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The '''All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics''' ('''VNIIEF''') ({{lang-ru|Всероссийский научно-исследовательский институт экспериментальной физики}}) is a research institute based in ] (formerly Arzamas-16), Russia and established in 1947. During the Soviet era it was known as '''KB-11''' and '''All-Soviet''' ('''All-Union''') '''Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics''' (also abbreviated '''VNIIEF''') ({{lang-ru|Всесоюзный научно-исследовательский институт экспериментальной физики}}, ВНИИЭФ). It is currently part of the ] group. The '''All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics''' ('''VNIIEF''') ({{lang-ru|Всероссийский научно-исследовательский институт экспериментальной физики}}) is a research institute based in ] (formerly Arzamas-16), Russia and established in 1947. During the Soviet era, it was known as '''KB-11''' and '''All-Soviet''' ('''All-Union''') '''Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics''' (also abbreviated '''VNIIEF''') ({{lang-ru|Всесоюзный научно-исследовательский институт экспериментальной физики}}, ВНИИЭФ). It is currently part of the ] group.


The All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics is the former Soviet Union's premier research and development center for nuclear weapons. The first Soviet atomic bomb was developed here in the late 1940s, after which the center continued as a center for nuclear weapons research.<ref name="rdbd95"/> The All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics is the former Soviet Union's premier research and development center for nuclear weapons. The first Soviet atomic bomb was developed here in the late 1940s, after which the center continued as a center for nuclear weapons research.<ref name="rdbd95"/>
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On February 11, 1943, a resolution was adopted by the ] to begin work on the creation of an atomic bomb. The general leadership was entrusted to the Deputy Chairman of the State Defense Committee ],<ref>{{Cite journal |author = Larin, I. |url= http://www.nkj.ru/archive/articles/11381/ |title= The F-1 reactor was and remains the first |type= magazine |edition= Science & Life |date= 2007 |year= 2007 |number= 8}}</ref> who, in turn, appointed the head of the atomic project ] (his appointment was signed on March 10). The information received through intelligence channels facilitated and accelerated the work of Soviet scientists. On February 11, 1943, a resolution was adopted by the ] to begin work on the creation of an atomic bomb. The general leadership was entrusted to the Deputy Chairman of the State Defense Committee ],<ref>{{Cite journal |author = Larin, I. |url= http://www.nkj.ru/archive/articles/11381/ |title= The F-1 reactor was and remains the first |type= magazine |edition= Science & Life |date= 2007 |year= 2007 |number= 8}}</ref> who, in turn, appointed the head of the atomic project ] (his appointment was signed on March 10). The information received through intelligence channels facilitated and accelerated the work of Soviet scientists.


From the end of 1945, a search began for a location for a secret facility, which would later be named KB-11. According to the memoirs of the academician ], the place for the future institute was researched carefully: it had to be located at a distance from the cities, since it was required to test various explosive structures so that active plutonium could be compressed and when combined, would exceed ]. Having reviewed many locations, physicists came across a completely satisfying place in the former ] (a famous saint that lived in the monastery, the ], later became a patron saint of Russia's nuclear weapons) not far from ] (hence the names Arzamas-75 and Arzamas-16), on the border with the ]. On the territory of the monastery, there was plant number 550 (hence the names Site 550 etc.), which produced mortar shells, guns, rockets for ] rocket launchers, and other types of weapons. Behind the wall of the monastery there was a protected forest (the nature reserve is still very near to the ] closed city) for hundreds of square kilometers, where test explosions could be carried out unnoticed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sib-science.info/ru/news/vodorodnuyu-bombu-07112017|title=Yulii Khariton: we made a hydrogen bomb before the Americans|author=Soifer, Valery Nikolaevich|website=Siberian Science News|date=2017-11-08|publisher=Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> Beginning at the end of 1945, a search began for a location for a secret facility, which would later be named KB-11. According to the memoirs of the academician ], the place for the future institute was researched carefully: it had to be located at a distance from the cities, since it was required to test various explosive structures so that active plutonium could be compressed and when combined, would exceed ]. Having reviewed many locations, physicists came across a completely satisfying place in the former ] (a famous saint that lived in the monastery, the ], later became a patron saint of Russia's nuclear weapons) not far from ] (hence the names Arzamas-75 and Arzamas-16), on the border with the ]. On the territory of the monastery, there was plant number 550 (hence the names Site 550 etc.), which produced mortar shells, guns, rockets for ] rocket launchers, and other types of weapons. Behind the wall of the monastery there was a protected forest (the nature reserve is still very near to the ] closed city) for hundreds of square kilometers, where test explosions could be carried out unnoticed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sib-science.info/ru/news/vodorodnuyu-bombu-07112017|title=Yulii Khariton: we made a hydrogen bomb before the Americans|author=Soifer, Valery Nikolaevich|website=Siberian Science News|date=2017-11-08|publisher=Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences}}</ref>


