Under the Science and Technology Development State Programme for 2013-2020. The agreement will help create in Russia an international-level experimental base for fundamental research into a number of current high-energy physics issues. The research will remain relevant for decades after the project’s implementation.
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The directive was submitted by the Ministry of Education and Science.
The directive approves a draft agreement between the Russian Government and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research on the creation of the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider Faсility (NICA) (hereinafter referred to as the agreement, project and institute, respectively).
The institute is an international intergovernmental organisation established in 1956 in Dubna (Moscow region), a well-known research centre, an example of successful integration of fundamental theoretical and experimental research, on the one hand, and the development and application of advanced technology, on the other hand. The main areas of the institute’s theoretical and experimental research: particle physics, nuclear physics and condensed matter physics. Eighteen countries are institute members.
The agreement provides for Russia’s participation in the construction of modern superconducting accelerators, synchrotrons, storage facilities/colliders and detection systems to address current high-energy physics issues.
The implementation of the project’s basic configuration is part of the Science and Technology Development state programme for 2013-2020, Item 4.2, Implementation of Mega-Science Class Projects on Russian Territory. Preparations for the project’s implementation have been conducted by the Dubna institute since 2009.
Under the Agreement, the project’s total cost is 17 500 million roubles, 8800 million of which come from the Russian Government and 8700 million come from the institute and other project participants.
Russia’s share of the project at over 50 percent will make it possible to control decisions related to its construction and subsequent operation.
The signing of the agreement will help create in Russia an international-level experimental base for fundamental research into a number of current high-energy physics issues. The research will remain relevant for decades after the project’s implementation.