KIPT is the largest Ukrainian research center for physical sciences established in 1928.
Main objective is the scientific and technological support of nuclear industry of Ukraine.
There are 5 research institutes and 5 R&D entities at the KIPT organizational structure.
The most relevant KIPT`s institutes to EURATOM programme:
- Institute of Plasma Physics
- Institute of Solid-State Physics and Materials Science and Technologies
- Institute of Theoretical Physics
- Institute of High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics
- S&T Establishment Nuclear Fuel Cycle
KIPT`s research fields relevant to Euratom
- FISSION, SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION:
- Safe spent fuel and radioactive waste management, decommissioning
- Radiation materials science
- Medical applications
- SMR
- FUSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:
- Stellarators
- Plasma wall interaction
- Plasma theory
Main research infrastructure (fission & fusion)
- ADS nuclear facility “Neutron Source”
- Electron linear accelerators
- Ion linear accelerators
- PVD and CVD machines for plasma surface modification
- Plasma accelerators
- Stellarators Uragan – 2M, Uragan -3
KIPT’s key experts
- Dr. Igor GARKUSHA. KIPT deputy director general in science, Director of KIPT Institute of Plasma Physics, Member of joint programme committee Ukraine – Euratom for fusion
- Dr. Sergii FOMIN. Leading researcher, Head of KIPT research lab, Member of joint programme committee Ukraine – Euratom for fission
Publications
- Enhanced performance in fusion plasmas through turbulence suppression by megaelectronvolt ions, Nature Physics, DOI: 10.1038/s41567-022-01626-8
- Vacuum-arc chromium-based coatings for protection of zirconium alloys from the high-temperature oxidation in air, Journal of Nuclear Materials, doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.06.016.
- Irradiation resistance of vacuum arc chromium coatings for zirconium alloy fuel claddings, Journal of Nuclear Materials, doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.07.063.
- Use of double and triple-ion irradiation to study the influence of high levels of helium and hydrogen on void swelling of 8-12%Cr ferritic-martensitic steels, Journal of Nuclear Materials, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.07.012
KIPT in Euratom Programme(H2020 & Horizon Europe)
- European Supply of SAfe NUclear Fuel, GA#671546, H2020, 2015-2017
- European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management, GA#847593, H2020, 2019-2024
- PRE-DISposal management of radioactive waste, GA#945098, Horizon Europe, 2020-2024
- Implementation of activities described in the Roadmap to Fusion during Horizon Europe through a Joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion consortium, GA#101052200 Horizon Europe, 2021-2025
- Innovative Structural Materials for Fission and Fusion, GA#101061241, Horizon Europe, 2022-2026
Contacts
ADRESS: 1 Academichna str., 61108, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Dr. Igor GARKUSHA (Fusion)
Dr. Sergii FOMIN (Fission)
E-MAIL: garkusha@kipt.kharkov.ua
E-MAIL: fomin@kipt.kharkov.ua
WEB: www.kipt.kharkov.ua
TEL: +38 (057) 335-16-88
NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER KHARKOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY
EU framework programme PIC: 969818320
