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NIKIET is collaborating with many countries, including the former Soviet republics. The cooperation extends to many areas of science and technology.
Top priority is given to the projects seeking to review and enhance the safety of operating RBMK power plants.
European Commission (EC)
Programme for Technical Assistance to CIS (TACIS)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
International Programme for Technical Assistance to the Ignalina and Leningrad NPPs, funded by EBRD from its Nuclear Safety Account
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Japan
Microphone leak detection system for the main circulation circuit of RBMK power plants |
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UK (Mitsui Babcock)
Scientific and engineering review of the semi-automatic ultrasonic testing system proposed by Mitsui Babcock for weld inspection at Russian power plants with RBMK reactors |
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Lithuania
Validation of the tender specifications for the second shutdown system and computations for the change-over to fuel of higher enrichment at Ignalina 2. |
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Germany (GRS)
Adaptation of computer codes for analysis of RBMK reactor accidents |
The international effort of NIKIET is not confined solely to RBMK reactors.
IAEA
INPRO Project in support of the Initiative on energy supply for sustainable development of mankind, radical solution of nuclear weapons proliferation problems, and global environmental improvement, announced by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at the UN Millenium Summit on September 6, 2000.
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CENTRE (ISTC)
- Naturally safe fast reactor with lead coolant for large-scale nuclear power
- New concepts of NPP decommissioning
- Concept of package decommissioning of nuclear submarines
- Safe operation of VVER reactors
- Benchmark problems and test cases for mathematical modelling of the Chernobyl accident
- Soil decontamination and remediation
European countries, Japan, Canada
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
The Institute has significantly expanded its international collaboration in the course of the conversion effort and is working on new conversion technologies in league with many foreign companies.
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Switzerland (European Nuclear Research Centre, CERN)
- Supply of ultra-pure xenon and krypton
- Supply of beryllium beam guides
- Development and manufacture of interface systems and framework components for the end-cap hadron calorimeters of the CMS detector
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Germany (Linde)
Joint production of xenon and krypton from natural gas based on Russian technologies |
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Canada, France
Supply of radioactive isotopes for various applications |
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Japan (Tsukuba, High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation, KEK)
Development of framework components for the E-391A detector |
NIKIET experts take an active part in various international meetings and conferences on the safety and service life of RBMK reactors, water-cooled nuclear reactors of small and medium power, innovative nuclear energy technologies, disposition of nuclear submarines, etc.
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