The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Finland and the Helsinki Institute of Physics have jointly developed new ways of controlling spent nuclear fuel. These innovative methods are needed before the world’s first spent nuclear fuel disposal facility can be commissioned in Olkiluoto, Eurajoki. See the full text @ STUK website: Final information of disposed...Continue reading→

Research Council of Finland grants substantial funding for research infrastructure projects “The Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee at the Research Council of Finland has decided on more than 29 million euros in funding for the building and upgrading of national and international research infrastructures. The funding will be divided between eleven research infrastructure projects. This is...Continue reading→

“Academy Researcher Heikki Mäntysaari from the Department of Physics at JYU uses paper, pencil and computer to investigate the properties and interactions of elementary particle matter. It is basic research that seeks answers to fundamental questions about how the universe works and what it is made of.” See the full post at: https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/jyu-receives-new-erc-grant-to-shed-light-on-gluon-matter The included...Continue reading→