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The friendship and influence of Louis Néel and Heinz Maier-Leibnitz brought this project to fruition in Grenoble.</p><p>The ILL had the innovative status of a service institute, offering the scientific community the world's leading facilities in neutron science and technology - a large cold neutron source and ten neutron guides, each capable of serving three or four instruments with a very high intensity neutron flux...<br><br> In January 1973 the United Kingdom decided to join ILL and officially became the institute’s third Associate member country in 1974.<br><br> Twelve other countries have signed "Scientific Membership" agreements with ILL: Spain (1987- ), Switzerland (1988- ), Austria (1990- ), Italy (1997- ), the Czech Republic (1999- ), Sweden (2005- ), Hungary (2005-2013), Belgium and Poland (2006- ), Denmark and Slovakia (2009- ), India (2011-2014) and Slovenia (2020- ).<br><br> The Institute is an exceptional centre of excellence, a fine example of successful co-operation in Europe and a prototype for the European Research Area.</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-6"><div class="inner inner-50 last"><div id="c18345" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textmedia frame-layout-0 "><div class="ce-textpic ce-center ce-above"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-outer"><div class="ce-inner"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image"><a href="/fileadmin/user_upload/ILL/1_About_ILL/Documentation/History/50-years_neutrons_2021/Infographics_ILL-50years_neutrons_final.pdf"><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/user_upload/ILL/1_About_ILL/Documentation/History/50-years_neutrons_2021/Infographics_ILL-50years_neutrons_final.jpg" width="1200" height="848" alt=""> (pdf - 690 Ki)</a></figure></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="c9448" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textmedia frame-layout-0 toggleWrap"><header class="toggleTitle" aria-expanded="false"><h2 class="entete " tabindex="0">Key dates</h2></header><div class="ce-textpic ce-center ce-above"><div class="ce-bodytext"><p>1967: The ILL is founded on January 19th by France and Germany</p><p>1968: Landscaping</p><p>1969: Start of work on the reactor floor and walls</p><p>1970: Installation of the Level D crane</p><p>1971: Construction complete<br>           The reactor went critical on August 31, ramping to full power on December 16-21</p><p>1972: First experiments. Ipoustéguy's sculpture is installed</p><p>1973: The UK becomes an Associate on January 1st</p><p>1976: The European Molecular Biology Laboratory outstation is established on the site</p><p>1979: The 'Deuxième souffle' modernisation programme</p><p>1981: The Intergovernmental Agreement is extended to December 1992</p><p>1984: Decision to build the ESRF in Grenoble, on the ILL / <a href="/redirects/tools/glossary/E#embl" title="The European Molecular Biology Laboratory" class="dpnglossary link" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top">EMBL</a> research site</p><p>1985: Improved version of the vertical cold source</p><p>1987: New horizontal cold source</p><p>1991-1995: Replacement of the reactor vessel</p><p>1994: ESRF starts operations; its first experiments</p><p>1995: Restart of the "new" reactor</p><p>2000: Launch of the "Millennium Programme" for the modernisation of instruments</p><p>2002: ILL is a founding member of EIROFORUM</p><p>2002-2007: Refit programme, with improvements to security and seismic reinforcements</p><p>2003: The new hot source is installed</p><p>2006: Inauguration of the Carl-Ivar Brändén Building, host to the Partnership for Structural Biology, the UVHCI, and the Deuteration lab</p><p>2006: H1/H2 guide renewal</p><p>2010: Transfer from the CEA to the ILL of environmental monitoring responsibilities</p><p>2010: Launch of the EPN science campus</p><p>2013: The Intergovernmental Agreement is extended to 2023</p><p>2016: The Endurance Programme is launched</p><p>2017: ILL's 50th anniversary</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></main><footer id="footer" class="container-fluid hidden-print"><div class="container-max hidden-print"><div id="c166" class="frame frame-default frame-type-gridelements_pi1 frame-layout-0 "><div class="grid-container--2"><div class="row grid"><div class="col-lg-4 col-md-12"><div class="inner inner-33 first"><div id="c167" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textmedia frame-layout-0 "><div class="ce-textpic ce-left ce-intext ce-nowrap"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image"><img class="image-embed-item" title="logo ILL" alt="logo ILL" src="/fileadmin/user_upload/logo-ILL-footer.png" width="93" height="82"></figure></div></div></div><div class="ce-bodytext"><p>Institut Laue-Langevin - 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