History
| 1978 | Apr. | The Tritium Basic Science Center Establishment Committee was set up. |
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| 1980 | Apr. | Tritium Research Center (TRC) was established in Toyama University with 1 professor and 1 associate professor. |
| 1981 | Feb. | Tritium handling was approved (5 Ci/day, 50 Ci/year). |
| Mar. | Building reconstruction was completed | |
| Apr. | Tritium handling was started. | |
| Apr. | Staff was enlarged (1 research associate and 1 technician) | |
| 1982 | Nov. | Laboratories were constructed in non-controlled area. |
| 1984 | Jan. | Tritium handling capacity was enlarged (26 Ci/day, 505 Ci/year) |
| 1985 | Dec. | Tritium removal system for experimental room was added. |
| 1987 | Apr. | Tritium handling capacity was enlarged (36 Ci/day, 5000 Ci/year) |
| 1988 | Mar. | An iron fire-resistant tritium safe box was added. |
| 1990 | Mar. | TRC was abolished. |
| Jun. | Hydrogen Isotope Research Center (HRC) was established with 1 professor, 1 associate professor, 1 research associate, 1 technician and 1 guest professor. | |
| 1991 | Mar. | The secretariat of Hydrogen Research Committee of The Japan Institute Metals was established in HRC. |
| 1995 | Apr. | Staff was enlarged (1 professor and 1 associate professor) |
| 1996 | Feb. | Non-controlled area was reconstructed. |
| Mar. | 100Ci Tritium Handling System was equipped. | |
| Apr. | The master course education in the Graduate School of science was started. | |
| Jul. | The First "International Tritium Workshop on Present Status and Prospect of Tritium-Material Interaction Studies" was organized by HRC and held in Toyama University. | |
| 1997 | Oct. | Staff was enlarged (2 research assistants and 1 contact researcher) |
| 1998 | Apr. | The doctor and master courses education in the Graduate School of Science and Technology was started. |
| Jul. | The external review was carried out for HRC as the first attempt in Toyama University. | |
| 1999 | Mar. | HRC was abolished. |
| Apr. | Hydrogen Isotope Research Center (HRC) with different Japanese name was established. | |
| 2000 | Dec. | Non-controlled area was reconstructed. |
| 2001 | Nov. | The Second "International Tritium Workshop on Tritium-Material Interactions - Contamination and Decontamination -" was organized by HRC and held in Toyama. |
| 2002 | Dec. | HRC and Bonch-Bruyevich University of Telecommunications signed agreements on academic exchange(5 years) and collaboration research(3 years). |
| 2005 | Jan. | HRC and The Karlsruhe Tritium Laboratory (TLK) signed agreements on academic exchange(5 years) and collaboration research (3 years). |
| May | "Third International Workshop on Tritium-Material Interactions" was organized by HRC and held in Toyama. | |
| Sep. | The agreement on collaboration research between HRC and Bonch-Bruyevich University of Telecommunications have been extended by about 2 years. | |
| 2006 | Oct. | The external review was carried out for HRC. |
| 2007 | Mar. | University of Toyama and the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) signed an agreement on cooperation and collaboration. |
| Apr. | HRC and Institute of Laser Engineering-Osaka University signed an agreement on cooperation and collaboration. | |
| Aug. | HRC and Radiochemistry Research Laboratory -Shizuoka University signed an agreement on cooperation and collaboration. | |
| 2008 | Jul. | The ideal method of HRC was decided. |
| 2009 | Sep. | "Fourth International Workshop on Tritium-Material Interactions" was organized by HRC and held in Toyama. |
| Oct. | HRC and The Karlsruhe Tritium Laboratory (TLK) signed an agreement on academic exchange. | |
| 2010 | Apr. | Earthquake resistant construction was completed. |
| 2011 | Jun | HRC and Key Laboratory of Inorganic Coating Materials, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences signed an agreement on academic exchange. |
| 2012 | May | "4th Japan-China Workshop on Fusion-Related Tritium Science and Technology" was organized by HRC and held in Toyama. |
| Dec. | HRC and Kurchatov Institute signed an agreement on scientific technical collaboration. | |
| 2013 | Sep. | HRC and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed an agreement on Coodinated Research Program (CRP). |
| 2014 | Jun | "12th International Workshop on Hydrogen Isotopes in Fusion Reactor Materials" was organized by HRC and held in Toyama. |
| Jun | University of Toyama and the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) signed an agreement on cooperation and collaboration. | |
| 2015 | Apr. | HRC belongs Organization for Promotion of Research , University of Toyama . |
| 2018 | Dec. | HRC and The Karlsruhe Tritium Laboratory (TLK) signed an agreement on Joint research exchange. |
| 2019 | Oct. | HRC and ITER Korea, National Fusion Research Institute, Republic of Korea signed an agreement on Academic exchange. |