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A. G. Kucheryayev, Doctor 
Yu. V. Kursanov 
R. D. Meladze 
K. V. Suladze 
Description: 
The Physical-Technical Institute of the Georgian Academy of Sciences 
was constructed at Sukhumi in 1946. It consists of two institutes, one of 
which concentrates on plasma physics while the other is concerned with 
nuclear magnetic resonance and isotope separation at low temperatures. The 
staff consists of several hundred scientists, of whom about 30 are concerned 
directly with nuclear physics. Scientists at Sukhumi work closely with their 
colleagues at the various research institutes in Tbilisi. In fact, a portion 
of the staff commutes between the two cities. 
The work of the first institute in Sukhumi is done in plasma 
physics, plasma acceleration, high-intensity injectors, ion sources, experi- 
ments on the collision of particles with walls, and nuclear physics (i.e., 
the search for new isotopes using cyclotron-bombardment techniques). A 20- 
Mev deuteron cyclotron and a 30-ton Dempster-type electromagnetic isotope 
separator comprise the heavy equipment at this institute, which is, inciden- 
tally, the focal point of Soviet work on ion sources. 
The second institute is more directly the concern of Dr. Grendzetely. 
Here, an experimental program is carried out on the measurement of nuclear 
constants by the method of molecular beams and the separation of isotopes by 
ion exchange and low-temperature distillation. 
The Institute confers Candidate*s Degrees. 
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Name: Physical-Technical Institute 
(Fiziko-tekhnicheskiy institut) 
Address: Alma-Ata 
Director: Zh. S. Takebayev (1956) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Kazakh S.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
This institute, which was founded in 1950, has laboratories for 
spectral analysis, cosmic rays, metallography and metal physics, and isotopes. 
