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  • The potential of high current accelerator-driven neutron sources

    Scientists at JCNS working on the High Brilliance neutron Source (HBS) project have published an extensive review on neutron sources for large scale user facilities, aimed at users of neutron…

  • HBS for radionuclides

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    Radionuclides are indespensible in modern medical diagnostics and treatment of cancer. For the efficient production of medical radioisotopes neutron sources play an importnat role. At the 2nd Hi-Acts Network Meeting…

  • HBS aims for national roadmap

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    In view of the immense lack of neutrons for science and industry, the two Helmholtz Centres Forschungszentrum Jülich and Hereon have jointly submitted a proposal to the German Federal Ministry…

  • Joined forces of ESS Bilbao, JCNS and LLB for the development of HiCANS

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    With recent developments in the field of HiCANS neutron sources the members of the ELENA association of ESS Bilbao (Spain), JCNS (Germany) and LLB (CEA-CNRS France) plan to join common…

  • DN2024 visits JULIC neutron platform

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    A special offer was used by many participants of the German Neutron Scattering Conference (DN2024) at Aachen last week to visit the JULIC Neutron Platform at the Forschungszentrum Jülich and…

  • KFN Instrumentation Prize for Paul Zakalek

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    With great pleasure Paul Zakalek, Head of HBS project, has received the Instrumentation Prize of the German Committee for Neutron Reserarch (KFN) this year. The prize was presented to Paul…

  • 10th HBS Workshop

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    On Sept. 12.-13, the 10th HBS Workshop took place at the well known venue of the Rheinhotel Schulz in Unkel neur Bonn, Germany. Many colleagues and collaboration partners from science…

  • 8th RIKEN-JCNS Joint Workshop

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    On June 3-4 the 8th RIKEN-JCNS Workshop was organized at JCNS in Jülich with welcomed guests Dr. Yoshie Otake and Dr. Yosuko Okuna of RIKEN RAP. The two day workshop…

  • HBS visits ESS Bilbao

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    Recently the HBS core team of Paul Zakalek, Thomas Gutberlet and JCNS-2 Director Karen Friese visited the colleagues of ESS Bilbao to discuss common activities and projects.ESS Bilbao Director Mario…

  • 7th RIKEN-JCNS Joint Workshop

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    by Paul Zalalek The Japanese RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP) and the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) held their seventh joint workshop on compact accelerator-driven neutron sources (CANS)…