On November 19, 2024, the Presentation Symposium of the NuPECC Long Range Plan 2024 for European Nuclear Physics (LRP2024) took place at the University Foundation in Brussels (Belgium). Around 100 representatives (ministries, funding agencies, director of the nuclear physics institutions) from many European countries, journalists and NuPECC members participated (in-person and on-line) in the Symposium. IFJ PAN was represented by the Scientific Director, Prof. Bogdan Fornal, and the polish representative in NuPECC, Prof. Adam Maj.
The NuPECC Long Range Plan has been developed based on input from the European Nuclear Physics community, which consists of nearly 6000 scientists and engineers. The plan aims to establish a cohesive strategy for the field's goals and advancement over the next decade and beyond. The electronic version of the Long Range Plan was unveiled at the symposium and published on the NuPECC Website.
The most important part of the LRP2024 are the recommendations for the next years.
From the IFJ PAN perspective the most important are recommendations to continue the nuclear physics research at the Cyclotron Center Bronowice, being the European Transnational Access Facility. The Plan also recommends the complete construction of big instrumentations in which IFJ PAN is involved, such as AGATA gamma-ray tracking array with ancillary systems (like the PARIS gamma calorimeter). It further advocates for construction and exploitation of large infrastructures in which IFJ PAN plays an important role, including GSI/FAIR, GANIL/SPIRAL2, ISOLDE and ALICE3 in CERN, ELI-NP in Bucharest, and SPES at INFN LNL Legnaro and IFMIF-DONES in Granada.
The full LRP2024 document can be downloaded from https://www.nupecc.org/lrp2024/Documents/nupecc_lrp2024.pdf.
