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Institute of Nuclear Physics of the National Nuclear Centre of the Republic of Kazakhstan (INP NNC RK), Almaty
The Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) was established in 1957 by the Government of the Soviet Union and embarked on research work in the field of nuclear spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, radiospectroscopy and automated physical measurements. In 1964 a U-150M cyclotron was brought into operation, and in 1967, INP’s largest facility, a WWR-K research reactor, was launched. Until the beginning of the 1990s, orders from the military-industrial complex were carried out in conjunction with leading organisations in Russia, including work relating to the production of, and research into, materials and components for nuclear reactors for use in space and in warships and submarines. In this period, some 900 people worked in the Institute. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, government funding for research institutes, including INP, fell sharply. These were difficult times for the Institute, and the headcount fell to 311. In 1997, as a result of the unstable and deteriorating situation, the leadership of the Institute took the decision to embark on commercial activities. The main commercial priorities at this time were the production of radioisotopes for medical and industrial applications, radioactive cross-linking and sterilisation, analytical services, radioecological studies and monitoring of the radioactivity of equipment, buildings and land. As a result of targeted entrepreneurial activities such as these, the number of staff had already almost doubled to 609 by the year 2000. Today, INP is part of the National Nuclear Centre of the Republic of Kazakhstan and is the largest scientific research institute in the field of nuclear physics in the Republic. It includes six departments and four subsidiary organisations, where applied and fundamental research is carried out. Six hundred and fifty members of staff work in INP, including 60 candidates of science and 20 full doctors of science. The Institute carries out joint collaborative research with a large number of partner organizations from the CIS and other countries, and actively participates in international projects under the aegis of ISTC, CRDF, INTAS, NATO and IAEA. www.inp.kz - Institute of Nuclear Physics of the National Nuclear Centre of the Republic of Kazakhstan | |
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