On the front side of the coin there is a relief image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, there are inscriptions: "RUSSIAN FEDERATION", "BANK OF RUSSIA", coin denomination - "3 РУБЛЯ", date - "2018", metal designation according to the Periodic System of Elements of DI . Mendeleyev, a sample of the alloy, a trademark of the St. Petersburg Mint and the mass of the precious metal is clean
On the reverse side of the coin there is a color image of the emblem of the Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" against the background of the stylized model of the atom; there are inscriptions: on the circumference - "SRC" KURCHATOV INSTITUTE ", at the bottom in two lines -" Osn. in 1943 ".