] commissioned a survey of the plant and on April 1, 1946 ] was chosen as the location of the first Soviet “nuclear center,” later famously known as “Arzamas-16.” ] commissioned a survey of the plant and on April 1, 1946 ] was chosen as the location of the first Soviet “nuclear center,” later famously known as “Arzamas-16.”
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On April 9, 1946, a resolution was adopted by the ]- No. 805-327ss on the creation of KB-11 at ] (Kurchatov Institute).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/society/01/12/2011/5703ef9d9a79477633d3a9e5|title=60 years since the start of mass production of nuclear weapons |date=2011-12-01|website=RBK|access-date=2019-02-02}}</ref> {{ill|Pavel Mikhailovich Zernov|ru|Зернов, Павел Михайлович}} was appointed Head of KB-11 at the suggestion of Yu.B. Khariton, and the chief designer was ].<ref name=":0" /> On April 9, 1946, a resolution was adopted by the ]- No. 805-327ss on the creation of KB-11 at ] (Kurchatov Institute).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/society/01/12/2011/5703ef9d9a79477633d3a9e5|title=60 years since the start of mass production of nuclear weapons |date=2011-12-01|website=RBK|access-date=2019-02-02}}</ref> {{ill|Pavel Mikhailovich Zernov|ru|Зернов, Павел Михайлович}} was appointed Head of KB-11 at the suggestion of Yu.B. Khariton, and the chief designer was ].<ref name=":0" />


Construction of KB-11 on the plant No. 550 base in the village of Sarov was entrusted to Glavpromstroy by the ]. To carry out all the construction work, a special construction organization was created - Construction Department No. 880 of the NKVD of the USSR. Since April 1946, the entire personnel of the plant No. 550 was enlisted as workers and employees of the Construction Department No. 880. In addition to civilian workers, the main contingent consisted of prisoners. On 07/01/1947, the number of prisoners in the labor camp at SU-880 was 10,098, of which 9044 were men and 1,054 were women.<ref></ref> Construction of KB-11 on the plant No. 550 base in the village of Sarov was entrusted to Glavpromstroy by the ]. To carry out all the construction work, a special construction organization was created - Construction Department No. 880 of the NKVD of the USSR. Since April 1946, the entire personnel of the plant No. 550 were enlisted as workers and employees of the Construction Department No. 880. In addition to civilian workers, the main contingent consisted of prisoners. On 07/01/1947, the number of prisoners in the labor camp at SU-880 was 10,098, of which 9044 were men and 1,054 were women.<ref></ref>


In February 1947, by the decree of the ] KB-11 was classified as a highly restricted enterprise and was transformed from a territory into a closed restricted zone. The settlement of Sarov was removed from the administrative structure of the ] and excluded from all records. In February 1947, by the decree of the ] KB-11 was classified as a highly restricted enterprise and was transformed from a territory into a closed restricted zone. The settlement of Sarov was removed from the administrative structure of the ] and excluded from all records.

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All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics
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Company typeFederal State Unitary Enterprise
Founded1947
HeadquartersSarov, Russia
ParentRosatom
Websitewww.vniief.ru

The All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) (Template:Lang-ru) is a research institute based in Sarov (formerly Arzamas-16), Russia and established in 1947. During the Soviet era, it was known as KB-11 and All-Soviet (All-Union) Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (also abbreviated VNIIEF) (Template:Lang-ru, ВНИИЭФ). It is currently part of the Rosatom group.

The All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics is the former Soviet Union's premier research and development center for nuclear weapons. The first Soviet atomic bomb was developed here in the late 1940s, after which the center continued as a center for nuclear weapons research.

Many of the Soviet Union's best physicists were associated with Arzamas-16: Academician Andrey D. Sakharov worked here for nearly 20 years, and Academician Yuliy B. Khariton still served as the Center's scientific head in the 1990s.

Before being given its current name, the facility was successively known as the Volga Office, KB-11, Object No. 550 (Site 550), "Kremlev" (Kremlyev), "Center 300, Moscow", Arzamas-75 and Arzamas-16. Other initial provisional names included Base 112 and Yasnogorsk. The researchers working there have sometimes referred to the place as "Los Arzamas" (after the American nuclear research facility Los Alamos).

As of August 2019, the Research Institute of Experimental Physics is a very large research complex with these institutes: Theoretical and mathematical physics (Template:Lang-ru), Gas dynamics and explosion physics (Template:Lang-ru), Nuclear and radiation physics (Template:Lang-ru), Laser physical research (Template:Lang-ru), and the Scientific and Technical Complex (Template:Lang-ru) also known as the KB (Template:Lang-ru), which consists of KB-1 (nuclear charges) (Template:Lang-ru), KB-2 (nuclear munitions) (Template:Lang-ru), KB-3 (special security) (Template:Lang-ru), and KB-12 (special topics) (Template:Lang-ru).

History

On February 11, 1943, a resolution was adopted by the State Defense Committee to begin work on the creation of an atomic bomb. The general leadership was entrusted to the Deputy Chairman of the State Defense Committee Lavrentiy Beria, who, in turn, appointed the head of the atomic project Igor Kurchatov (his appointment was signed on March 10). The information received through intelligence channels facilitated and accelerated the work of Soviet scientists.

