“Laboratory of Nuclear Physics named after Academician Tolib Muminov” (LNP SamSU) of Samarkand State University was built in 1983 on the initiative of Academician Tolib Musaevich Muminov. Currently, Askar Narimanovich Safarov is the head of the nuclear physics laboratory. The total area of the laboratory is 15 hectares, and the building area exceeds 2,700 square meters. Since 2003, the laboratory has been funded as a “unique facility.”
The main results of the activities of the Laboratory of Nuclear Physics named after Academician Tolib Muminov of Samarkand State University in 2021:
     1. The following work was completed under foreign grants:
·Work continued on the project MAGATEning Uzb-0006 “Building Capacity in the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Science and Technologies at the National University of Uzbekistan and the Samarkand State University.” The total amount of funding for the project is 260,000 euros. As part of this project, equipment was purchased for the amount of 95,000 euros and additional equipment was ordered for 25,000 euros;
     ·Within the framework of the Central Asian Universities Partnership Program (UniCEN), funded by the US Embassy in Uzbekistan, work on the project “Co-Development and Cross-Pollination of Effective, Hands-On Nuclear Physics Educational Activities” has been completed. The project was implemented in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), which took first place in the QS World university rankings. The project budget is $39,136.
    2. Together with the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the following work was carried out:i:
     ·Under the agreement between FLNP AS RUz and “O’ZGASHKLITI”, work on radioecological monitoring was carried out in the area of nuclear power plant construction in the Jizzakh region.
Contract number RLT-120-2021;
     ·As part of the agreement between FLNP AS RUz and LLC “Safety and Control”, radioecological studies were carried out on the construction site of the “Ugol ES” in the Samarkand region. June 1, 2021
Contract number RLT-095/2021;
     ·As part of the agreement between FLNP AS RUz and LLC “Safety and Control”, radioecological studies were carried out in the construction area of the Tebinbulok mining and processing plant in Karakalpakstan.
Contract number RLT-096/2021 dated 06/01/2021;
     ·As part of the agreement between FLNP AS RUz and LLC “Safety and Control”, radioecological studies were carried out in the construction zone of the Metallurgical Plant in the Gallaaral district of the Jizzakh region. Contract number RLT-097/2021;
     ·A feasibility study is underway for a project for radiation disinfection of fruits and vegetables and radiation sterilization of medical devices;
     ·Scientific work is underway to analyze the radiation safety of food products, building materials and drinking water samples.
     3. Together with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia), training courses on measuring nuclear electronics and low-level environmental samples are being created.
     4. Together with the United Institute of Energy and Nuclear Research - Sosny of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, studies are being conducted on the amount of radon in natural waters.
      5. Together with the Institute of Hydrometeorology of Ukraine (Kyiv), scientific research has begun on the use of effective methods for measuring radioactivity in environmental samples in high-risk areas.
     6. More than 170 undergraduate and 20 graduate students undergo laboratory practice in 5 research and educational laboratories created with MAGATE grants.
     7. Currently, 3 young laboratory specialists continue their postgraduate studies in China (Institute of Modern Physics, Lanzhou), Russia (MEPhI, Moscow) and Belarus (OJNR-Sosny, Minsk).
    8. A perpetual license was obtained from the State Committee for Industrial Safety of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the right to store and use sources of ionizing radiation (04/13/2021 No. 158).
       9. 2 laboratory employees defended their PhD theses in the field of physical and mathematical sciences.
      10. Based on the results of research conducted in the laboratory, 9 candidate dissertations were defended.
     11. This year, at the expense of an IAEA grant, 2 laboratory employees underwent 2-month training in Russia (JINR, Dubna region), Ukraine (Ukrhydromet, Kiev region), and 1 employee went to Croatia (Ruder Boskovic Institute). , Zagreb region) Organized a 2-week scientific trip. In addition, in January - May 2022, 1 more employee will undergo a 4-month internship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA).
     12. This year, 6 articles were published in scientific journals, of which 3 articles were indexed in the SCOPUS database. At the same time, 9 articles and theses were published in the materials of international and republican conferences. In addition, 4 articles were submitted for publication in scientific journals.
      In 2020, laboratory buildings and infrastructure were reconstructed for 6.1 billion soums.

  Overview of the Laboratory of Nuclear Physics of SamSUThe main building of the Laboratory of Nuclear Physics named after Academician Tolib Muminov, SamSU.Underground accelerator hall.

In connection with the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the most important activity of the SamSU FLNP is to improve the process of training highly qualified personnel in the field of nuclear physics. According to PP-4165 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated 02/07/2019 “On approval of the Concept for the development of nuclear energy in the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2019-2029”, “On the nuclear energy program of the Republic of Uzbekistan” dated 10/16/2019, PP-4492 “On approval of the strategy for the development of personnel potential" and PRU-565 "On the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes" dated 09.09.2019 define the tasks of training personnel in the field of nuclear technologies. In these documents, the National University of Uzbekistan and Samarkand University are tasked with improving educational standards in the field of nuclear physics in accordance with the practice of leading universities in the world.
     To carry out the above tasks, the FLNP of SamSU, with the attraction of foreign grants in the amount of 1 million US dollars, has significantly improved the equipment of scientific equipment and created 5 scientific and educational laboratories:

1. Laboratory of Atomic Physics.
2. Laboratory of Nuclear Physics.
3. Laboratory of Nuclear Reactor Physics.
4. Laboratory of Nuclear Electronics.
5. Laboratory of Dosimetry and Radioecology.

     Every year, more than 170 students and 20 undergraduates undergo laboratory practice in these laboratories. At the same time, master's students, doctoral students and researchers conduct their scientific research.