Big Science Community of Europe
ILL
(Institut Laue - Langevin)
The Laue - Langevin Institute is an international research center, at the forefront of neutronscience and technology. As a world leader in its field, ILL offers scientists extremely bright neutron beams, feeding some 40 high-tech instruments in constant modernization.
The ILL is a reactor-based facility and is the most intense neutron source in theworld. Its purpose is to provide the brightest beams of neutrons possible to a suite of 40 high-performance instruments for use by the international scientific community. The reactor normally functions round-the-clock during four 50-day cycles per year.
Every year about 2000 researchers from more than 30 countries visit the ILL to perform over 800 experiments.
This usually results in the publication of more than 600 scientific publications per year.
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ILL is owned by the three founding countries (the Associates): France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Twelve other countries (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, India, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland) have signed Scientific Membership contacts with the ILL and make asignificant financial contribution to the ILL’s annual budget.
The scope of the research carried out at the ILL is very broad, embracing condensed matter physics, chemistry, biology, materials and earth sciences, engineering,and nuclear and particle physics. Much of the research impacts on many of the challenges facing society today, from sustainable sources of energy, improved healthcare and a cleaner environment to new materials for information and computer technology. As a service institute, each year, about 1400 researchers from more than 40 countries come to the ILL to carry out more than 800 experiments, selected by a committee of experts.
The neutron source at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France.
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Belgian technology in ILL
More than 750 experiments, selected by scientific review committees, are completed each year by about 2000 visiting scientists bearing witness to the scientific success of the facility. BELSPO created a national accompanying committee "European sources for synchrotron radiation and neutrons" (NAC SRN) with representatives of the concerned Belgian research institutes in order to optimise the use of ILL and ESRF.
ILL contact for industry
Name: Dr Laurent Ghys
E-mail address: laurent.ghys@stis.belspo.be
Phone: +32 2 238 37 52
Address: Avenue Louise 231
B-1050 Bruxelles
Company/agency: BELSPO
Role: Adviseur - Conseiller: improve the link with Belgium in order to reinforce their collaboration with the Regional Trade Agencies in 2017 (AWEX and FIT).
ESRF
(European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)
ESRF, located in Grenoble in France, is a center of excellence, a joint research facility supported by 21 countries. Since its opening in 1994, this "supermicroscope" produced the most powerful X-rays in Europe to explore everything from biological molecules, sustainable polymers and nano structures to archaeological treasures and innovative components for fuel cells.
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ESRF counts 13 member countries (France, Germany,Italy, UK, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium,
The Netherlands, Denmark, Finland,Norway, Sweden, Russia) and 8 associate countries (Austria, Portugal, Israel,Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, South Africa). The different researches at the ESRF focus mainly onthe use of X-ray radiation in fields such as proteins, crystallography, earth science, paleontology, materials science, chemistry and physics. Facilities such as the ESRF offer a flux, energy range and resolution unachievable with conventional (laboratory) radiation sources.
Belgium in ESRF
Belgium participates via the Benesync consortium, formed in 1990 with the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Dutch Organization for Scientific Research) from the Netherlands.
BELSPO created a national accompanying committee "European sources forsynchrotron radiation and neutrons" (NAC SRN) with representatives of the concerned Belgian research institutes in order to optimize the use of ESRF and ILL.
The F.W.O.-Vlaanderen encourages and finances fundamental scientific research in universities of the Flemish Community and Institutions for scientific research. The fundamental research is carried out by first-rate and high specialized researchers, and is at the root of new knowledge, know-how and cultured society.
Belgian technology in ESRF
The Dutch-Belgian BeamLinE (DUBBLE) is a Collaborative Research Group(CRG) beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). DUBBLE is funded by the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) and Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) in the proportion 75%:25%.
The acronym DUBBLE also reflects the fact that the radiation from the synchrotron source (bendingmagnet 26) is split into two branches: a hard energy line BM26-B dedicated to combined small angle scattering (SAXS) and wide angle scattering (WAXS), and a softer energy line BM26-A dedicated to X-ray absorption spectroscopy(XAS). DUBBLE therefore caters to the needs of a wide user community.
The neutron source at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France.
