Preliminarni pregled početaka jugoslovenskog nuklearnog programa

Abstract

Namera je da se u radu ukratko prikaže početak jugoslovenskog nuklearnog programa. U radu se ispituju kako specifičnosti konteksta Hladnog rata, tako i uloga i primena nauke, prvenstveno nuklearne fizike, u tom periodu. U radu se analizira geopolitički položaj FNRJ nakon prekida saradnje sa SSSR-om 1948. godine i fokus jugoslovenskog političkog vrha na razvoj nuklearnog programa, uz prikaz osnovnih podataka o institutima u kojima se on sprovodio. U ovom kontekstu prikazuje se dinamika odnosa između predstavnika vlasti i naučnika, i razmatra se značaj tih odnosa za jugoslovenski nuklearni program.

Our intention is to present basic outlines of the beginnings of Yugoslav nuclear program. In the paper we examine specifics of the Cold War context, as well as the role and application of science, notably nuclear physics, in that period. The paper is analyzing geopolitical position of FPRY after break with USSR in 1948. and the focus of the Yugoslav political leadership on the development of the nuclear program, while reviewing basic information on the institutes in which this program was developed. In this context dynamics of the relations between representatives of the government and scientists, and importance of those relations for the Yugoslav nuclear program is depicted.