One of the most promising, ambitious and expensive projects of recent times involving the National Nuclear Centre of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NNC) involves the establishment in Kurchatov of KTM - the Kazakhstan Materials Research Tokamak. The project was launched in 1999, with funding from the Government of Kazakhstan and is being carried out in close collaboration with Russian specialists and organisations.
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The idea of establishing a coalition of reactors including those working in the institutes of nuclear physics in Almaty and Tashkent, was born in December 2007 at a meeting to develop strategic planning for research reactor activities held in Vienna under the aegis of IAEA. The main function of the coalition would be to oversee the coordination of activities involving the production of radioisotopes for medical and industrial applications.
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With the support of CNCP, the Institute of Nuclear Physics (Almaty, Kazakhstan) has concluded a partnership agreement with The Welding Institute (Cambridge, Great Britain) to work together to introduce modern procedures and technologies designed to raise the level of safety on production sites and on sites belonging to the nuclear complex of Kazakhstan.
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The “Basalt” project proposed by the Sukhumi Institute of Physics and Technology (SIPT) for consideration by CNCP, had almost reached the point where a decision was due on funding when Programme specialists began to question whether demand in Georgia for basalt fibre paint additives would be sufficient and also whether the funding envisaged from CNCP and SIPT would be adequate. One of the firms proposed as a source of equipment for the project was the Ukrainian company Mineral-7 Ltd.
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The establishment of sustainable commercial links is an important element in the success of every company. This is particularly important when companies promote scientific, innovation projects. The opportunities offered by the CNCP Programme in the countries of the former Soviet Union are unique in this respect. Thanks to work undertaken in the framework of CNCP, nuclear centres have developed new links and have found new opportunities for creating and promoting innovation-based products.
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In 2006, a Commercialisation Unit was set up in KIPT with support from CNCP. This was later merged with the Institute’s Patents Research Laboratory and the new unit was given the name TIDIS.
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