A meeting of the Coordination Council with the participation of scientific institutions of the NAS of Ukraine was held at “Turboatom”

On October 10, 2019, a meeting of the Coordination Council on the organization of joint work of scientific institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) and “Turboatom” was held at JSC “Turboatom”.

The event was attended by academics and corresponding members of NASU, directors and chief designers of JSC “Turboatom”, as well as chief designers of the State Enterprise “Plant Elektrotyazhmash” as invited guests.

The General Director of “Turboatom” Viktor Subotin introduced the participants to the production capabilities of the enterprise: the guests were shown the full production cycle of turbine equipment for nuclear, thermal and hydraulic power plants.

At the beginning of the meeting, NASU academician Olexandr Kyrylenko thanked the “Turboatom” team represented by Viktor Subotin for the opportunity to hold a meeting at the plant. “I was amazed by what I saw today in the shops of the enterprise. I am pleased that our coordination council is held at such a successful and developed plant,” – said Olexandr Kyrylenko.

In turn, Viktor Subotin noted the significant role that scientific institutions play in the work of the Kharkiv plant. “On behalf of the “Turboatom” directorate, I can responsibly declare that the current state of affairs at the enterprise is largely determined by the interaction of “Turboatom” with scientific institutes and organizations. Our products are based on technical and scientific developments. The close and effective interaction between NASU and “Turboatom” has become possible, first of all, thanks to the openness and sincere support of our enterprise from the side of the National Academy of Sciences and its chairman Borys Yevgenovych Paton. We always feel this and are very grateful for the care, "said the General Director of “Turboatom” in his speech.

In their speeches, Academician Leonid Lobanov and Academician Mykola Shulga, as well as corresponding members Andrij Rusanov and Viktor Voevodin, noted achievements in power engineering thanks to the scientific and technical cooperation of NASU institutes with “Turboatom” and suggested further areas for joint efforts.

Following the meeting, Victor Subotin and Olexandr Kyrylenko signed the Decision of the Coordinating Council on the organization of joint work of scientific institutions of the NAS of Ukraine and “Turboatom”. According to this document, the Coordination Council will help attract more NASU institutions to cooperation in the field of power engineering and recommend that problematic scientific and technical issues be addressed in research plans, the solution of which is necessary to further increase the level and competitiveness of “Turboatom” products. Council meetings will be annual.

After the signing procedure, a briefing was held with the participation of Viktor Subotin and Olexandr Kyrylenko. “Today, for the first time, a scientific meeting was held within the walls of “Turboatom” with the participation of specialists from our enterprise and the leaders of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,” said the General Director of “Turboatom”, answering journalists' questions. According to him, this became possible after signing in June 2018 an agreement on cooperation between NASU and “Turboatom” in the development of high technology products of the Kharkiv plant. First of all, thanks to close ties with several major scientific institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in particular, the Institute of Mechanical Engineering Problems, KhIPT, and the STC “Paton Welding Institute”, Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, etc.

Olexandr Kyrylenko noted that cooperation between NASU and “Turboatom” began much earlier, but the signing of the General Agreement on Cooperation posed fundamentally new challenges. “One of the problems of our country is that science and production are not yet very interconnected. Therefore, one of the tasks is to combine the efforts of industry with scientific achievements,” – Olexandr Kyrylenko explained. He also added that according to the results of signing the Decision, the main task should be the development of turbine construction and the preservation of scientific and industrial potential.