Key dates of ESRF's construction
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14-10-2008 08:29
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| 1975: | meeting of a few scientists to
consider the project of a European synchrotron capable of producing hard
X-rays with a very great brilliance. |
| 1984: | decision to install the ESRF in
Grenoble. |
| 1988: | the construction of the European
synchrotron begins. |
| 1992: | first electron beam in the ring
and first X-ray beam in a beamline. Commissioning phase. |
| 1994: | the ESRF opens its doors to users,
offering fifteen operational beamlines. |
| 1998: | forty beamlines are made available
to researchers from all over the world. |