Russia: Weapons Facilities: Other Nuclear: All-Russian Institute for Pulse Technology
Russia: Research Institute for Pulse
Technology (NIIPT)
LOCATION: Moscow
Address: 9 Luganskaya ulitsa, Moscow, 115304
Telephone: (095) 321-3501, (095) 324-5340
[Nuclear Business Directory
(Moscow: IBR Corporation, 2000), pp. 61-62] HOMEPAGE: http://ript.in.ru SUBORDINATION: Ministry of Atomic Energy
(Minatom), Nuclear Munitions Development and Testing Department (formerly Minatom's
Fifth Main Directorate of Nuclear Warhead Design and Testing) [1,2]
Sources: [1] Thomas Cochran, Robert S. Norris, Oleg Bukharin, Making
the Bomb: From Stalin to Yeltsin (Boulder: Westview Press, 1995),
p. 65. [2] Nuclear Business Directory
(Moscow: IBR Corporation, 2000), pp. 61-62. ADMINISTRATION: Director: Konstantin N. Danilenko
["History of the Research Institute
of Pulse Technique," NIIPT Web Site: http://ript.in.ru/story_e.htm.] ACTIVITIES: The Research Institute for Pulse Technology (also referred
to as the Research Institute of Pulse Technique, RIPT, NIIIT, or VNIIPT) was established in
1961 and was one of the principal developers
of various systems, equipment, and devices used to measure and study the parameters of nuclear
tests.[1,2,4] The Institute has its own testing facilities. It fulfills contracts for the Ministry of Atomic Energy, including for VNIIEF and
VNIITF, the Ministry of Defense, and the Russian Academy of Sciences.[4] NIIPT activities include research, development, and manufacturing
of measuring systems for recording impulse processes in different states of
matter,
including systems for detecting underground explosions; equipment for radiation and
environmental monitoring; and sensors and diagnostic instruments for scientific and
industrial applications.[3] In June 1996, the Institute undertook
a joint project with the German company Siemens to develop non-traditional
methods for measuring high voltage currents for the nuclear power industry.[2] In
1998, NIIPT signed a contract with the Technical Secretariat of the Preparatory
Commission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization for $660,000 for
surveying 12 sites that are potential locations for international monitoring
system installations.[5] Sources: [1] Thomas Cochran, Robert S. Norris, Oleg Bukharin, Making
the Bomb: From Stalin to Yeltsin (Boulder: Westview Press, 1995),
p. 50. [2] "Siemens i VNII Impulsnoy Tekhniki razrabotayut novyye
metody elektrotekhnicheskikh izmereniy dlya nuzhd yadernoy energetiki," Interfax,
15 June 1996.
{Entered 9/19/96 KVY}
[3] Nuclear Business Directory
(Moscow: IBR Corporation, 2000), pp. 61-62.
[4] "History of the Research Institute
of Pulse Technique," NIIPT Web Site: http://ript.in.ru/story_e.htm.
[5] Sergey Reshetnikov, "Ob uchastii
Rossii v deyatelnosti Podgotovitelnoy Komissii Organizatsii po DVZYaI i
perspektivakh vstupleniya Dogovora v silu," Yadernyy Kontrol, Vol. 45,
No. 3, May-June 1999, p. 72-74. {Updated 5/21/2001 ES}
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