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MYRRHA
(Multi-purpose hYbrid Research Reactor for
High-tech Applications )
MYRRHA is the very first prototype in the world of a nuclear reactor driven by aparticle accelerator. Distinctive feature: as an external source of neutrons,this particle accelerator maintains the nuclear fission chain reaction. It is referred to as a subcritical reactor: the core does not contain enough fissile material to spontaneously maintain the chain reaction.It has an international recognition and has been listed in December 2010by the European Commission as one of 50 projects to make Europe the leader in high-tech research in the next 20 years MYRRHA is a research reactor aiming to demonstrate the feasibility of the ADS and the lead-cooled fast reactor concepts, with various applications from spent-fuel burning to material irradiation testing. MYRRHA is intended to be fully operational in 2036, with a first phase
(100 MeV accelerator) ready in 2026.
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Belgium in MYRRHA
The European Commission has been supporting the MYRRHA project since the very beginning. In 2010, through its Strategy Forum on Research infrastructures (ESFRI), the Commission put MYRRHA on the high priority list of large research infrastructures for energy. By choosing the multi-functional Belgian installation, Europe secures its position at the cutting edge of research in energy security and in fighting climate change.The task of
this future large scientific research facility, which will be built
in Europe, will be to contribute to safe and sustainable solutions
to major social, economic and environmental challenges. These are the challenges our societies have to face in terms of
production and use of energy resources."MYRRHA received double European recognition. Thanks to its position as a large scientific installation on the ESFRI Roadmap 2010 on the one
hand and to its lead and bismuth technology for nuclear reactors being selected over three competitor technologies for the European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative (ESNII) on the other hand. Europe wishes to speed up the development and
roll-out of low-carbon (CO2) technologies on the continent," explains Hamid Aït Abderrahim, MYRRHA director and Deputy Director-General at SCK CEN.This week starts a review of all priority projects, as it is the case every two years. At the end of 2017, the decision for MYRRHA will be taken and the project will either stay on the priority list until 2020 or get the Landmark
status, considering Phase 1 will have been started and the implementation of the project will be in progress.
"Belgium is more determined than ever to stay at the vanguard
of nuclear technological innovation. As proven by the MYRRHA project, we continuously invest in nuclear research to maintain
and strengthen our expertise and our infrastructures. The technological solutions offered by MYRRHA are paramount to
the next generations. They will help reduce our nuclear waste ecological footprint and guarantee the safe production of
medical radioisotopes for everyone," stated Marie Christine Marghem, Belgian minister of Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development.
MYRRHA contact for industry
MYRRHA
Boeretang 200
2400 Mol, Belgium
+32 14 33 21 11
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CERN
(Conseil Européen pour la
Recherche Nucléaire )
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, knownas CERN, is an European research organization that operates the largest laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, the organization is based in a northwest suburb of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border and has 23 member states.
is the only non-European country granted full membership. CERN is an official United Nations Observer.
The acronym CERN is also used to refer to the laboratory, which in 2016 had 2,500 scientific, technical, and administrative staff members, and hosted about 12,000 users.
In the same year, CERN generated 49 petabytes of data. Fundamental research is CERN’s primary mission, but the Laboratory also plays a vital role in developing the technologies of tomorrow. From materials science to computing, particle physics demands the ultimate in performance, making CERN an important test-bed for industry.
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The best-known CERN technology is the World Wide Web, invented to allow an ever increasing number of scientists to share information. For many of us today, life without the Web seems inconceivable. Equally revolutionary is the Grid, which harnesses the power of computers around the world. It has been developed at CERN to process the vast amounts of data collected by the LHC experiments. CERN’s basic tools – particle accelerators and detectors – also have applications in everyday life. Invented as tools for research, there are thousands of particle accelerators in operation in the world today, of which only a small percentage are used in basic research.
The vast majority find applications ranging from medical diagnosis and therapy to computer chip manufacture.
