Announcements

CNBC Activity Report for 2009 and 2010 Now Available

2012 January - The Canadian Neutron Beam Centre's (CNBC) activity report to CINS for 2009 and 2010 is now available online in both official languages.

CINS 2011 Annual General Meeting a success

The University of Winnipeg was host for the CINS Annual General Meeting on Oct 28-30, 2011.

Key speakers included Bob McDonald, host of Quirks and Quarks.

See the official meeting page for more details.

NRU Reactor Shutdown Complete: Beamlines are Operational

June 17, 2011 - Neutrons are once again beaming through the neutron beamlines at the NRC Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (CNBC). The NRU reactor, which is the source of the neutrons, is operating again after the first annual planned one month shutdown of the reactor was successfully completed early on June 16 - a day earlier than planned.

Report on the 11th Canadian Neutron Scattering Summer School

June 17, 2011 - What brings dozens of graduate students and research scientists together from across Canada and the world for a week in the woods of the Ottawa Valley? An education on how to use the tools for world-class materials research at the NRC Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (NRC-CNBC) at Chalk River Laboratories, a site owned and operated by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL).