Laboratory of Geodynamics was created in 1993. At first it was called the Laboratory of Geoecology, then Laboratory of Geoecological Informatics, and now - Laboratory of Geodynamics.

The focus of the work is to conduct of the fundamental research aimed at assessing and predicting the stability of the geological environment and geodynamical zoning of the areas when choosing locations, designing, constructing and operating of the nuclear fuel cycle facilities (NFC).

Relevance of research areas.

Russian nuclear industry remains to be the backbone of national defense and energy security of the country. Currently in Russia there are ten nuclear power plants with 31 reactors of different types of installed capacity of over 23.24 GW. There are a large number of other NFC facilities. The problem of providing geo-environmental safety of NFC facilities is increasing every year due to the necessity of recycling the huge amount of the waste accumulated in Russia. The fundamental component of the solution to this problem is the forecast of the influence on NFC objects of different geodynamic factors. The accident at the plant Fukushima-1 in Japan confirmed it.

Modern research tools of the deformation of the earth crust (Global Navigation Satellite System) and the construction of space-time models of the geomechanical and the geodynamic processes provide the possibility of establishing relations between the deformation and the changes in the structure of rock mass and soil, as a result of integrated effects of natural and man-made factors, and resistance of structural elements of different NFC facilities.

Solvable problems.
1. The creation of database for the evaluation and prediction of the geological environment in the areas of the NFC facilities location.
2. The creation of methods for the geodynamic zoning and the mathematical modeling of the stress-strain state by choosing the area for the accommodation of the NFC facilities by their design, construction and operation.
3. Observations for geodynamic regime in the areas of the location of the NFC facilities, using the global navigation satellite systems (GPS / GLONAS).
4. The creation of methods of predicting the geomechanical state of the most critical underground structures, containing radiation-dangerous facilities.

Major achievements of the Laboratory.

For over the 17 year of its existence, the laboratory staff has participated in many projects, grants, expeditions. Here are the main ones.
1. In accordance with the RF Government Resolution № 444 "About the federal system of seismic observations and earthquake prediction" and the agreement with Rosenergoatom in 1995-2002 on the areas of Kalinin, Novovoronezh and Volgodonsk nuclear power plant for the first time the observation over the modern crustal movement (MCM) was set up based on global satellite navigation systems. The deformation model of the areas of the Kalinin and Novovoronezh nuclear plant was developed. Recommendations to ensure their geo-environmental safety have been used in the design solutions.
2. The information technology for the prediction of the degradation of structural-tectonic blocks, which was tried in Niznekansky granitoid massif (Krasnoyarsk region), which is considered to be the most probably burial place of HLW in Russia were created (ISTC project № 2764).
3. The theoretical base for the prediction of the stress-strain state of the heterogeneous block of geological environment was created, included the algorithms and programs for predicting the destruction of the structural blocks. They are based on the finite element method.
4. Geodynamic testing ground for monitoring the earth's surface microstrains in the area of the radioactive waste stores opened in MosNPO "Radon" in 2002-2008.
5. Participate in the federal program "Nuclear and Radiation Safety in 2008 and for the period up to 2015" in 2007-2010 was set up geodynamic testing field for observing MCM in the area of the construction of the first federal HLW repository within Niznekansky massif and on the site of "Eniseiskiy" using global satellite navigation system.
6. Tectonophysical modeling of stress fields and establishing structural-tectonic ground for geodynamic models of the Elkon uranium ore deposit.
7. Key provisions of the work included with the participation of the author's regulations documents of Rosnadzor:
- NP-032-01 "Placement of nuclear power stations. The main criteria and security requirements;
- RB-019-01 "Evaluation of seismic hazard on the basis of geodynamic the location of nuclear and radiation hazardous objects";
- NP-050-03 "Placing the nuclear fuel cycle facilities. The main criteria and requirements. "

Personnel

Vladislav N. Morozov, Chief of the laboratory, Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor. He is graduate of Sergo Ordzhonikidze MGPI Geophysical Department. Research interests: geodynamic and geomechanic in the annex to the assessment and the prediction of the geological environment and underground structures, methods of the rock destruction. He is author of more than 200 scientific articles in leading Russian and foreign journals, including 2 monographs.

Ilya Y. Kolesnikov, leading researcher, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Graduate of MAI. Research activities: computational mechanics, hard computational problems, finite element method. Author of 80 scientific articles in leading Russian and foreign journals.

Viktor N. Tatarinov, chief researcher, Doctor of Technical Sciences. Graduated Sergo Ordzhonikidze MGPI Geophysical Department. Research activities: geomechanics of underground facilities, engineering geodynamics, the stability of geological environment monitoring SDZK methods of space geodesy. Author of more than 94 scientific articles in leading Russian and foreign journals.

Alexander Kagan, researcher. Graduate of MIREA Electronics Department. Research activities: geodynamics, mathematical modeling, programming, fuzzy logic. Author of 5 scientific papers.

Tatiana Tatarinova, senior scientist. Graduate of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Research activities: database, information technology. Author of 12 scientific papers in Russian and foreign journals.