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.
Institutin i Vincës u themelua më 1948 dhe reaktori bërthamor i tij i prodhimit rus punoi nga 1959 deri më 1984, duke mbledhur të gjitha mbetjet bërthamore të ish-Jugosllavisë.