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CHAPTER 5
The construction of the reactor and the scientific groups
The life of the Institut began in 1967 in a few rooms loaned to us in the CENG. The report by the Director of the Institut for 1967 stated that at the end of the year there were 10 staff (7 scientists including 2 post-graduate students73) working in Grenoble (two partially at Saclay), and 6 at Munich. Maier-Leibnitz was very insistent on creating a temporary group of theoreticians located in Munich, awaiting development of this activity in Grenoble. The year 1968 was particularly interesting. There was a significant increase in staff, which by 1 March had risen to 48 people in Grenoble. I have already mentioned engaging Hasenclever
who was able to organise the start of the administration of the ILL. He was also able to contribute to the relations between the Management of the ILL and the Steering Committee. Michel Jacquemain was recruited in September 1967 as responsible for all technical services. Yves Droulers was made the future head of the reactor in April 1968. Both had come from the Reactor
73 2018 addition: The 1st thesis student was the theoretical physicist Konrad Matho (1967-1972). Since the theory group of Peter Fulde (Munich) never moved to Grenoble Konrad mainly worked at the CNRS/CRTBT, then at Orsay. He was the first student representative at the first steering committee.
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