The Joint Institute of Power and Nuclear Research - Sosny offers customers services for the study of neutron breeding systems at the "Hyacinth" critical stand under an outsourcing agreement or a subcontracting.

The "Hyacinth" critical stand provides an experimental base for solving a wide range of problems in the development of nuclear energy technologies, both fundamental and applied, such as:
- fundamental research in the physics of nuclear reactors and radiation protection, the criticality of fissile materials and nuclear safety;
- applied research to ensure the development of a new generation of nuclear reactors for power plants and nuclear power plants for various purposes;
- research to ensure the development of hardware and software tools for monitoring and diagnosing equipment of reactor plants based on the analysis of process noise;
- testing of products of radio electronic equipment for resistance to the effects of gamma and neutron radiation;
providing an educational and methodological experimental base for training specialists in the field of nuclear energy and the use of ionizing radiation;
- development of mutually beneficial scientific and technical cooperation with nuclear centers of foreign countries.

The critical stand includes:
- a critical assembly that can be used to study the physical characteristics of the cores of nuclear reactors with a liquid moderator (water, etc.), a solid moderator (zirconium hydride, etc.) and without a moderator;
control and protection system;
- hydraulic system for operation with liquid moderator;
- a system for collecting, processing and storing experimental data;
- system of radiation and dosimetric control;
- communication and television surveillance system;
- system of physical protection;
- a number of other engineering systems necessary to ensure its operation.

The critical stand was created using modern technological equipment and the latest measuring equipment, most of which were developed specifically for this stand.

When conducting experimental studies on critical assemblies, a system for collecting, processing and storing experimental data is used, consisting of personal computers connected to a local network, CAMAC and SCXI signal preprocessing and data acquisition subsystems, and experimental setups. The specified system of hardware and software is used to measure the neutron-physical characteristics of critical assemblies: reactivity, reactivity margin, efficiency of control devices, rates of nuclear reactions, distributions of energy release in the core, lifetime of prompt neutrons, effective fraction of delayed neutrons, absolute power.

In the near future, it is planned to conduct benchmark experiments on the criticality of neutron breeding systems based on uranium of various degrees of enrichment with a water and zirconium hydride moderator and without a moderator, to perform experiments on the physics and safety of innovative nuclear reactors for various purposes (including with an active zone based on ball fuel rods of small diameter) and others.

The main activities of the Institute:
- nuclear energy, scientific support for the development of nuclear energy in the Republic of Belarus;
- nuclear and radiation technologies in the interests of various sectors of the economy of the Republic of Belarus;
- handling of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel;
- fundamental and applied research in the field of nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, high energy physics.

Promising areas of activity of the Institute:
- development of methods for modeling neutron-physical and thermal-hydraulic processes and their application in the justification of the safety of the Belarusian NPP;
- calculation-theoretical and experimental substantiation of thermal-hydraulic and neutron-physical characteristics of power and research nuclear reactors;
- development of methods for probabilistic analysis of the safety of nuclear facilities;
- fundamental and applied research in the physics and kinetics of subcritical systems based on the synthesis of fission and fission reactions (Accelerator Driven Systems) and long-lived waste incineration technologies (Accelerator Driven Transmutation Technologies);
- development of technologies based on particle and radiation sources for the production of micro-, nano- and optoelectronic products, precision surface treatment of materials, radiation testing and modification of polymer products, production of medicines and preparations, sterilization of medical products, etc. (NG-12-1, UELV-10-10, UGU-420, stand "Hyacinth"), development of high technologies using ionizing radiation;
- development of supercomputer and grid technologies and their application in nuclear physics and power engineering;
- development of precision methods of non-destructive testing and expert control of radioactive materials;
- development of a methodology for monitoring energy security and measures to reduce the likelihood of threats to energy security and ensure the operation of the fuel and energy complex of the republic in emergency situations;
- research and optimization of efficient use of renewable energy sources (biomass, solar and wind energy);
- development of methods for assessing environmental and economic consequences and making decisions in emergency situations during radiation and nuclear accidents;
- development of technology for the production of a new generation of radiopharmaceuticals in the treatment of cancer;
- development of technologies and measures to eliminate temporary disposal sites for radioactive waste in the places of the former deployment of Soviet troops and to prevent the negative consequences of the impact of radioactive waste storage facilities outside Belarus.
The Institute is doing a lot of work on the implementation by the Republic of Belarus of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and the IAEA Safeguards Agreement on non-switching of nuclear materials from peaceful to military activities.

The Institute participates in joint research programs with the IAEA, the G. Schrazeman Institute (Bonn, Germany), the Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), the Institute of Environmental Geochemistry (Kyiv, Ukraine), the Institute for the Safe Development of Atomic Energy (Moscow, Russia), the ALSTON Corporation ( Paris, France), Electrocity de France (France), Russian Scientific Center "Kurchatov Institute", Argonne National Laboratory (Chicago, USA), UNESCO, Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, USA), etc.

Consumers interested in purchasing services for the study of neutron breeding systems at the Hyacinth critical facility under an outsourcing agreement or a subcontracting.