On 11 February 2025, a delegation from the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM), headed by President Tran Thi Thanh, and representatives of the State Specialised Design Institute, part of Rosatom, visited the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics at JINR.

The delegations’ members got introduced to the work of the unique IBR-2M Pulsed Reactor and facilities using extracted neutron beams.

During the working meeting, the parties discussed FLNP specialists’ participation in identifying promising scientific directions for the research reactor being designed in Vietnam and the development of its instruments using extracted neutron beams. The commissioning of the future facility is planned in early 2030s.

The Laboratory of Neutron Physics supports experimental research development in the JINR Member States, which contributes to the establishment of a user community of scientists using neutron scattering techniques to study condensed matter. New research facilities at Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan reactors are some of the examples of FLNP’s successful cooperation.

As a result of meeting, the parties agreed to intensify research facilities’ development at the reactor being engineered in Vietnam and to involve Vietnam scientists, students, and postgraduates in the activities at the IBR-2M Reactor in order for them to gain experience in developing spectrometer elements and working at facilities using extracted beams.