Institute for Nuclear Research of the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...

(KINR) ( ua, Інститут ядерних досліджень Національної академії наук України) located in

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. The Institute publishes journal Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy.

History

Soon after the

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, in 1944 at the

Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application. It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physic ...

was created a department for dealing with number of issues concerning nuclear physics and use

atomic energy Atomic energy or energy of atoms is energy carried by atoms. The term originated in 1903 when Ernest Rutherford began to speak of the possibility of atomic energy. Isaac Asimov, ''Atom: Journey Across the Sub-Atomic Cosmos'', New York:1992 Plume, ...

. For execution of outlined activities sequentially were placed into operation: in 1956 a

cyclotron A cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator invented by Ernest O. Lawrence in 1929–1930 at the University of California, Berkeley, and patented in 1932. Lawrence, Ernest O. ''Method and apparatus for the acceleration of ions'', filed: Jan ...

U-120, in 1960 a research reactor VVR-M (Water-Water), and in 1964 an electro-static generator EGP-5. On 26 March 1970 the Presidium of the

(at that time Ukrainian Academy of Sciences) in pursuance of the relevant resolution of the Council of Ministers of the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

adopted the resolution #105 about the creation of NASU Institute of Nuclear Research (IYaD) on the basis of a number of nuclear departments of the NASU Institute of Physics.

Major scientific directions

The main directions of scientific research are

Nuclear Physics Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter. Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the ...

Atomic Energy Atomic energy or energy of atoms is energy carried by atoms. The term originated in 1903 when Ernest Rutherford began to speak of the possibility of atomic energy. Isaac Asimov, ''Atom: Journey Across the Sub-Atomic Cosmos'', New York:1992 Plume, ...

, Solid-state physics,

Plasma Physics Plasma ()πλάσμα
, Henry George Liddell, R ...

Radiobiology Radiobiology (also known as radiation biology, and uncommonly as actinobiology) is a field of clinical and basic medical sciences that involves the study of the action of ionizing radiation on living things, especially health effects of radiation. ...

and

Radioecology Radioecology is the branch of ecology concerning the presence of radioactivity in Earth’s ecosystems. Investigations in radioecology include field sampling, experimental field and laboratory procedures, and the development of environmentally pr ...

Experimental facilities

Research

Nuclear reactor A nuclear reactor is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction or nuclear fusion reactions. Nuclear reactors are used at nuclear power plants for electricity generation and in nuclear marine propulsion. Heat fr ...

WWR-M,

Cyclotron A cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator invented by Ernest O. Lawrence in 1929–1930 at the University of California, Berkeley, and patented in 1932. Lawrence, Ernest O. ''Method and apparatus for the acceleration of ions'', filed: Jan ...

U-120,

Isochronous cyclotron A cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator invented by Ernest O. Lawrence in 1929–1930 at the University of California, Berkeley, and patented in 1932. Lawrence, Ernest O. ''Method and apparatus for the acceleration of ions'', filed: Janu ...

U-240, 10 MeV Electrostatic Tandem Accelerator.

Directors

* 1970 — 1974 Mitrofan Pasichnyk * 1974 — 1983 Oleh Nimets * 1984 — 2015 Ivan Vyshnevskyi * 2015 —

Vasyl Slisenko The name Basil (''royal, kingly'') comes from the male Greek name Vassilios (, female version ), which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from " basileus" ( el, βασιλεύς, links=no), of greek origin, meaning "king" ...

Known scientists

Aleksandr Leipunskii Aleksandr Il'ich Leipunskii (7 December 1903 – 14 August 1972) was a Polish-born Jewish physicist. He was born in the small village of Dragli, Russian Poland. In 1921, he entered the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1926. He then ...

Vilen Strutinsky Vilen Mitrofanovich Strutinsky (russian: Вилен Митрофанович Струтинский; 16 October 1929 – 28 June 1993) was a Soviet nuclear physicist. Strutinsky graduated from secondary school in 1946 in Odessa (after his family d ...

* Yuri G. Zdesenko

References

Nuclear research institutes Research institutes in Kyiv Science and technology in Kyiv Research institutes in the Soviet Union Institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine NASU Institute of Physics Research institutes established in 1970 1970 establishments in the Soviet Union {{Ukraine-stub