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Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2026. Vol. 71. № 1
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2026-71-1-113-120
N.K. Shandala, Yu.D. Udalov, Yu.E. Kvacheva, S.M. Kiselev,
V.A. Seregin, A.A. Filonova, S.M. Shinkarev, M.P. Semenova
20 Years of International Activity of the SRC-FMBC
A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia
Contact person: N.K. Shandala, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
The long-standing rich history of the SRC-FMBC includes a bright page of multilateral cooperation of the Center’s specialists with international research and medical organizations of the world. In the course of such cooperation, the experience accumulated in world practice is generalized; norms, rules, regulations, practical recommendations and guidelines for assuring the safety and protection of exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation on personnel and the population are developed and improved. This article describes ways and perspectives of cooperation and collaboration with foreign partners.
Keywords: A.I. Burnazyan SRC-FMBC, international cooperation, regulation, radiation safety and protection, anniversary
For citation: Shandala NK, Udalov YuD, Kvacheva YuE, Kiselev SM, Seregin VA, Filonova AA, Shinkarev SM, Semenova MP. 20 Years of International Activity of the SRC-FMBC. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2026;71(1):113–120. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2026-71-1-113-120
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Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Financing. The work was financed under the State Contract as part of the Federal Target Program «Nuclear and Radiation Safety for 2016‒2020 and for the period until 2030».
Contribution. Shandala N.K. – conception and design of the article, writing and editing the text; Udalov Yu.D. – conception and editing the text; Kvacheva Yu.E. – data collection and processing, writing the text; Kiselev S.M. – data collection and processing, writing the text; Seregin V.A. – data collection and processing, writing the text; Filonova A.A. – data collection and processing, writing the text; Semenova M.P. – translation into English, editing the text.
Article received: 20.11.2025. Accepted for publication: 25.12.2025.