Nuclear Physics Institute of the ASCR

The Nuclear Physics Institute of the ASCR (NPI), a public research organization, is the major Czech institution in the field of nuclear physics. The institute, belonging to the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, is located together with some other research organizations at the area of village Řež about 20 km north of Prague (see issue cover). The institute's staff comprises about 200 people including about 90 researchers. Moreover, about 35–40 diploma and Ph.D. students do their work at the NPI laboratories.