SSC
RF "Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research" or TRINITY for short russian: Троицкий Институт инновационных и термоядерных исследований, ГНЦ РФ ТРИНИТИ) is a Russian state scientific center (SSC) in the field of
controlled thermonuclear fusion
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,
,
laser physics
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Laser science is principally concerned with quantum electronics, laser construction, optical cavity design, the physics of producing a popul ...
, and the technology and practical application of impulse sources of power supply based on
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s.
It is located in
Troitsk, Moscow
Troitsk (russian: Тро́ицк) is a town in Troitsky Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia, located on the Desna River southwest from the center of Moscow on the Kaluzhskoye Highway. Population: 39,873 ( 2010 Census); 32, ...
. It was established in 1956 as the Magnetic Laboratory of the USSR Academy of Sciences by an initiative of the academician
Anatoly Aleksandrov.
In 1961, it was merged into
Kurchatov Institute
The Kurchatov Institute (russian: Национальный исследовательский центр «Курчатовский Институт», 'National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute) is Russia's leading research and developmen ...
as a special sector (later a section). From 1971 it was a subdivision of Kurchatov Institute under the direction of academician
Evgeny Velikhov
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. From 1978 until December 2003 its director was the USSR Academy of Sciences correspondent member
Vyacheslav Pismenniy Vyacheslav, also transliterated Viacheslav or Viatcheslav (russian: Вячеслав, Vjačeslav ; uk, В'ячеслав, V"jačeslav ), is a Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name. It is the equivalent of Belarusian Вячаслаў/Вацл ...
. Currently, its Director is Professor V. E. Cherkovets.
TRINITY was reestablished in 1991 receiving its current name. In 1994 it was granted the status of State Scientific Center (SSC), which was renewed in 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2007.
TRINITY operates the experimental facility
Angara 5-1
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and the thermonuclear complex SFT (Strong Field
Tokamak
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T-11M).
External links
Official site
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at
Nuclear Threat Initiative
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website
Research institutes established in 1956
Research institutes in Russia
Research institutes in the Soviet Union
Nuclear research institutes in Russia
Nuclear technology in the Soviet Union
1956 establishments in the Soviet Union
Troitsk Settlement
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