Agreement on Cooperation between INRNE-BAS and the US Department of Energy to Prevent Smuggling of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials

The American Embassy made a donation to the Institute of equipment for the identification of radioisotopes On 10 March 2022, the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences signed an agreement to prevent smuggling of nuclear and radioactive materials with the United States Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence. […]

A new study of the natural radioactivity of mineral waters by nuclear physics methods

Fig. 1 Some of the studied mineral springs in Bankya, Sapareva Banya and Ognyanovo village Detailed investigations of the natural radioactivity of the mineral springs widely used by the people in the territory of South-Western Bulgaria have been carried out by scientists from the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of BAS (INRNE).  The study is related to the increased public interest in the quality of drinking and mineral waters in Bulgaria. […]

New discovery at CERN with the participation of scientists from INRNE-BAS – first experimental observation of the odderon

First on the list of exciting results at CERN for 2021 is the experimental observation of odderon exchange in elastic proton-proton and proton-antiproton interactions. One of the lead scientists of this experiment is Dr. Georgi Antchev from the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of BAS. He is the author of the data acquisition and processing systems and the coordinator of both the installation of these systems in the LHC tunnel and the testing and putting into operation of detectors. Odderons (a family of virtual, color-neutral states composed of an odd number of gluons) were predicted theoretically in 1973. The TOTEM, experiment, conducted at the LHC at CERN , studies the elastic scattering of protons which yields important information about the interaction and structure of these elementary particles. [...]

2022-02-11T10:22:31+02:00Wednesday, 9 February 2022|Categories: Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency|

Bulgarian contribution to research on low carbon energy in transport

A hydrogen and solar-powered demonstration river vessel has been developed as part of Bulgaria's first multidisciplinary projects involving industry, local government and business. The project was implemented under the National Science Programme "Low Carbon Energy for Transport and Domestic Use (EPLUS)" by a research team of Ruse University "Angel Kanchev", with the participation of scientists from BAS and Technical University - Sofia. HydRUforce is a demonstration vessel with hybrid propulsion based on solar energy - battery - hydrogen fuel cell and has zero carbon emissions. With the realization of the project, Bulgarian scientists are involved in the research on the use of low-carbon energy in Europe's inland water transport. A pontoon with a solar roof was used for the hull of the vessel. All its [...]

2021-12-20T11:19:28+02:00Thursday, 9 December 2021|Categories: Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency|

The Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy at BAS participates in the European Researchers’ Night through an online exhibition

If you missed the chance to visit the live exhibition “Sun on Earth – A New Era in Nuclear Technologies”, you have the opportunity to see it online as part of the  “European Researchers’ Night”, an initiative of nauka.bg. […]

2021-09-24T09:57:13+03:00Thursday, 23 September 2021|Categories: Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency|
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