Institute for Nuclear Research


Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a Russian scientific research centre "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".
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 and the former Artemovskaya Scientific Station.
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.

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