RFNC–VNIIEF research facilities aimed at experimental acquisition of basic and applied knowledge in the fields of nuclear, radiation, and fast-process physics (on the 75th anniversary of the Atomic industry)

Described are problems in the field of nuclear physics, for the solution of which a subdivision of experimental physics was created during the implementation of the atomic project as part of Design Bureau 11 (KB11). This subdivision is now the Institute of Nuclear and Radiation Physics (INRF)—the center of competence of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center–All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC–VNIIEF) in the field of experimental nuclear and radiation physics. The paper outlines the transformation of these problems with time and the formation of new areas of activity based on them. Data on the current state of the development of the experimental base of VNIIEF (YARF) are presented, as are prospects and plans. The paper is an extended version of a report at the session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Atomic industry, December 7, 2020.