Institut u Vinči osnovan je 1948, a njegov nuklearni istraživački reaktor, proizveden u Rusiji, radio je od 1959. do 1984, prikupljajući sav radioaktivni otpad bivše Jugoslavije.
The Vinca Institute was established in 1948 and its Russian-made nuclear research reactor operated from 1959 until 1984, collecting all of the former Yugoslavia's radioactive waste.