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Adam Struzik, Mazovia Voivodeship Marshall, visited NCBJ

Adam Struzik, Mazovia Voivodeship Marshall (photo Marcin Jakubowski, NCBJ)
During his visit paid to NCBJ Adam Struzik, Mazovia Voivodeship Marshall, acquainted himself with infrastructure and capabilities of the Świerk Computing Centre (CIS) and Science & Technology Park (PNT). The visit was also an opportunity to present outcomes of the projects recently accomplished in our Institute with financial support of EU. ----

5th anniversary of events in Fukushima nuclear power plant. Get the facts

Fukushima-Daiichi
Earthquake followed by tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011 – five years ago – brought some disastrous consequences in Japan, including a catastrophe in the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant. Even as much as 5 years has passed since the catastrophe, many false information are still vivid among the public, and some misstatements circulating the media are still negatively influencing the entire nuclear power industry.     ----

Andrzej Duda, President of Poland, in NCBJ

Andrzej Duda, President of Poland (photo: Marcin Jakubowski)
Andrzej Duda, President of Poland, visited MARIA, the sole nuclear reactor operated in Poland, where he was presented with outcomes of the already concluded MARIA’s fuel conversion process. Poland committed to switch the fuel from highly enriched uranium (HEU) to low-enriched uranium (LEU) back in 2004 when it joined the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) programme. ----

Atom – the basic energy source for the Baltic region

BRILLIANT (Bal­tic Region Ini­tia­tive for Long Lasting Inno­vAtive Nuc­lear Tech­no­lo­gies)
Some experts from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden and Poland working on the BRILLIANT (Baltic Region Initiative for Long Lasting InnovAtive Nuclear Technologies) project met in Ministry of Energy in Warsaw on February 29, 2016. The task force discussed a project to create a joint scientific/technological platform that would facilitate regional approach to the issue of development of nuclear technologies in the Baltic region. ----

Minister of Digital Affairs has paid a visit to NCBJ

Anna Streżyńska, Minister of Digital Affairs, in NCBJ (photo Marcin Jakubowski, NCBJ)
Anna Streżyńska, Minister of Digital Affairs, has paid a visit to NCBJ. She familiarized herself with IT infrastructure and technical background developed within the Świerk Computing Centre (CIŚ) project framework.     ----

Late Prof. Danuta Kiełczewska

Professor Danuta Kiełczewska, 21.08.1945–22.02.2016
Professor Danuta Kiełczewska passed away on February 22, 2016. She was a member of the Warsaw University Physics Faculty and also for several years a member of scientific staff in the Andrzej Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies. Her professional achievements and organizational talents laid foundations for experimental neutrino physics in Poland cultivated by strong teams in Warsaw, Cracow, Wrocław and Katowice ----

Attendees of the Great Energy Summit conference have visited Świerk

Delegates for the Great Energy Summit 2016 conference are visiting the MARIA reactor in Świerk (photo Marcin Jakubowski NCBJ)
Representatives of some private companies from the British nuclear industry sector and some employees of Commercial Sections of British embassies in CEE/Balkan countries have visited NCBJ Świerk.  ----

NCBJ management has met with some Ministry of Health officials

Mr. Krzysztof Łanda, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health (photo Katarzyna Żuchowicz)
Mr. Krzysztof Łanda, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health, accompanied by some representatives of Health Technology Assessment Agency, paid a visit to Świerk. The guests were presented with NCBJ capacities and achievements in the field of nuclear medicine-related applications. ----

Gravitational waves discovered 100 years after Einstein had predicted them

The Warsaw press conference (photo Marianna Zadrożna)
For the first time in history scientists have observed some “wrinkles” on the spacetime “fabric”. These gravitational waves have arrived to Earth from a distant point in the Universe where some catastrophic event had taken place. The observation has confirmed one of the most profound consequences of the General Theory of Relativity proposed by Einstein in 1915 and has opened up quite new perspectives in research on the Universe. ----

What is known on gravitational waves

Artistic vision of gravitational waves emitted by a system of two objects quickly orbiting around their centre of gravity (photo NASA)
Current status of research on gravitational waves was presented on a special press conference organized by Polish scientists on February 11, 2016 in Warsaw on the occasion of 100th anniversary since Albert Einstein predicted the waves. ----

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