Scientific Research Institute for Instruments (NIIP) (Lytkarino)
| Last Modified: | March 21, 2013 |
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| Other Name: | (ФГУП) Научно-исследовательский институт приборов, НИИП |
| Location: | Lytkarino, Moscow Oblast |
| Subordinate To: | Rosatom, Division of Nuclear Munitions Development and Testing and Defense Power Facilities |
| Size: | Unknown |
| Facility Status: | Operational |
Established in 1956, NIIP designs and tests instruments and electronic equipment to measure radiation, creates physical and mathematical models to determine the effects of varying types of radiation exposure on equipment, develops automated instruments for taking measurements during radiation research, and conducts surveys of ionizing radiation fields at nuclear installations.[1] The Institute has one operational research reactor, which is powered by highly-enriched uranium (HEU).[2] For an overview of Russia's HEU policy and the full list of Russia's facilities using HEU, see the Russia Civilian HEU profile.
Sources:
[1] "История создания" [The history of creation], NIIP website, undated, www.niipriborov.ru (accessed 10 October 2012).
[2] "Research reactors: Russia," International Panel on Fissile Materials, undated, fissilematerials.org (accessed 10 October 2012).
This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS.
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