MINSK, 25 March (BelTA) – Belarus is interested in expanding cooperation in healthcare with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia. Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus Aleksandr Shumilin made the statement at a session of the committee of plenipotentiary representatives of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research member states on 25 March, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Shumilin said: “Belarus submits proposals in favor of expanding cooperation of Belarusian scientific organizations – the N.N. Alexandrov National Cancer Center and the national applied research center for epidemiology and microbiology – with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the sphere of healthcare, including the development of new medications and treatment methods.”
As a member of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Belarus takes an active part in top experiments such as the mega science project NICA, in experiments of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) – the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) and the Atlas project. The volume of Belarusian high-tech export to the institute totaled $16.8 million in 2014-2020.
The most popular Belarusian R&D products for the mega science project NICA include technologies for creating superconducting niobium resonators for a linear accelerator of protons and ions, technologies for ultra-precise machining of various collider components, unique printed circuit boards and various electronics for a multifunctional detector as well as software products for calculating the distribution of thermal and electric fields in devices of the NICA MPD facility.
The session of the committee of plenipotentiary representatives of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research member states is scheduled to take place on 25-26 March in Dubna – a science town in the north of Moscow Oblast. New contracts on supplying high-tech and science-intensive Belarusian products to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research to the tune of over $350,000 are supposed to be signed during the session.
The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is an international intergovernmental research organization set up to combine efforts, scientific and material assets of the member states to study the fundamental properties of matter. The JINR members are 18 countries, including Belarus. Key decisions concerning the operation of the institute are made by the supreme governing body – the committee of plenipotentiary representatives of the JINR member states. Each member state is represented by one person on the committee. Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee Aleksandr Shumilin is Belarus' representative on the committee.