Belgium in CERN
As a founding member of CERN, Belgium has made many important contributions to experimental particle physics. Belgian teams have been involved in major experiments using all accelerators and colliders at CERN. A landmark achievement was the Brussels contribution tothe Gargamelle neutrino experiment at the CERN Proton Synchrotron which discovered the weak neutral current. Belgian theoretical physicist Léon vanHove served as Director-General, jointly with John B. Adams, from 1976 until 1980.Belgian scientists have contributed to experiments with neutrino beams, the electron-positron collider,and nuclear physics experiments at the ISOLDE facility studying exotic, short-lived isotopes. They have also contributed to other experiments such as HARP and to the development of beta-beams which may lead tothe design of neutrino factories. Today, the focus of activities at the high-energy frontier is the CMS experimentat the Large Hadron Collider, where the Belgian contributions span from the construction of the forward silicon tracker, to the design of the trigger for the experiment and the optimization of the analysis schemes. Belgian physicists have contributed to all phases of these projects: the design of the experiment, the construction of the apparatus, the collection of the data and their analysis. Since 2002, the collaboration of experimental and theoretical particle physicists has been enhanced by a network supported by the federal government and called the "Interuniversity Attraction Pole (IAP) in fundamental interactions". Training, information exchange and outreach are among the objectives of this network. The participation of Belgium in the world-wide computing Grid is being actively prepared through various initiatives taken at regional and national levels.
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CERN contact for industry
Jérôme PIERLOT
Procurement Officer in Industry,
Procurement & Knowledge Transfer Department, CERN
Jérôme Pierlot works at CERN in Geneva and is the main contact person for the Belgian companies that wish to do business with CERN. He is also head of
the section in charge of all procurement activities related to Accelerators & Technology at CERN.
jerome.pierlot@cern.ch
Phone: +41 22 767 24 53
http://cern.ch/ipt-dep
ITER ( "the way” )
ITER is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering mega project, the world’s largest magnetic confinement plasma physics experiment. Its main purpose is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of fusion as a future energy source. The fusion reactor aims to demonstrate the principle of producing more energy from fusion processes than is required to initiate them, something that hasn’t ever been achieved before in any of the existing experimental nuclear fusion machines in the world.
The international ITER reactor is the successor to the purely European JET fusion reactor.
What's more? the ITER reactor is the latest reactor in a long series of experimental fusion research machines before the move is made to an industrial demonstration model ("DEMO").
The ITER reactor will be built in Europe, namely in Cadarache in the South of France.
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Belgium in ITER
There is a Belgian ITER coordination unit and its goal is to optimally inform Belgian companies regarding the ITER project and to involve them in its realization. The coordination unit also fulfils the role of Belgian Industrial Liaison Officer (ILO) within the ITER ILO network. This is a network of ITER coordination cells in support to the European companies participating in ITER. The coordination unit provides explanation with respect to the Belgian participation in ITER. It ensures international harmonization of the efforts and promotes the possible participation of Belgian companies in international consortia for ITER projects.The tasks of the unit are performed by Agoria, assisted by the Belgian members of the fusion association Euratom/the Belgian State. The unit is actively supported via funding from the FPS Economy, SME’s, Middle Class and Energy.
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A series of manufacturing companies is already short listed to cover specific advanced technologies considered as essential for the fusion reactor development: high power, high frequency transmission lines and sources; neutral beam power supplies and high voltage components; first Wall files and coatings, and plasma facing components mock-ups; vacuum vessel, shield and tritium breeding blanket segments mock-ups; superconducting magnets: strands, conductors and model coil windings; electrical power supplies; qualification of standards and tools; remote handling: transporters and end-effectors; vacuum cryopumps and mechanical pumps; tritium handling and detritiation systems, tritium, compatible valves; low activation structural materials; tritium breeding materials. The start of the ITER construction will broaden this scope with a series of procurement packages covering the superconducting magnets, the vacuum vessel, the first wall and blanket modules, the divertor, the general machine assembly, the remote handling equipment, the cryogenic and cooling water systems, the thermal shields, the vacuum systems, the tritium management plant, power supplies, additional heating/current drive,diagnostic instrumentation, buildings/layout, hot cells and waste processing, radiological/environmental monitoring, engineering services, general instrumentation and data acquisition.
Know moreITER contact for industry
Christian Dierick (Agoria)
Industrial Liaison Officer Belgium
christian.dierick@agoria.be
Phone: 32 (0)2 706 79 55
Mobile: 32 (0)485 91 46 75
