2020 Volume 17 Issue 2 Pages 86-95
It has been almost 50 years since Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) was established in Osaka University. In this article, the brief history of RCNP is summarized from the beginning of the study for nuclear physics using the cyclotron accelerators at the faculty of science in Osaka University up to the foundation of RCNP and then the construction of the ring cyclotron.