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Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INR RAS, Russian: Институт ядерных исследований) is a Russian scientific research center "for further development of the experimental base and fundamental research activities in the field of atomic nucleus, elementary particle and cosmic ray physics and neutrino astrophysics".^[1]

History

It was founded in 1970 by the Decree of the USSR Council of Ministers. Located in Moscow, Russia near the Moscow State University and in Troitsk.

The institute is a founder of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory, the Baikal Deep Underwater Neutrino Telescope (Lake Baikal) and the former Artemovskaya Scientific Station (Soledar, Ukraine).

About 1,300 specialists including 5 academicians and 2 corresponding members of the RAS, 42 doctors and 160 candidates of science work in the institute.

Directors

• Albert Nikiforovich Tavkhelidze, academician of RAS (1970–1986)
• Viktor Anatolyevich Matveev, academician of RAS, head of the Presidium of the Scientific Center of RAS in Troitsk (1987–2014)
• Leonid Vladimirovich Kravchuk (since 2015)

See also

• Vladimir Lobashev
• Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

References

External links

• INR RAS Website
• Portal of INR RAS in Moscow
• Portal of INR RAS in Troitsk

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