[11][12] Six young researchers, all between 24 and 26 years of age, were conducting an experiment on the reactor, and the results were to be used by one student for his thesis.

The reasons included the fact that the state commission concluded that the incident was caused by the researchers' carelessness and indiscipline.

[14] The donors were all French: Marcel Pabion, Albert Biron, Raymond Castanier, and Odette Draghi—mother of four young children.

[15] In August 2002, a joint US-Russian mission removed 100 pounds of highly enriched uranium from the Vinča Nuclear Institute, to be flown to Russia.

[16] In 2009, it was reported that the nuclear fuel storage pool, containing large quantities of radioactive waste, was in poor condition.

[17] In 2010, 2.5 tonnes of waste, including 13 kg of 80% highly enriched uranium, were transported from Vinča to a reprocessing facility at Mayak, Russia.

It envisioned that within 10 years, that is by 2022, the waste from Vinča must be transferred to the permanent and safe depository location.

[15] The waste in Vinča is of low to mid-level radioactivity, which means it is potentially hazardous for the health and safety of the wider area of Serbia, not just for Belgrade.

Additionally, after removing all the radioactive waste, the institute can truly be transformed into the modern scientific-business park.