The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU) located in Paris-Saclay has joined EMFL, starting December 1st, 2019. The membership is a logical next step in the collaboration of CEA-IRFU and EMFL. Both have already applied together for several EC grants for magnet-technology developments.
CEA-IRFU
The CEA-IRFU has a longstanding involvement and experience in the development of high-field/high-volume superconducting magnets. CEA-IRFU is, therefore, interested in strengthening its links with the EMFL facilities to develop the next generation of superconducting high-field magnets.
Dr. Pierre Vedrine, the head of the Accelerator, Cryogenics, and Magnetism Department (DACM): “EMFL and CEA-IRFU have complementary skills in the area of magnet technology, enabling to collect the scientific needs and to be able to provide the necessary tools for advances in fundamental and applied research.”
Dr. Rikken (chair of the EMFL board of directors): “Our scientific and technical collaboration with CEA-IRFU has always been very strong. This membership of CEA-IRFU is a consolidation of our longstanding relationship”
Dr. Pierre Vedrine will be representing CEA-IRFU in the EMFL Council.
Iseult 11.7 T whole-body MRI magnet. Photo: Francis Rhodes/CEA
Members EMFL
CEA-IRFU is the most recent member of the EMFL. Other members are the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, with sites in Grenoble and Toulouse, the Dutch Radboud University/NWO in Nijmegen, the German Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, the University of Nottingham representing the UK research community and the University of Warsaw representing the Polish research community.
