Molybdenum-99, produced in the MARIA reactor, is the isotope most commonly used in nuclear medicine procedures. Scientists at the National Centre for Nuclear Research have improved the isotope production process, which will increase its efficiency and reduce costs by as much as 14%. The optimisation and stabilisation of production will make it possible to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of patients.

The Association for the Promotion of Quality Control in Radiotoxicological Analysis (PROCORAD), in collaboration with National Centre for Nuclear Research, is organizing the 2026 PROCORAD Annual Meeting for radiation protection specialists.

The European Space Agency is planning to build a Technology Centre in Poland. The decision to locate the project within the Warsaw Metropolitan Area has been supported by representatives of the City of Warsaw administration, the Mazovia Voivodeship local government, companies from the space sector, research organisations and scientific institutions. During the event, a letter of intent was signed on behalf of the National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) by Prof. Agnieszka Pollo, Deputy Director for Science.

The National Centre for Nuclear Research has received funding for five projects under the OPUS and SONATA programmes run by the National Science Centre.

The 19th Congress of the Polish Society of Nuclear Medicine took place in Łódź at the end of May. Representatives from the Radioisotope Centre POLATOM attended the meeting and presented their research achievements. One of the participants, Monika Wyczółkowska from the POLATOM Research Department, was honoured by the Committee with an award for the best oral presentation at the Congress.

In early April, the National Centre for Nuclear Research hosted the launch of the 4NEW project, which aims to support the development of skills and human resources for the nuclear sector in Poland. As part of the project, a delegation from the NCBJ and the project leader from the Silesian University of Technology had the opportunity to meet with Swedish partners involved in the skills support programme for the nuclear energy sector. This is an opportunity to gain knowledge and experience that will be invaluable for Poland, where this branch of the energy sector is just emerging.

In June, the latest edition of the Global 2000 list, compiled by the Center for World University Rankings and featuring the world’s top universities, was published. In this year’s ranking, the National Centre for Nuclear Research remains among the top 4.2% of universities worldwide and occupies a high seventh place in Poland.

In June, a team from the National Centre for Nuclear Research took part in the International Invention and Innovation Show in Katowice. This is one of Europe’s most important events dedicated to innovation, inventions and modern technologies. The innovative solutions developed at the NCBJ were honoured with prestigious awards.

As in previous years, the awards of director of Department of Fundamental Research for scientific achievements and science outreach in 2025 were presented. On June 1, 2026, a special departmental colloquium was held, during which the awards were presented and the winners lectured on their honored achievements.

The 12th edition of the Polish Chemistry Congress will soon take place in Warsaw. The National Centre for Nuclear Research has assumed honorary patronage of this prestigious event. One of the topics covered during the congress will be nuclear energy and its application in the chemical industry.