Recently, the general director of the state corporation Rosatom Alexei Lychchev and the head of the FMBA of Russia Veronika Skvortsova visited the city of nuclear scientists Dimitrovgrad in the Ulyanovsk region. Rostom conducted a review of the construction of a unique multi-purpose fast research reactor (MBIR), which was built on the basis of the Dimitrovgrad Scientific Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (NIIAR). In addition, the chief nuclear scientist of Russia, together with the head of the Federal Agency for Medicine and Biology, visited the Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Radiology and Medical Oncology, which is a scientific basis for the development of new forms of cancer treatment based on isotopes using RIAR reactors.
A unique institution was created on behalf of the president and is under the close supervision of not only federal structures, but also regional authorities. Back in 2023, Ulyanovsk Governor Alexei Russkych and RIAR Director Alexander Tuzov approved a plan for joint projects. At the same time, the regional authorities and the state corporation Rosatom signed cooperation agreements in several fields from nuclear medicine and radiopharmaceuticals to technological development and personnel training. Thanks to the initiative of the regional authorities, a new residential area was built in Dimitrovgrad with 132 houses for young scientists with mortgage benefits. In Dimitrovgrad, roads were repaired, two squares, bicycle paths, a pedestrian bridge, the Dolphin Sports Palace and a youth center were built.
The Ulyanovsk Oblast government is consistently building work with Rosatom and the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia to train young staff in nuclear medicine. Thanks to the national project "Education" and the efforts of the regional authorities, a unique institute for nuclear technologies with engineering and medical classes, equipped with advanced equipment, was opened in Dimitrovgrad.