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.
The technical tours are free. Registration is required. The maximum size of each group is limited and participation is on a first-come, first-served basis. All centres require copies of passports from non-Polish visitors, and the ID number from Polish visitors. Take with you these documents during the visit - required for the security check.
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.
MARIA is currently the sole research nuclear reactor operated in Poland.
The NOMATEN Centre of Excellence is a scientific unit with the aim of conducting research, resulting in new heat-, corrosion- and radiation-resistant materials that can be used in industry and 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.
Department of Nuclear Equipment HITEC develops, manufactures, sells and services equipment with applications in the industrial and medical sectors.
At the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (INCT) we invite you to visit the Centre of Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, whose work includes issues related to nuclear energy, such as: new methods of radioactive waste disposal, issues of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel with the separation of minor actinides and fuels for new generation nuclear reactors.
Research for nuclear power is carried out in the Materials Research Laboratory, which houses a scanning electron microscope, an EDS system for the analysis of elemental composition in micro-areas, a chamber furnace capable of operation at temperature up to 1750oC and a PH-B2000SS-NSCE autoclave for long-term corrosion studies in water under simulated PWR conditions. The laboratory conducts research on materials with increased resistance to oxidation in emergency situations - Accident Tolerant Fuels (ATF), such as modified zirconium alloys, and new materials that could be used in nuclear energy, such as High-Entropy Alloys, HEA.
We also encourage you to visit the Laboratory of Nuclear Analytical Techniques, which deals mainly with inorganic trace analysis and issues related to quality assurance and control of analytical results. Analytical techniques used in the Laboratory include inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), neutron activation analysis (NAA), gamma spectrometry, LSC and chromatographic techniques. The Laboratory's research program focuses on the development of analytical methods for use in industrial research, including the nuclear industry, engineering and environmental research, which is associated with the development of new analytical protocols for a broad spectrum of materials. In addition, the Laboratory develops issues related to nuclear safety, in particular nuclear forensic analysis.
In INCT you can also visit the RAPID Radiation Research and Technology Centre with its accelerator complex, nominated as the IAEA Collaborating Centre. In addition to electron accelerators (LAE 10, ELEKTRONIKA 10-10, ILU-6), the Centre has infrastructure supporting experiments and material research, and its structure includes the Laboratory for Technological Dose Measurements, accredited by ISO. RAPID conducts material research for the needs of nuclear energy (e.g. the aging of cables in nuclear power plants) and makes its infrastructure available to external users conducting experiments within EUROLABS.
Space Technologies Center conducts research and development in the field of space propulsion, space transportation, satellite testing and remote sensing.
Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation is capable of designing, manufacturing and testing rocket propulsion components and systems. Dedicated Propellants, Catalysts and Space Propulsion laboratories are part of the existing infrastructure. The Institute has wide experience in development of monopropellant thrusters, liquid rocket engines, as well as hybrid and solid rocket motors.
We also encourage you to visit the Laboratory of Nuclear Analytical Techniques, which deals mainly with inorganic trace analysis and issues related to quality assurance and control of analytical results. Analytical techniques used in the Laboratory include inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), neutron activation analysis (NAA), gamma spectrometry, LSC and chromatographic techniques. The Laboratory's research program focuses on the development of analytical methods for use in industrial research, including the nuclear industry, engineering and environmental research, which is associated with the development of new analytical protocols for a broad spectrum of materials. In addition, the Laboratory develops issues related to nuclear safety, in particular nuclear forensic analysis.
It has been in operation since 1961 and is located in a former military fort constructed between 1905 and 1908. NRWR is a final destination for short-lived low- and intermediate-level waste, but there is a storage facility for long-lived waste, as well. It covers an area of 3.045 hectares and, according to the IAEA, it is a near-surface repository.
Radioactive waste is disposed of and stored both in structures that have been original elements of the historic fort's structure and those created as a result of activities conducted at the NRWR. For example, a section of a dry moat has been adapted for the purpose of disposal of short-lived low- and intermediate-level waste. The bottom and slopes of the moat are additionally reinforced with a 20 cm layer of concrete. Solidified waste in corrosion-resistant metal drums is placed in the moat layer by layer and subsequently filled with concrete. The final layer of drums is covered with a 40 cm thick layer of concrete and coated with a bituminous mixture that limits the possibility of rainwater infiltration into the interior of this structure.
Short-lived spent sealed sources of low and intermediate activity are disposed of in an underground concrete facility consisting of 17 chambers. After filling each individual chamber with sources, it is filled with concrete to limit the level of radiation outside the chambers. Mortar is also poured inside the chamber and the inlet is properly sealed.
