Mishustin approved the creation of the Nuclear and Medical Technology Park for 20 billion rubles

2021

Mishustin approved the creation of the Nuclear and Medical Technology Park

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on the creation in the Kaluga region of an innovative scientific and technological center (INTC) "Park of Atomic and Medical Technologies." The press service of the Cabinet announced this on October 21, 2021.

The document defines the main areas of work of the INTC. These are nuclear research and development, nuclear medicine, information and communication, additive and laser technologies, as well as new materials. Scientific sites will be located in Obninsk.

It is planned to involve private and public companies in projects implemented on the basis of the center. Those who are ready to invest in the development of INTCs will be provided with land and infrastructure on preferential terms.

Mikhail Mishustin approved the creation of the Nuclear and Medical Technology Park for 20 billion rubles

The volume of investments in the project will exceed 20 billion rubles. About 1 thousand new jobs will appear in the science city. Private and state-owned companies will be involved in projects implemented on the basis of the center.

According to the press service of the Government of the Russian Federation, the university "MEPhI" became the initiator of the creation of the park, Rosatom and the Kurchatov Institute also participate in the work.

The decision will create an advanced scientific and technological infrastructure in the region, open up new opportunities for research in the field of medicine, peaceful atom and materials science, the Cabinet emphasized.

It is noted that nuclear medicine, which will be engaged in INTC, in recent decades has become one of the most promising areas for investment in healthcare. The domestic nuclear medicine market by 2021 is estimated at $1.2 billion and shows an annual seven to ten percent increase. Nuclear medicine uses radionuclide pharmaceuticals for the diagnosis and treatment of oncological, cardiological and neurological diseases.^[1]

Official start of the project

At the end of April 2021, the project of the Innovation Scientific and Technological Center (INTC) "Nuclear and Medical Technology Park" was officially launched. The center will carry out scientific and technological activities in five areas:

• nuclear research and development;
• nuclear medicine and pharmaceuticals;
• diagnostic and therapeutic systems;
• information and communication technologies;
• additive technologies, new materials, laser technologies.

It is planned to create a non-profit organization "Foundation" Innovative Scientific and Technological Center "Park of Atomic and Medical Technologies." The management of the center is entrusted to a non-public joint-stock company, the sole founder of which is the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NIAU MEPhI).

Nuclear and Medical Technology Park Project

The project is planned to be implemented as part of the state program "Economic development and innovative economy." According to the Government of the Russian Federation, this project "will have a positive impact on the socio-economic development of the Kaluga region, will create at least 1000 jobs in the center."

INTZ will be located on the territory of the Student Campus in Obninsk, the total area of ​ ​ three land plots for it will be more than 96 thousand square meters. m The largest of them (more than 82 thousand square meters. m) will become the property contribution of the Russian Federation to the property of a non-profit fund, the other two - a contribution of the Kaluga region.

By the end of April 2021, the draft government decree developed by the Ministry of Economic Development on the creation of the Park of Atomic and Medical Technologies in the Kaluga Region is undergoing anti-corruption examination. In the explanatory note it is told that the project is directed to realization of priorities of scientific and technological development of Russia, increase in investment attractiveness of the sphere of research and development, commercialization of their results, increasing access of citizens and legal entities to participation in perspective, commercially attractive scientific and scientific and technological projects.^[2]

2020: Rosatom will spend 18 billion rubles on the creation of a center for nuclear and medical technologies in Obninsk

Rosatom will spend 18 billion rubles on the creation of a center for atomic and medical technologies in Obninsk. This became known following a working meeting between the acting head of the Kaluga region Vladislav Shapshi and the general director of the state corporation Alexei Likhachev on September 3, 2020.

The main areas of activity of the Innovation Scientific and Technological Center (INTC) "Nuclear and Medical Technology Park" created in the science city will be nuclear research and development, nuclear medicine and pharmaceuticals, information and communication technologies. The anchor investor of the center is Rosatom Group of Companies. The investment portfolio for 2020-2026 is 18 billion rubles, the press service of the regional government said.

Rosatom will spend 18 billion rubles on the creation of a center for nuclear and medical technologies in Obninsk

The basis of the INTC  will be  a network of production and research centers and the Physics and Energy Institute named after A.I. Leipunsky, MRNC named after A.F. Tsyba (a branch of  the NMIC  radio of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation), the Scientific Research Physics and Chemistry Institute named after L.Ya. Karpova.

Among the projects discussed by Shapshi and Likhachev were the construction of a plant for the production of medical radiopharmaceuticals, the creation of a center for nuclear science and technology, the construction of a multifunctional center for processing sterilization of medical products, material modification, ionizing processing of agricultural and food products.

Also, the regional government, together with Rosatom, planned to create a scientific and clinical center, which will become the base of testing for digital medicine solutions. For this, together with the NMIC, radiologies  digitize the entire existing base of diseases and images. Based on them, they will create an analytical system for doctors.

Another area of ​ ​ cooperation is the Smart City project, which involves transparent management of urban infrastructure using big data and artificial intelligence.^[3]

Notes