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choice by Maier-Leibnitz, and the success of the ILL owes much to Hasenclever; while being firm, he was always considerate to the staff.
The budget presented by the Institut was approved at the meeting in July 1967, where the committee also endorsed the replacement of Dautray (called to other CEA activities) by Jean Chatoux as project manager. I remember my reservations over this change; Dautray had been excellent, and, at that time, I knew little of his replacement. Dautray then told me that he thought Chatoux would be better than himself for the construction phase. I do not know what might have happened with Dautray, but Chatoux was certainly excellent.
It would be tedious to go through the various meetings of the Steering Committee and the Scientific Council which took place during the project period and construction leading up to the initial criticality of the reactor on 31 August 1971, and to full power in December the same year. They took place at least twice a year, and for the Steering Committee even four times a year during the construction phase.
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Chapter 4 - The negotiations