The hotel is in the heart of Warsaw’s financial district, within three kilometers of Old Town Market Place, The Royal Castle in Warsaw, and the Uprising Museum. Lazienki Park, Copernicus Science Center, and Warsaw Chopin Airport can be reached in 15 minutes.
On Friday 16th May, participants will have the possibility to participate in the technical tour and visit the National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) and Radioactive Waste Management Plant (ZUOP).
Registration to technical tours
The technical tours are free. Registration required - opening soon. The maximum size of each group is limited and participation is on a first-come, first-served basis. NCBJ requires copies of passports from not-Polish visitors, and the ID number from Polish visitors. Take with you these documents during the visit - required for the security check.
Visitors will have the opportunity to see:
NCBJ is one of the largest scientific institutes in Central Europe. The Centre is also a unique research unit in the country. NCBJ has a very rich history and, above all, a huge scientific output, mainly in fields such as physics, nuclear and plasma technologies, astrophysics.
NCBJ conduct basic and applied research related to nuclear energy and various areas of subatomic physics.
NCBJ’s work is interdisciplinary and covers the following scientific fields: physics, materials engineering, automation, electronics and space technologies, environmental engineering, mining and energy, and pharmaceutical sciences.
The MARIA reactor is currently the only and unique research facility of this type in Poland and in the world, having a significant importance for public health, as a producer of radiopharmaceuticals, economy and science.
NOMATEN is a scientific department where research is conducted and results in new materials that are resistant to high temperatures, corrosion and radiation, which can be used in industry and in new radiopharmaceutical solutions.
POLATOM is a Polish manufacturer and distributor of isotope preparations used in medicine, science, industry and environmental protection.
Centre for Design and Synthesis of Molecularly Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals (CERAD) with its newly installed cyclotron Cyclone 30 XP.
The Materials Research Lab (LBM) carries out scientific and diagnostic work on structural materials and their welded joints using destructive and non-destructive testing methods, including metallographic, mechanical and thermal testing.
Radioactive Waste Management Plant (ZUOP) is the only institution in Poland established to manage radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel and is responsible for its safe management from collection of the waste from generators until its disposal. Currently, ZUOP operates National Radioactive Waste Repository in Różan.
Radioactive waste collected by ZUOP is processed, which aim is to segregate the waste, reduce its volume and condition it to a form suitable for disposal.
On site there is a conference room available with the seating capacity of 40. One of the exhibition rooms is dedicated to discoveries in the field of radioactivity and the history of the first reactor constructed in Poland - EWA. Through the special window one can see the hall, where EWA reactor was operated between 1958 and 1995. In the exhibition there is also some of the equipment used in the reactor building in the past. Display cases feature naturally occuring radioactive materials, that can be measured on one's own with a dosimeter. On the walls there are graphics containing information about ZUOP activities. Thanks to VR technology visitors have the possibility to watch films dedicated to radioactive waste treatment and National Radioactive Waste Repository.
As a part of Storage and Treatment Department tour one can visit installations used for treatment of radioactive waste and become familiar with the principles of their operation. These include: evaporation installation and reverse osmosis installation. During this guided tour a glovebox is presented, as well, that is used for dismantling of smoke detectors containing spent sealed radioactive sources.
