the ▁S Pr ing - 8 ▁syn ch ro tr on ▁located ▁in ▁Hy ō go ▁Pref ect ure , ▁Japan . ▁While ▁all ▁camp uses ▁host ▁scientific ▁research ▁units , ▁most ▁administration ▁is ▁in ▁S engen . ▁In ▁total , ▁about ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁research ers , ▁engine ers ▁and ▁administrative ▁staff ▁members ▁are ▁employed ▁in ▁all ▁those ▁camp uses . ▁S engen , ▁Nam iki ▁and ▁Sak ura ▁branches ▁are ▁several ▁kilom eters ▁apart ▁in ▁T su k uba ▁— ▁a ▁Science ▁City ▁within ▁an ▁hour ▁from ▁central ▁Tokyo ▁by ▁T su k