Kurchatov Institute

The Kurchatov Institute is the leading research and development institution of Russia in the field of nuclear energy. It is named after the physicist Igor Kurchatov and is located at 1 Kurchatov Square in Moscow. In the Soviet Union it was known as the I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, abbreviated KIAE. Between 1991 and 2010 it was called the Russian Scientific Centre Kurchatov Institute, before its name was changed to National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute. Soviet physicists of the atomic era, such as Abram Alikhanov, worked in laboratories associated with it.