Russian Federal Nuclear Center - The All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC - VNIIEF) - is a Federal State Unitary Enterprise (FSUE) of the State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom”. The Institute was founded in 1946 to implement the Soviet Atomic Project. The first Soviet atomic and H-bombs were developed here.
Today, FSUE RFNC - VNIIEF is the largest research and development institution in Russia that successfully handles defense, science and national economy problems. Safety and reliability of the Russian nuclear stockpile was and remains to be the RFNC - VNIIEF's primary mission.
There are several institutes within the RFNC - VNIIEF: Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics, Institute of Experimental Gas Dynamics and Detonation Physics, Institute of Nuclear and Radiation Physics, Research Institute of Laser Physics, Research Center of High Energy Density and Beam Physics, with Design Bureaus and other programmatic divisions as well - all directed by the general scientific and administrative management.
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05.05.2012
On the eve of the Victory Day the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev signed the decree “On awarding the State Prize of the Russian Federation named after marshal of the USSR Georgy Zhukov in 2012”. The scientific leader of VNIIEF Radiy Il’kayev is one of the nominees of the Prize.
02.05.2012
From 18 to 22 of April, 2012, RFNC-VNIIEF took part in the 40-th jubilee Show of Inventions and Innovations in Geneva, Switzerland. The biggest exhibition center of Geneva named Geneva-Palexpo became the site for demonstration of thousands of developments, projects and inventions brought together from over 50 countries.
The delegation of the Nuclear Center headed by the Deputy Head of the Department for International Relations of VNIIEF Maxim Pelykh worked as part of the consolidated delegation of Nizhny Novgorod region.
Three projects were presented in the exposition of the Nuclear Center: “Diffusion galvanization – a new method to apply anti-corrosion coating” (originator Tatyana Kazakovskaya); “Nano-structured semi-products and components for engineering purposes” (originator Andrey Smolyakov); “The device with biological feedback for restoration and functional recovery of human hands” (originator Oleg Shamro).
All the three projects of RFNC-VNIIEF were awarded with golden medals and diplomas of the 40-th Geneva Show. The project for restoration and functional recovery of human hands was awarded with another three medals, initiated by the participants of the show.
24.04.2012
On the 24 of April, 2012, the International Conference “Twenty years of collaboration of the nuclear centers of Rosatom and the US national laboratories” started its sessions in Sarov, hosted by the Russian Federal Nuclear Center.
The nuclear scientists of both countries gathered to give estimates to 20 years of collaboration and to discuss the prospects.
The Conference, hosted at the ancient Sarov land, was opened by the scientific leader of RFNC-VNIIEF, academician R.I. Il’kayev. He greeted those present and narrated about his vision of cooperation with the American counterpart. “Our collaboration with the USA national laboratories encompasses the widest spectrum, including such crucial points as safety and security of nuclear munitions and its non-proliferation. Together with our American colleagues we’ve done a lot”, - said VNIIEF scientific leader.
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23.04.2012
The International Conference named “Twenty years of collaboration between nuclear centers of Rosatom and the US national laboratories” was opened on 23 April, 2012.
The Conference gathered the scientists and experts from the State Corporation Rosatom, nuclear centers VNIIEF and VNIITF, NIIIS after Yu.E. Sedakov, VNIIA after N.L. Dukhov, OKBM after I.I. Afrikantov.
The USA delegation headed by ex-director of Los-Alamos national laboratory Siegfrid Hecker combined the current experts and veterans of LANL (Los-Alamos NL), LLNL (Lawrence Livermore NL), PNNL (North-Pacific NL) and Sandia national labs governed by the Department of Energy of the USA.
The director of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center VNIIEF Valentin Kostyukov in his opening word underlined, that the purpose of the Conference is to give the retrospective view of collaboration between two countries and to find out the perspectives for the same, saying: “Today is the historical day, which is to conclude our joint efforts. With these twenty years behind we can now pay tribute to courage and firmness of those people, who started these undertakings in times, which were not easy for both countries”. Director of VNIIEF expressed his hope, that the Conference will give impetus to positive developments both in Russia and the USA. Siegfrid Hecker, going back to 20-year old political events, mentioned: “We understood those days, that we better be cooperating, than competing to build nuclear safety in a proper way”.
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