Microtron MT25 featured in a Czech television report

07. 01. 2026

The MT25 Microtron of the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences was featured in a report broadcast by Czech Television as part of the programme Z metropole. Filming took place directly in the underground facilities beneath Prague’s Vítkov area, where the microtron laboratory is located.

The laboratory was introduced by David Chvátil and Václav Olšanský from the Department of Accelerators, who presented not only the unusual history of the facility, built in a former shelter deep inside the rock, but also explained the operation of the accelerator itself and its current applications.

The report showcased a wide range of research activities carried out at the microtron, from the analysis of gold-bearing rock samples and the production of radiopharmaceuticals to collaborations with biologists and archaeologists, as well as experiments involving garlic or beer.

Attention was also given to current projects, including the irradiation of special PbWO₄ crystals for the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in the USA, where these crystals will become part of large detector systems.

The report presented the MT25 microtron as a unique facility with a well-established role in both Czech and international research. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to present its operation to a broad audience through Czech Television.

The full Z metropole report can be viewed here (available only in Czech).

Microtron MT25 featured in a Czech television report

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