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.
Institut u Vinči osnovan je 1948. i njegov ruski reaktor, koji se koristio u istraživačke svrhe, radio je od 1959. do 1984. godine, prikupljajući sve oblike radioaktivnog otpada u bivšoj Jugoslaviji.