With deep regret we inform that on June 13, 2024, Professor Reinhard Kulessa, an outstanding specialist in nuclear physics, Director of the Institute of Physics of the Jagiellonian University in 1988-1990 and President of the Management Board of the Polish Physical Society (2006-2009), died. Together with the late Professor Zbigniew Majka were the animators of Poland’s participation in XFEL and FAIR.

He was an outstanding scientist and teacher – Polish nuclear physics suffered a huge loss.

It is with deep regret that we announce that Professor Zbigniew Majka died tonight after a long illness.
Many of us knew the Professor personally and know how much heart and commitment he put into implementing the FAIR center, which he saw as a huge opportunity for Polish science.
Thanks to his efforts, Poland joined FAIR as a shareholder and is implementing a number of tasks of key importance to the project. For many years he served as scientific director of the FAIR Joint Team in Darmstadt.
On the initiative of prof. Majki, the National Consortium of Femtophysics was established, of which he was the chairman until 2014, and in later years he was involved in all initiatives undertaken within the consortium.
His departure leaves a gap that is difficult to fill.
Funeral ceremonies will take place on May 25, 2024 (Saturday) at the Wikowyja municipal cemetery in Rzeszów at 12:30.

Piotr Salabura and Paweł Staszel

In April, the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission of the International Nuclear Energy Agency will begin, which will assess Poland’s readiness to implement the next phase of PPEJ related to the construction of the first Polish nuclear power plant. The mission will be officially opened by the Director of the IAEA Nuclear Energy Division, Aline des Cloizeaux.

I cordially invite you to the lecture by the Director “Nuclear power: global prospects and IAEA support” next Monday, April 15, at 18:00, Aula 0.03 (ground floor), Pasteura 5, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw.

https://zapytajfizyka.fuw.edu.pl/wyklady/aline-des-cloizeaux/