en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Boreskov Institute of Catalysis of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Институт катализа СО РАН) has notified the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Ростехнадзор) of the completion of construction for the Siberian Ring Photon Source (СКИФ) project. Institute Director Valery Bukhtiyarov (Валерий Бухтияров) announced this news, stating that the project has now entered its final stage.
The institute stated that after sending the notification to the supervisory authority, an on-site inspection will be conducted, and a conclusion will be issued confirming that the constructed infrastructure complies with the design documentation. Obtaining this document is a crucial step before securing the permit for the facility's operation.
During construction, the design documentation was revised multiple times. The final positive conclusion from the Main State Expert Review Board (Главгосэкспертиза) was obtained on April 17, 2026, as reported by the Prime news agency (Прайм).
Pavel Logachev (Павел Логачев), Director of the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Институт ядерной физики СО РАН), added that the relevant compliance inspection will take place in June, and the supervisory authority's conclusion is expected to be issued before the end of the month.
СКИФ is a fourth-generation synchrotron radiation source with an energy of 3 GeV, being built on a 30-hectare plot in the science city of Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Oblast. The main accelerator ring has a circumference of 476 meters. This facility will enable researchers to study the structure of matter at the micro and nano levels, opening up new possibilities in biology, medicine, chemistry, and energy science.
According to expert estimates, once operational, СКИФ will become the brightest synchrotron radiation source in the world. During a meeting in June, Russian President Vladimir Putin (Владимир Путин) discussed the project's progress with Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov (Валерий Фальков), emphasizing that this Russian development surpasses similar facilities in France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Italy.
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