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CHAPTER 6
The start of research activities and the arrival of the British
6.1 The start of research activities
The year 1972 marks the transition of the ILL from adolescence to adulthood. The reactor operated at full power from December 1971. In May 1972 the hot and cold sources were in operation. We can say that the construction phase of the reactor was over. Henceforth operation was entrusted to the head of the reactor department. This was an important responsibility, and was a vital role for the well-functioning of the institute. For the first years Yves Droulers fulfilled the post, then from 1979 to 1989 Franco Franzetti; both had come from the CENG. They were followed
by a German, Ekkehardt Bauer from Franzetti’s team. We will
see later that he had a particularly important task when it became necessary to rebuild the reactor. In 2002 he was replaced by Hervé Guyon who came from Saclay.
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