Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics is one of the laboratories of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia) that investigates the neutron as an elementary particle using various instruments, and employs the neutron as an instrument to investigate the structure and dynamics of condensed matter, including crystals and nanosystems, functional materials, complex liquids and polymers, rocks, etc. so that our findings could find application in molecular biology and pharmacology, engineering diagnostics and in other fields of science and technology.
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Events
FLNP Seminar, September 21, 2020 (Monday), 13:00, FLNP Conference hall (3rd floor)
"High-temperature superconducting hydrides: current status"
Artem R. Oganov (SKOLTECH, MIPT, NPU)
Dmitrii Semenok (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology)
Meeting of the Dissertation Council on Condensed Matter Physics at FLNP JINR, September 7 (Monday), 2020, 15:00, FLNP Conference hall
Agenda:
1. Defense of the candidate dissertation by Yashina Ekaterina G. (NRC "Kurchatov Institute" – PNPI, Gatchina) "Investigation of structural organization of chromatin in nuclei of biological cells using methods of small-angle neutron scattering"
PAC for Condensed Matter Physics, 2 July 2020, 10:00, at the International Conference Hall and online
To participate in the conference, use the Zoom application. You can join the conference using a browser or download the application from the link
Instruction for ZOOM aplication.
Draft programme is availibale on https://indico.jinr.ru/event/1328/
The conference ID and password may be provided by the FLNP Scientific Secretary.
News
On the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics held a Memorial Seminar devoted to the 60th anniversary of the start-up of the IBR reactor
On June 23, the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics held a Memorial Seminar devoted to the 60th anniversary of the start-up of the IBR reactor. The Seminar was held both in the FLNP Conference Hall and in a video-conference format.
The Seminar was opened with a short historical review delivered by FLNP Director V.N. Shvetsov. He also conveyed greetings from the Bulgarian colleagues, cooperation with whom has been continuing for many years. Professor P. Petrov, Director of the Institute of Electronics, BAS, congratulated the FLNP employees on the glorious date and wished them new remarkable scientific achievements.
On June 23, 1960, exactly 60 years ago, the first FLNP pulsed reactor reached pulsed criticality, about which a corresponding historical note was made in the Laboratory’s logbook and evidenced by the signatures of all participants in the power start-up. The IBR started a dynasty of pulsed reactors at JINR, later continued by IBR-30 and IBR-2. Next, Yu.N. Pepelyshev presented the concept of a pulsed reactor, further developing the ideas embodied in the IBR-2 (co-authors A.V. Vinogradov, A.D. Rogov, S.F. Sidorkin). The authors assume that it will be possible to minimize the amount of design and development work and use previous successful developments and solutions. The main difference from the IBR-2 reactor is that the units of the reactor control and safety system will be moved inside the core, as is done in the BOR-60, MBIR and BN-600 reactors. This will make it possible to place neutron moderators maximally close to the reactor vessel and improve the level of protection. Also, among the advantages of the project is the possibility of using the reactivity module developed for the modernized IBR-2 reactor and part of its spectrometers.
The report raised many questions, which resulted in discussions in the Conference Hall and on the Internet. V.N. Shvetsov, thanking the speaker, noted that this speech does not mean that the FLNP has not chosen a project for a new neutron source.
Attention!
Changes in the operating mode of IBR-2, IREN and additional sanitary safety mesuares in the bldg. 117
Official report of COVID-19
The information is available on link.
Information for Users
This is to inform you that in accordance with the order of the JINR
Directorate regarding the coronavirus epidemic, we are forced to cancel
all visits to the experiments in FLNP.
We plan to compensate for the lost experimental time in the second half of
this year (September-December). Further details will be provided later.
We would also like to inform you that in accordance with the order of the
FLNP Directorate, we are canceling the nearest round of proposal
submission. We plan to open the next round at the turn of August and
September 2020.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.
Sincerely yours,
Dorota Chudoba