Beginning at the end of 1945, a search began for a location for a secret facility, which would later be named KB-11. According to the memoirs of the academician Yulii Khariton, the place for the future institute was researched carefully: it had to be located at a distance from the cities, since it was required to test various explosive structures so that active plutonium could be compressed and when combined, would exceed critical mass. Having reviewed many locations, physicists came across a completely satisfying place in the former Sarov Monastery (a famous saint that lived in the monastery, the Saint Seraphim of Sarov, later became a patron saint of Russia's nuclear weapons) not far from Arzamas (hence the names Arzamas-75 and Arzamas-16), on the border with the Mordovian reserve. On the territory of the monastery, there was plant number 550 (hence the names Site 550 etc.), which produced mortar shells, guns, rockets for BM-13 "Katyusha" rocket launchers, and other types of weapons. Behind the wall of the monastery there was a protected forest (the nature reserve is still very near to the Sarov closed city) for hundreds of square kilometers, where test explosions could be carried out unnoticed.

Boris Vannikov commissioned a survey of the plant and on April 1, 1946 Sarov was chosen as the location of the first Soviet “nuclear center,” later famously known as “Arzamas-16.”

On April 9, 1946, a resolution was adopted by the Council of Ministers of the USSR- No. 805-327ss on the creation of KB-11 at Laboratory No. 2 of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Kurchatov Institute). Pavel Mikhailovich Zernov [ru] was appointed Head of KB-11 at the suggestion of Yu.B. Khariton, and the chief designer was Yulii Khariton.

Construction of KB-11 on the plant No. 550 base in the village of Sarov was entrusted to Glavpromstroy by the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR. To carry out all the construction work, a special construction organization was created - Construction Department No. 880 of the NKVD of the USSR. Since April 1946, the entire personnel of the plant No. 550 were enlisted as workers and employees of the Construction Department No. 880. In addition to civilian workers, the main contingent consisted of prisoners. On 07/01/1947, the number of prisoners in the labor camp at SU-880 was 10,098, of which 9044 were men and 1,054 were women.

In February 1947, by the decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR KB-11 was classified as a highly restricted enterprise and was transformed from a territory into a closed restricted zone. The settlement of Sarov was removed from the administrative structure of the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and excluded from all records.

Research laboratories and design departments of KB-11 began to develop their activities directly in Sarov in the spring of 1947. At the same time, the first production shops of experimental plants No. 1 and No. 2 were created.

On March 3, 1949, the Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted decree No. 863-327ss/op on the construction of the USSR's first plant for the industrial production of atomic bombs as part of KB-11 in 1949-1950.

On June 6, 1950, KB-11 was transferred from the Laboratory of Measuring Instruments of the USSR Academy of Sciences to the direct jurisdiction of The First Main Directorate under the USSR Council of Ministers, on the basis of which, in turn, on July 1, 1953, the Ministry of Medium Machine Building was formed.

By the end of 1951, the experimental mass production plant No. 551, which came into operation in the second half of 1951 (plant No. 3 KB-11), produced 29 atomic bombs RDS-1. The storage of atomic bombs was also carried out on the territory of KB-11 in a specially erected underground reinforced concrete storage warehouse.

In 1967, KB-11 was transformed into the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, which became part of the structure of the USSR Ministry of Medium Machine Building.

Since February 1992, it is called the - Russian Federal Nuclear Center - All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF). It is a federal state unitary enterprise of the nuclear weapons complex of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (SC Rosatom).

Supercomputer

On March 9, 2011, a supercomputer was officially put into operation at RFNC-VNIIEF - the most powerful supercomputer at that time in Russia.

By 2018-2020, it is planned to increase the capacity of the supercomputer to 1 exaflop.

Members

Directors:

  • Pavel Mikhailovich Zernov [ru] (1946)
  • Anatoly Sergeevich Aleksandrov
  • Boris Glebovich Muzrukov (1955—1974)
  • Lev Dmitrievich Ryabev (1974—1978)
  • Evgeny Arkadevich Negin (1978—1987)
  • Vladimir Alexandrovich Belugin(1987—1996)
  • Radiy Ivanovich Ilkayev(1996—2008)
  • Valentin Efimovich Kostyukov (с 2008)

Scientific advisers:

As of March 2005, about 24 thousand people worked in the Nuclear Center, of which over 44% were women. VNIIEF has 527 candidates of sciences, of whom 36 are women. Of the 102 doctors of sciences, three are women: Galina Vladimirovna Dolgoleva, Vera Vladimirovna Rasskazova, and Lyudmila Valentinovna Fomicheva.

See also

References

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  2. Kruglov, Arkadii (2002). The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry. CRC Press. ISBN 9780415269704.
  3. Sarovlabs. "Creation of nuclear center Arzamas-16".
  4. Попова, Надежда (Popova, Nadezhda) (14 August 2019). ""Кое-какеры" из Росатома" ["Something" from Rosatom]. Moscow Post (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  7. "60 years since the start of mass production of nuclear weapons". RBK. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
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