1 Akademichna St., 61108, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Phone: (057) 335 6502; fax: (057) 335 3795;
e-mail: azhazha@kipt.kharkov.ua
http://www.kipt.kharkov.ua

Main lines of research:

– solid-state physics and low-temperature physics (structure of metals and alloys; fundamental and applied superconductivity, including high-Tc superconductivity; physics of strength and plasticity; magnetism);

– physical materials science of pure metals, radiation-resistant semiconductors and superconductors; vacuum technologies;

– physics of radiation phenomena and radiation materials science; simulation and investigation of radiation damages, using accelerated charged particles; radiation technologies; improving safety and operating efficiency of nuclear power plants;

– development and investigation of nuclear fuel materials and absorbing materials, and products on their basis; scientific support of nuclear-fuel cycle of Ukraine; spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management;

– new structural materials: carbon-carbon and graphite, composite and nanostructural materials for nuclear and thermonuclear reactors;

– physics and chemistry of ion-plasma, plasma-chemical and diffusion coatings;

– nuclear physics studies of materials and environment.

The following science schools work at the Institute:

– academician B. G. Lazarev school of low-temperature physics and condensed state of substance;

– academician V. E. Ivanov school of vacuum metallurgy and vacuum technologies;

– the school of radiation physics and radiation materials science, led by academician V. F. Zelensky.

Research results proposed for commercialization:

1. development of production of nuclear-purity zirconium and hafnium as structural materials of NPP reactor cores in Ukraine;

2. development of industrial production of high-purity beryllium as a nuclear engineering material;

3. development of materials, technologies and equipment for containerization of NPP radioactive waste of Ukraine;

4. development of advanced materials and products on the basis of nanostructural carbon formations for new technology and medicine;

5. development and production of analytical nuclear-physical complexes with electrostatic accelerators as the basis for atomic materials science;

6. development and mastering of processes and technologies for gas-fluoride processing of radioactive waste (spent nuclear fuel, Chernobyl-zone radioactive waste);

7. development of processes (ion-plasma, gas-fluoride and plasma-chemical processes as the basis) and equipment for depositing protective and wear-resistant coatings on the components of pipe lines, start-control devices, NPP fixtures to extend their operational life.