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A4 - Letter from Flowers to Creyssel in January 1972
This telex was sent in January 1972 from Brian Flowers to Pierre Creyssel, Head of the Steering Committee. I have reproduced with no comments the text as it was forwarded by Creyssel to the 24 other members of the Steering Committee on the 23 or 24 January 1972.
Editor’s Note: Like any telex of the time, the original text was written in uppercase. However, to make the text more readable, we have reproduced a transcription using conventional typography.
May I start by congratulating your election as president of the ILL and wishing the institute every success in the new year.
At our meeting on 14 december we explored most of the possibilities for collaboration between the Franco-German ILL and the SRC on the provision of high flux neutron beams. My summary of the meeting was:
The French and German representatives rejected the exploratory proposal which the SRC had made in Grenoble for a collaborative high flux neutron beam programme based on partenership in the use proposed HFBR in the UK.
They did not think it necessary to decide on the building of a second high flux reactor for some years and in any case would not wish to combine irradiation facilities and neutron beam facilities in the same reactor. For the UK the AEA and SRC explained that the limited funds available made it important to provide both irradiation and neutron beam facilities in the proposed programme and that experience proved it perfectly satisfactory to provide both in one reactor.
You stressed the desirability of the SRC becoming a full partner in the ILL as soon as possible.
You proposed that the SRC should pay, in addition to its one-third share of the budget less taxes agreed each year, an initial capital contribution of 13 Mfrancs a year at january 1972 prices for ten years. You assessed this as
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