RSS
Логотип
Баннер в шапке 1
Баннер в шапке 2

Institute of High Energy Physics named after A. A. Logunov of the National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

Company

Owners

History

2025: The Return to Life of an Abandoned Soviet Hadron Collider

The Kurchatov Institute plans to resume work on one of the most ambitious scientific projects of the USSR - the unfinished 600 GeV Acceleration and Storage Proton Complex (UNK) in Protvino. 176 million 693 thousand rubles were allocated for the examination of the technical condition of the facility. On November 14, 2025, a branch of the institute - FGBU "A. A. Logunov Institute of High Energy Physics (IFVE) - posted a contract for complex work on the public procurement portal. Their goal, according to the documentation, is to "determine the possibility of continuing the construction" of an abandoned proton accelerator. The work must be completed by November 30, 2026. Read more here.