Reports & Resources
CINS scientific and educational activities:
CINS's long-range plan and related science policy resources:
- CINS' Long-Range Plan
- Parliamentary committee recommends study of new research reactor
- Expert Review Panel on Medical Isotope Production
- The Medical Isotope Crisis: Physics in Canada
- A Vision for Chalk River as a National Laboratory
- APS Report: Access to Major Facilities
CNBC Annual Reports to CINS
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Summer School Lectures and Materials
The lectures and other mateials of the Canadian Neutron Scattering Summer Schools at Chalk River are posted here.
CINS' Long Range Plan
Planning to 2050 for Materials Research with Neutron Beams in Canada is CINS' long-range plan. In Planning to 2050, Canadian scientists describe materials research with neutron beams and recommend how to maximize its future value to Canada. The centrepiece of the plan is the construction of the Canadian Neutron Centre (CNC), a reactor-based neutron source with associated laboratories and infrastructure. This world-class laboratory will surpass the aging NRU reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, in each of its functions, namely (1) the production of medical isotopes, (2) nuclear energy R&D, and (3) the production of neutrons for materials research. As an important aspect of Canada’s infrastructure for science and industry, the CNC will serve broad scientific, technological and health needs of Canadians for the coming decades. The full plan lays out the requirements and priorities of the scientific community for Canada’s new neutron source from the perspective of materials research using neutron beams. This plan is the result of a consultative democratic process and is the culmination of the work of CINS members since the early 1990s.
The summary of Planning to 2050 is intended to be an accessible introduction for all interested parties. It is a reversible bilingual document.
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Parliamentary committee recommends study of new research reactor
The National Research Universal Reactor Shutdown and the Future of Medical Isotope Production and Research in Canada (November 24, 2010) - The House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources recomended, "That the Government of Canada study the feasibility of a new multi-purpose research reactor in order to accurately estimate construction and operating costs as well as potential sources of income and report the results to Parliament."
Expert Review Panel on Medical Isotope Production
- The Government of Canada Response to the Report of the Expert Review Panel on Medical Isotope Production (March 31, 2010).
- The Report of the Expert Review Panel on Medical Isotope Production includes an executive summary (December 2009).
- The Canadian Neutron Centre - A proposal by CINS to the Panel describes the need for a new multi-purpose reactor to replace and surpass all of the NRU's capabilities (July 2009).
- The Canadian Neutron Source - A proposal to the Panel for a neutron beam reactor with isotope production capacity by the Province of Saskatchewan with the University of Saskatchewan (July 2009).
The Medical Isotope Crisis: Physics in Canada
The January 2010 issue of Physics in Canada contains several articles on proposed solutions to the medical isotope crisis. Two articles of interest to neutron scatterers are:
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A Vision for Chalk River as a National Laboratory
Chalk River National Laboratory - In response to the restructuring of AECL, a grass-roots effort (CREATE) has proposed a vision for Chalk River as a National Laboratory that would include a new multi-purpose reactor to surpass the capabilities of the aging NRU reactor (October 2009). |
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APS Report: Access to Major Facilities
30 April 2009 - A new APS study entitled “Access to Major International X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Facilities" explores how access to major international X-ray and neutron scattering facilities is evolving both in the US and internationally.
