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Ph.D. studentships in new reactor technologies

2018.05.18 - Marek Pawłowski National Center for Nuclear Research invites candidates for a 5-year doctoral studies in reactor physics within the framework of the project “New reactor concepts and safety analyses for the Polish Nuclear Energy Program”. See details at phd4gen.pl ----

Work for a new research agenda of Centre of Excellence in New Materials in Świerk

2018.05.15 - Marek Pawłowski NCBJ hosts a three-day working conference dedicated to a project of creating centre of excellence for materials applicable in extreme conditions, NOMATEN. The project is a joint initiative of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and National Centre for Nuclear Research. The centre was included in an exclusive group of projects, which gained recognition in the first phase of the EU competition Teaming for Excellence. ----

Preparation of area for the CERAD building soon to be completed

CERAD: przygotowywanie terenu (foto: Marek Pawłowski / NCBJ)
2018.05.14 - admin2 Work is ongoing on the construction site of Centre for Design and Synthesis of Molecularly Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals “CERAD” in Świerk. In the site, where the three-story building and a laboratory will be situated, an old boiler room has been already demolished and its fundations are being removed.  ----

In Świerk, about cybersecurity of nuclear installations

2018.04.23 - Marek Pawłowski NCBJ, in cooperation with IAEA, has organized a workshop on conducting assessment on the state of cyber security in nuclear installations. Invited experts will meet in Świerk with workshop attendees, delegated from government agencies, scientific institutes and commercial organizations. They will present cyber security assessment methodology and recommended practices for identifying in advance cyber vulnerabilities and threats and taking appropriate prevention measures. ----

Iodine from Świerk for half a million patients a week

2018.04.16 - Marek Pawłowski A large portion of radioactive iodine-131 used in nuclear medicine all over the world is manufactured in Poland. Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, which operates within National Centre for Nuclear Research, exports iodine reagents and ready-to-use medical products to recipients on six continents. Isotopes needed to produce the radiopharmaceuticals are created in research reactor Maria. Products containing iodine-131 are used mainly in therapy and diagnostic of thyroid conditions. ----

Entrepreneurs can rest peacefully thanks to IT

2018.03.07 - Marek Pawłowski A team of Polish researchers won in the first round of remote-access international competition Global Legal Hackathon 2018, which promotes innovative digital solutions in the area of law and legislation. The solution presented by dr Adam Zadrożny (NCBJ) and associates is based on blockchain technology and is meant to help the taxpayers document, that their business partner was a VAT taxpayer during the transaction. ----

A Polish Product of the Future from Świerk will help cancer patients

2018.03.01 - Marek Pawłowski On March 1 in Warsaw, Polish Product of the Future recognitions were awarded in this year 20th anniversary competition organized by PARP and NCBiR. The winner was the IntraLine-IOERT intraoperative accelerator built at the NCBJ. The competition promotes innovative products and technologies which have a chance to appear on the domestic and the global market. ----

CentriX will X-ray almost everything

Signing the contract for financing the CentriX project
2018.02.26 - admin Soon, the National Center for Nuclear Research in Świerk will receive more than 17.6 million PLN from European Union toward setting up a research and implementation centre for CentriX industrial radiation techniques. On Monday, February 26, an agreement on financing the project Was signed by the Deputy Marshal of the Masovian Voivodeship, Ms. Janina Orzełowska, by a Member of the Masovian Voivodeship Board, Ms. Elżbieta Lanc and the Director of NCBJ, prof. Krzysztof Kurek. ----

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