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Welcome to the

Institut Laue-Langevin

The world leader in neutron science and technology

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The Institut Laue-Langevin is an international research centre based in Grenoble, France.

At the leading edge of neutron science and technology, it operates one of the most intense neutron sources in the world. [more]

To know more about ILL, see the FAQ

ILL general presentation film

GIANT innovation campus

ILL is one of the founders of the Grenoble 'GIANT' innovation campus. See more information on

www.giant-grenoble.org

The epn science campus

 

                 

The European Photon and Neutron science campus in Grenoble hosts ILL, ESRF, EMBL and UVHCI.

European collaborations

  • ILL is a member of EIROforum, a collaboration between the European intergovernmental scientific research organisations.
  • ILL belongs to the NMI3 network, the Integrated Infrastructure Initiative for Neutron Scattering and Muon Spectroscopy
  • ILL is a member of CRISP, the Cluster of Research Infrastructures for Synergies in Physics


Long shutdown: summer 2013 - summer 2014

From 9 August 2013 until June 2014, the reactor will be shut down. During this period, a number of major projects have been scheduled. Some are part of the modernisation programme; others are the result of the complementary safety assessment performed by the ILL following the accident at Fukushima.

The main operations planned during the shutdown are:

  • The installation of a new instrument (ThALES) and the major upgrade of another four instruments (SuperADAM, D16, D22, IN15)
  • The replacement of three beam tubes
  • The replacement of almost all the H5 guides
  • Several major projects to reinforce the safety of the facility
  • A heavy water management project

ILL virtual tour

A virtual tour of the ILL is available.

For a real visit to the ILL, and to meet our scientists, please contact us.

Neutron Working Group reports on current and future needs for European facilities

The ILL modernisation programme (2001-2014)

In order to keep the ILL at the forefront of neutron science and to provide the best possible experimental facilities and support to its European users over the next two decades, the ILL is modernising its infrastructure and instrument suite.

85 M€ are invested to boost instrument efficiency.

The scientific results of the first phase are already impressive: the average detection rate of neutrons for all instruments was improved by a factor of 20!

[More on the modernisation programme here]