On November 23-25, 2021, the VBLHEP delegation took part in the international conference “Modern problems of nuclear energetics and nuclear technologies” held in Tashkent (the Republic of Uzbekistan) and dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the foundation of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The conference brought together about 190 participants from 10 world countries, including representatives of scientific, scientific educational and scientific production institutes of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Australia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Italy and other countries. In total, 130 reports were presented for three days of the conference, which was held both in person and online format.
The event was aimed at presenting modern trends in the field of fundamental and applied nuclear physics, the latest achievements in the field of nuclear energy, in the development and application of nuclear technologies, and in nuclear medicine. The event was also intended to broaden and enhance the international scientific cooperation.
The conference started with a session of welcome speeches given by INP AS RUz Director I. Sadikov, AS RUz President and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan in JINR B. Yuldashev, Scientific Secretary of the Department of Physical, Mathematical and Technical Sciences of AS RUz S. Bakhramov, Senior Vice-President for Commerce and International Business at the TVEL Fuel company O. Grigoriev.
The management representatives of VBLHEP Department No.5 of Scientific and methodological research and innovation S. Tyutyunnikov (online) and O. Belov (in person) presented their plenary reports during the conference. M. Novikov, M. Sapozhnikov, M. Paraipan, R. Akberov, and I. Kryachko took part in the sections on nuclear energy and advanced nuclear energy facilities, radiation physics of condensed matter, and nuclear and radiation safety.
During the visit, there was a number of working meetings of the VBLHEP delegation members with representatives of INP AS RUz and the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Neurosurgery under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Participants of the conference had an opportunity to learn about the facilities of the INP AS RUz research infrastructure such as the nuclear research reactor, the cyclotron, the linear accelerator, the gamma-setup and the neutron generator. All these facilities are used to perform fundamental and applied research in a number of advanced fields of modern science and technology.
While discussing new prospects for cooperation between JINR and scientific centres of the Republic of Uzbekistan, possible work in the field of applied research was proposed to be jointly carried out at the NICA complex. Colleagues from Uzbekistan became interested in elaborating the possibility to join international collaborations on research in the field of life sciences and radiation material science using accelerated ion beams of the NICA complex.
The parties agreed to continue their close cooperation on the issues discussed.
