Brief History of PNPI
(23 June (6 July) 1910, Saint-Petrsburg – 9 July 1969, Leningrad)
Eminent Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences since 1953 and academician since 1960; vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 8 February 1966 to 9 July 1969). Hero of socialist labor, awardee of two Orders of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, laureate of the Stalin (1953) and Lenin (1958) prizes.
LNPI (presently PNPI NRC KI) is named after Boris P. Konstantinov.
Commencement of the construction of a branch of A.F. loffe Physical-Technical Institute (Ioffe Institute) of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
A branch of the A.F. loffe Physical-Technical Institute (Ioffe Institute) of the USSR Academy of Sciences is established in Gatchina; the construction of the WWR-M reactor starts.
Physical start of the WWR-M reactor.
Commissioning of WWR-M reactor.
physical start of the proton synchrocyclotron SC-1000.
Commissioning of the proton synchrocyclotron SC-1000.
Reorganization of the branch of the Ioffe Institute into an independent establishment – B. P. Konstantinov Leningrad Nuclear PhysicsInstitute of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
The construction of the reactor complex PIK starts.
Vorobyevbecomes the director of the Institute1985-1992
Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute is renamed Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).
The Institute obtains the status of State scientific center of Russia.
Samsonovbecomes the director of the Institute 2006-2012
PNPI joins the program on the collaborative activity of organizations participating in the pilot project for the establishment of the NRC "Kurchatov Institute".
Physical start of the PIK reactor.
PNPI becomes a part of the NRC “Kurchatov Institute”.
Aksenov becomes the director of the Institute2012-2015
Comprehensive start-up of the isochronous cyclotron C-80.
The construction of the second and third start-up complexes of the Reactor Complex PIK is completed.
A proton beam with design parameters produced at the C-80 isochronous cyclotron
PIK Data Processing Center was put into service
Directors of PNPI
(23 June (6 July) 1910, Saint-Petrsburg – 9 July 1969, Leningrad)
Eminent Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences since 1953 and academician since 1960; vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 8 February 1966 to 9 July 1969). Hero of socialist labor, awardee of two Orders of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, laureate of the Stalin (1953) and Lenin (1958) prizes.
LNPI (presently PNPI NRC KI) is named after Boris P. Konstantinov.
Sumbaevbecomes the director of the Institute 1971-1985
Vorobyevbecomes the director of the Institute 1985-1992
Anselmbecomes the director of the Institute 1992-1994
Nazarenko becomes the director of the Institute 1994-2006
Samsonovbecomes the director of the Institute 2006-2011
Aksenovbecomes the director of the Institute 2012-2015
Minkinbecomes the director of the Institute 2015-2017
