Motyk provided this information during a press conference in Świerk. He said that within a dozen or so hours it would be possible to say that the reactor is working with full power and will work for the next 20 years for the good of Polish science. He pointed out that this is also extremely important for medicine. He pointed out, among others for the role of a reactor in the production of radioisotopes.
“It is not only a reactor, it is scientific research, research on the physics of materials. These are a lot of very different fields that are entwined with each other in research,” added to the director of the National Center for Nuclear Research prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Pollo. She noted that the permission to resume operation by the Maria reactor was issued under certain conditions and the State Atomist Agency (PAA) will be monitored all the time..
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The President of the State Atomist Agency issued permission to exploit the nuclear research reactor Maria on July 31 this year. – Paa informed on Friday. As noted then, the decision is indefinite. The current permission of the President of PAA for the operation of the Maria reactor at the National Nuclear Research Center in Świerk has expired on March 31 this year, after 10 years. From the beginning of April this year. The reactor remained turned off.
