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Discussion on nuclear power costs and its role in power balance

On January 9, 2017 a seminar on nuclear power costs and its role in power balance in Poland was held in NCBJ. Ideas presented by Professor Strupczewski in his lecture were confronted with some critique. Dr. Weissbach concluded the seminar with a lecture on the ratio of energy supplied/energy produced typical for various technologies. ----

The "Nuclear power costs and role in power balance" seminar

All interested persons are kindly invited to come to Świerk on January 9, 2017 to participate in a hopefully vivid discussion on nuclear power. The  "Nuclear power costs and role in power balance" seminar will be held in the Świerk Science and Technology Park building. The event will start at 11:30 on Monday, January 9, 2017. Experts from some anti-nuclear NGOs are expected. ----

Świerk scientists test engine rails

Test stand in NCBJ Materials Research Lab (photo NCBJ)
NCBJ has been cooperating with the Warsaw-based Railway Institute to comprehensively evaluate quality and safety of engine rails. Some nationwide unique competencies are among outcomes of that tight cooperation. ----

The largest 3D map of the Universe as it was 7 billion years ago

An international team of astronomers (composed also of some Polish scientists) running the VIPERS (VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey) project has just presented the largest 3D map of the Universe as it was 7 billion years ago, and made available the data, on which the map was based. ----

Polish/Dutch project in safety analyses of nuclear facilities

Example of flow simulation visualization (photo NRG)
NCBJ and NRG have just started a joint 3-year-long R&D project concerning safety of modern nuclear power plants. The to-be-researched topics include vulnerability of nuclear reactor vessel walls to temperature shocks. Computer simulations are planned for one year. They are to be done using the 5,000 cluster supercomputer operated in NCBJ Świerk Computer Centre (CIŚ). ----

EUROfusion officials in Świerk

Professor Donne and Dr. Litaudon are visiting the MARIA research reactor (photo M. Pawłowski, NCBJ)
Professor A.J.H. Donne,  EUROfusion international consortium Programme Manager, and Dr. X. Litaudon, Head of EUROfusion's ITER Physics Department visited NCBJ and met with Polish participants of the consortium. The guests were presented with NCBJ research/constructional potential that might be harnessed in R&D works on future fusion reactors. ----

Vice-president of Iran in NCBJ

Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, Vice-president of Iran, in NCBJ (photo Marcin Jakubowski, NCBJ)
Delegation of the government of Islamic Republic of Iran headed by Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, Vice-president of Iran and President of Iranian National Atomic Energy Agency, visited Świerk on November 9, 2016. The talks concerned perspectives of tightening scientific cooperation between Iran and Poland. ----

NCBJ Rendering Centre services for film makers

A frame from the "A Game of Thrones” movie (© HBO 2012)
A group of filmmakers visited NCBJ on November 4. Our guests saw the MARIA research reactor and Świerk Computer Centre (CIŚ) with its powerful supercomputer. The Centre runs a programme to sponsor Polish film art, within framework of which the filmmakers may use the CIŚ supercomputer power to render their films at reduced prices. The services are available via NCBJ Rendering Centre (https://renderownia.pl). ----

NCBJ-developed CANIS cargo scanning system enters the market

Mikołaj Broniszewski, PID Polska President, and Krzysztof Kurek, NCBJ Director General at the ceremony of signing the reached agreement on cooperation (photo Marcin Jakubowski, NCBJ)
NCBJ and the PID Polska company have reached a cooperation agreement on commercialization of the NCBJ-developed CANIS Cargo Scanning System. This is a milestone towards commercialization of that unique Hi-Tech technology. ----

Physics as Music of Heaven

Eric Lu, an outstanding American pianist is just 18
For the third time Świętokrzyska Philharmonic in Kielce jointly with Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce are organizing the so-called University Concert. The concert is traditionally preceded by a lecture given by a carefully selected academic. Professor Stanisław Mrówczyński, NCBJ Fundamental Research Department Director, will be the speaker this year. ----

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