On Wednesday the 24.05.2006 the 7th reactor cycle started at the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz. More than 70 experiments are planed out of which 22 stem from international collaborations. During the next 52 days measurements will take place 24h a day simultaneously on 14 instruments.
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Not even one months after the inauguration of the Jülich Center for Neutron Science JCNS, the first neutron spectrometer arrived on March 15th at the Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) in Garching. After the decision of the Forschungszentrums Jülich to shut down their own…
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Wednesday, 1.3.06 the reactor was shut down after the regular end of the 5th cycle. The 6th cycle is scheduled for start-up on 24.3.06.
The break between the 2 cycles will be used for routine tests and for installation of new neutron guide systems.
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The reactor has been shut down on Sunday, 22.01. 2006 due to a warnig signal in the secondary cooling system, where the cause can not be checked during power operation. This procedure is in accordance with the operating guidelines (BHB) for the FRM-II.
The directorate of the research neutron source…
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Das Neutronen-Röntgen-Konstrast-Reflektometer N-REX+ wurde am 24.11.2005 eingeweiht.
The neutron / X-ray contrast reflectometer N-REX+ was inaugurated on 2005-11-24.
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On July,12th the FRM-II was started up, as scheduled, to the nominal power of 20MW. Thus the third power cycle of FRM-II is running. With a short, planned break in early August, the end-of-cycle is scheduled for September 6th 2005.
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After successful operation of 48 days the reactor was shut down on 24.6.2005 at 10:46 due to a perturbation on a sensor monitoring the flux of the cooling water. The cooling itself was not disturbed.
This shut down ends the second cycle. The remaining 4 days of operation will be used later. The…
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