Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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Aide to the President of Russia Andrei Fursenko and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko held a meeting of the council for the implementation of the Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the Development of Synchrotron and Neutron Research and Research Infrastructure for the Period up to 2030 and Beyond.
It was also attended by the Minister of Education and Science Valery Falkov, the President of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Mikhail Kovalchuk, Deputy Minister of Finance Pavel Kadochnikov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Vasily Shpak, Deputy Minister of Healthcare Tatyana Semenova, and representatives of other interested organizations. During the meeting, the current status of work on the creation of unique scientific installations of the "megascience" class and complexes of nuclear medicine and hadron therapy was discussed.
Andrey Fursenko noted the importance of meeting deadlines when creating such installations and complexes, and also paid special attention to the development of technologies that will be developed on the basis of the research stations of the SKIF Center for Collective Use.
Dmitry Chernyshenko emphasized that measures for the development of synchrotron and neutron research and research infrastructure in Russia are enshrined in the corresponding decree of President Vladimir Putin.
"Our country is implementing a program to create and modernize a network of unique scientific installations of the "megascience" class, nuclear medicine and hadron therapy complexes. They are called upon to make an important contribution to achieving the national goal set by President Vladimir Putin – technological leadership. Thanks to these installations, our country will be able to further realize its scientific potential, provide breakthrough research in a whole range of areas, including the nuclear industry, materials science, and medicine. Today, 12 such projects are being implemented within the framework of the federal scientific and technical program," the Deputy Prime Minister noted.
Among them are the SKIF Collective Use Center in the Novosibirsk Region, the RIF on Russky Island, PIK and the Nuclear Medicine and Hadron Therapy Center (modernization of five complexes) in the Leningrad Region, Sila and Omega in the Moscow Region, the Zelenograd Technological Storage Complex, and KISI-Kurchatov in Moscow. The Deputy Prime Minister paid special attention to the progress of creating a 4th generation synchrotron radiation source at the SKIF Collective Use Center and the commissioning of 25 research stations at the International Center for Neutron Research based on the PIK high-flux reactor.
The head of the Ministry of Education and Science, Valery Falkov, presented a report on the current status of work on the creation of unique scientific installations of the “megascience” class.
"The event to create such a research infrastructure is the key and most resource-intensive in the federal scientific and technical development program. As a result, a network research infrastructure will be created with localized sources in various regions of Russia," he noted.
The Minister also spoke about the implementation of the project to create a 4th generation synchrotron radiation source at the SKIF Center for Collective Use.
"We have created a large-scale program, and it is moving forward. Now it is important to make an effort and see it through to the end. There is a great responsibility in construction, because the volume is really serious. What we are doing can be done by only a few countries," said Mikhail Kovalchuk.
In December 2024, the linear accelerator (part of the SKIF structure) was launched. In May of this year, the booster synchrotron was launched, and the first synchrotron radiation was obtained at the facility. By the end of August, it is planned to reach the design power parameter of 3 GeV (one of the two main parameters of the synchrotron radiation source). Currently, scientists from the G.I. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS (the main manufacturer of equipment for the accelerator-storage complex) are doing a lot of work in this area.
The manufacturing of the SKIF main storage device equipment is 95.5% complete. It is fully located on the site of the facility, and large-block assembly of accelerator elements is underway in the manufacturing stand building.
In parallel with this, the team that will work on the installation is being trained. The main source of personnel for SKIF will be Novosibirsk State University.
In general, the SKIF CCU is a complex of 34 buildings and structures, as well as engineering and technological equipment. The readiness of the equipment of the seven experimental stations of the first stage is more than 95%.
The Ministry of Education and Science is working to attract industrial partners interested in the operation of such mega-science installations. During a series of events, they formulated requests for research, including in the fields of petrochemistry, biology, microelectronics, and others.
Director of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center Yulia Dyakova spoke about the implementation of 12 megascience class installations and nuclear medicine complexes within the framework of the program. In particular, she noted that 11 out of 20 stations have already been manufactured and delivered for the commissioning of 25 research stations of the PIK reactor, and 9 stations are still being developed. She emphasized that the modernization of such installations as KISI-Kurchatov, Omega, TNK Zelenograd, RIF, Luch U-70 and Luch-Proton is on schedule. It is expected that the Luch-Proton complex will create the first domestic gantry system in Russia – a radiation installation for medicine.
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