Posted: 10.02.2020
At the 7th of February, 2020 the «Relevant Humor» KVN-2020 game for the cup of Director General of the NNC RK between the branches of the NNC RK and city organizations was arranged in the cultural center of Kurchatov city. Teams of the branches «Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology» (IRSE), «Institute of Atomic Energy» […]
Posted: 29.10.2018
The idea to establish the Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology (IRSE) arose after the closure of Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (STS) when a new structure of the test site as a research center was formed. The Decree of RK President, N.A. Nazarbayev, No. 409 on STS closure was published on August 29, 1991, and […]
Posted: 18.11.2019
As part of IAEA’s technical cooperation project KAZ9014 ‘Scientific and technical support of activities on the release of lands of the former Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS) to economic use’, the branch IRSE RSE NNC RK acquired a new analytical instrument ‘Pyrolyser-6 Trio’ in 2019. This equipment was specifically designed and tested to extract tritium and […]
Posted: 29.04.2020
As the spring ends, on the threshold of the beginning of fieldworks a specific attention is paid to preparation for the expeditions: the workscope is being determined, trips are planned and the equipment is being prepared. However, all this is hardly related to the laboratories for radionuclides analysis of the branch «Institute of Radiation Safety […]
Posted: 05.11.2019
On October 28, 2019, as part of the program of a stay, UN representatives from Ireland visited the Museum of Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS). Guests familiarized themselves with the history of how the test site was set up and developed, features of nuclear tests conducted and the current radiological situation in the STS territory.
Posted: 16.09.2019
Between September 7 and 13, 2019 the 5th International conference on environmental radioactivity – ENVIRA 2019 was held in the Czech Republic (Prague city). The conference was hosted by the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Czech Technical University in Prague in cooperation with the University of Comenius in Bratislava, […]
Posted: 17.04.2020
Works to fulfill the obligations within the framework of budget and contractual programs aimed at survey of the territory of Semipalatinsk Test Site (the STS) have been performed by the branch «Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology» at full speed. One of the most important stages in field works planning is development and analysis of […]
Posted: 06.03.2020
On March 5, 2020 a book exhibition was held in the library of the branch ‘Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology’ RSE NNC RK on the topic: ‘Radioecological state and environmental protection’. The scientific and technical activity of the branch is closely related to such scientific areas as radioecology, radiochemistry, radiobiology, pedology, environmental monitoring etc. […]
