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Profile
The Institute of Isotopes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- performs research
on the interaction of radiation with matter, nuclear security and on
the application of radioisotopes (including catalysis)
- participates in education
(graduate and PhD)
- provides expertise and services
for national authorities and the general public
Organisation
- The
Institute is led by the Director (presently László Wojnárovits).
- The
work of the Director is supported by the Institute's advisory boards:
Scientific Council and Director's Council.
- The
scientific research work is pursued in five
departments.
- The maintenance of the Institute's facilities and services is provided by
the Maintenance Department in cooperation with the
Management
Company of the KFKI campus.
- There is a library
located at the Institute's main building with a collection of books
and journals mostly related to nuclear and catalytic literature
- An organisational chart can be found here.
(Presently
only available in Hungarian)
Basic numbers (as of 2009)
- The number of research fellows is ca. 50, out of the total of 92 staff
members.
- The total nominal annual budget
of the Institute amounts to ~ 628 million HUF / year. (With wages
included - this sum corresponds to c.a. 2.2 million € ).
Description of the Institute