On 10 August 2017, a delegation of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological, and Nuclear Oversight (Rostekhnadzor) headed by State Secretary – Deputy Head of Rostekhnadzor A.L. Rybas arrived to JINR with a reconnaissance visit. The delegation also included Rostekhnadzor Deputy Head A.V. Ferapontov, Head of the Department for Safety Regulation of Nuclear Plants and Research Nuclear Installations M.I. Miroshnichenko and Deputy Head, Assistant State Secretary A.F. Meleshko.

At t5he JINR Directorate the guests were welcomed by JINR Director V.A. Matveev, JINR Vice-Director M.G. Itkis, JINR Chief Engineer B.N. Gikal, Advisors to Director A.A. Mikhan and G.D. Shirkov, Deputy Chief Engineer A.V. Dudarev and FLNP Chief Engineer A.V. Vinogradov. During the meeting, the guests were acquainted with general information about JINR, its history and achievements, scientific infrastructure, research programme and the flagship projects.

After the meeting in the JINR Directorate, excursions to the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics and the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics were organized for the delelegation.