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Plans to make resonators for particle accelerators in Belarus

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MINSK, 4 June (BelTA) – Plans have been made to start making superconducting resonators for accelerator complexes used for research purposes. The possibility was discussed as Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus Aleksandr Shumilin met with Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna Grigory Trubnikov, BelTA has learned.

The concept of an R&D program “Accelerator complex based on superconducting resonators” of the Union State of Belarus and Russia will be agreed soon.

Aleksandr Shumilin said: “The work represents an important example of profound R&D cooperation of Belarusian scientists and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The results that have been achieved will soon become the foundation for new bilateral projects and for creating a high-tech enterprise in our country. Thus, Belarus will become part of the elite club that can make such unique devices.”

Aleksandr Shumilin also remarked that as they take part in the mega-science project NICA, the Physical Technical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Institute for Nuclear Problems of the Belarusian State University fulfill orders of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research for the development and production of mechanical constructs and products, batch-produced printed circuit boards, microchips, low-voltage power supply systems, and gas detectors. Batch-produced printed circuit boards and cooling panels for a calorimeter prototype are made for experiments involving the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Aleksandr Shumilin went on saying: “The dynamics of export deliveries indicates our work is highly effective. In Q1 2021 alone Belarusian institutions and enterprises signed contracts worth over $600,000 with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. About $2 million worth of R&D products and services will be exported this year to fulfill orders of the Dubna-based institute.”

The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna is an international intergovernmental research organization set up to combine efforts, scientific and material capabilities of the member states to study the fundamental properties of matter. At present the JINR has 18 member states, including Belarus. Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee Aleksandr Shumilin is Belarus’ plenipotentiary representative in the JINR.

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