Tradition

We are proud to be part of the oldest non-military technical college in Europe with more than three hundred years of tradition. We are honored to be able to continue the work of the founders of nuclear education and nuclear research in Czechoslovakia, professors Václav Petržílka, František Běhounek and Čestmír Šimáně.

VR-1 Nuclear Experimental Hub

Our nuclear experimental center VR-1 offers researchers from the Czech Republic and abroad a wide range of experimental facilities for their research.

Open access

Open access allows researchers from the Czech Republic and abroad to use the entire experimental capacity of our nuclear experimental center VR-1 free of charge.

Our infrastructure

Our infrastructure includes reactors VR-1 and VR-2, laboratories for neutron activation analysis, detection of nuclear materials and sources of ionizing radiation, physical security of nuclear facilities or neutron sources D-D and D-T.

Domestic cooperation

We have long-term cooperation with a number of domestic academic and scientific workplaces, industrial or state organizations, e.g. ČEZ, Research Center Řež, SÚRAO, Škoda JS, Nuvia, Chemcomex, Alvel, UJP, ÚJV Řež, SÚJB, SÚRO, ČMI, etc.

International cooperation

We cooperate with important foreign scientific and academic workplaces, e.g. International Atomic Energy Agency, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and University of Tennessee in the USA, etc.

Systémové upozornění
Hlavní informace

The main goal of the VR-1 nuclear experimental center is to offer research and development capacities in the form of open access to those interested in conducting basic and applied research in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy. The research infrastructure is a key cutting-edge experimental facility for the teaching of nuclear engineering in the Czech Republic, as well as for research and development work in nuclear fields, especially in the field of studying the safe operation of nuclear facilities, theoretical and experimental reactor and neutron physics, nuclear safety and the nuclear fuel cycle. One of the important aspects of research work at the center is the use of neutron applications, e.g. neutron activation analysis or neutron imaging for multidisciplinary nuclear research with natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. As a large research infrastructure, the VR-1 Nuclear Experimental Center follows the research infrastructure of the VR-1 Reactor, which has been providing open access since 2012.

The operation of the large research infrastructure, the VR-1 Nuclear Experimental Center, is supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic from funds for the support of large research infrastructures. In the period 2023-2029, the VR-1 nuclear experimental center is supported through the project LM2023073.