26. 08. 2026
On 24 August 2026, Ondřej Svoboda, Director of the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (NPI CAS), and Jiyon Lee, Director of the Division of Radiation Protection for NORM and Cosmic Radiation at the Korea Institute of ...
21. 08. 2026
On Friday, 21 August 2026, the Mayor of Brno, Markéta Vaňková, visited the Microtron Laboratory of the NPI. The head of the laboratory, David Chvátil, presented the Microtron MT-25 accelerator as a unique research facility used across a wide ...
20. 08. 2026
Wind turbine blades can “generate” winter lightning under certain conditions. This previously undocumented type of lightning has been described by a team of scientists led by Martin Kákona from the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy ...
12. 08. 2026
Today, we will be able to observe a solar eclipse. Although this is a visually spectacular astronomical phenomenon, its effect on the amount of cosmic radiation reaching Earth is rather marginal – cosmic radiation is, among other topics, studied ...

It organizes the running of NPI. It includes scientific secretary, Safety and radiation protection unit, Information technology unit, International relations unit, International collaborations unit, Structural funds projects unit, Labour, wages and personal agenda unit.

Theoretical research in nuclear, particle and mathematical physics (the last one as a part of Doppler Institute for Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics), organization of the international conferences, giving lectures at Czech universities.

It examines the properties of nuclear matter under extreme conditions, studies relativistic and ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions, works on neutrino mass determination, studies weak interaction in b-decay and develops nuclear analytical methods, especially neutron activation analysis.

Performs fundamental research in nuclear astrophysics and physics of exotic nuclei, fundamental and applied research with fast neutron generators and activation with charged particles. It collaborates with SPIRAL2/Ganil and other international infrastructures.

It carries out fundamental and applied research with thermal neutrons at the horizontal channels of LVR-15 reactor and develops nuclear analytical methods with charged particles at the Tandetron 4130 MC. accelerator. Neutron Physics Laboratory (NPL) is part of the CANAM infrastructure.

Ensuring the operation of accelerators - cyclotrons U-120M and TR-24, and Mikrotron MT-25. Development and design of target systems for different types of experiments. Simulation of dynamic parameters of the beams during acceleration and extraction processes.

Research on the effects of low radiation doses, characterization of ionizing radiation transmission at molecular and cellular level, research on cosmic radiation on Earth, on board of aircrafts and spacecrafts, study of anthropogenic effects in nature, radiocarbon dating.

It develops novel medical radionuclides and studies cyclotron production of 99mTc, labeling of monoclonal antibodies and their fragments, development of microfluidic systems for automated labelling and measurement of excitation functions of nuclear reactions on cyclotron U-120M.

It organizes the economical and technical running of NPI. It includes Finance, budget and technical evidence unit, Logistic unit, Technical and operational unit.

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