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  • BNC beamtime proposal deadline postponed

    Sat, 20 Jan, 2024

       

    BNC's regular spring beamtime proposal submission is postponed to autumn. The Budapest Research Reactor recently received an extension of the operation licence until December, 2033 - with some constraints. Although the reactor will remain operational, the operation schedule will be affected in the coming months. The reactor schedule and the next proposal submission deadline will be communicated by mid-summer, 2024. More details here. 

  • Budapest Research Reactor: +10 years

    Sat, 16 Dec, 2023
     

    The BNC research reactor was issued a 10 years extension of operation licence until 15 December 2033 by the National Atomic Energy Authority. This paves the way towards modernisation of the BNC instrument and research infrastructure. On this occasion, dr. Ákos Horváth, director general of the Centre for Energy Research addressed a year end message to the staff. Please read the message here.

  • Nucleonic Gauging in Industry : A Knowledge / Experience Sharing

    Fri, 17 Nov, 2023
     

        BNC seminar on "The Application of Radiation Technology (Nucleonic Gauging) in Industry :
                                                       A Knowledge/Experience Sharing"

                  by                        MD Fakarudin Bin Ab Rahman (Nuklear Malaysia)
                  in                                  Building 19 Lecture hall, KFKI Campus
                 on                          20 November, 2023     10:00 - 10:45 + discussion 

  • Nuclear Data - HowTo

    Tue, 10 Oct, 2023
    www.ariel-h2020.eu

    Between 25 - 29 Sept, 2023 the Budapest Neutron Centre (BNC) and the Institute of Nuclear Techniques of the Budapest University for Technology and Economics (BME) organized a hands-on training school on nuclear data measurement at Research Reactors in Budapest. The event was supported by the H2020 ARIEL project. Learn more...

  • Accelerator-based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

    Thu, 15 Jun, 2023
     

        BNC seminar on "Accelerator-based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy"
                  by            Junyang Chen (FZ Jülich, Germany)
                  in                      Building 19 Lecture hall, KFKI Campus and on-line
                  on               26 June, 2023     14:30 - 15:15 + discussion   Abstract

  • Neutron school successfully completed

    Thu, 04 May, 2023
      CETS'23, BNC's 15th Central European Training School on Neutron Techniques has been successfully completed. The 2023 event was attended by 25 participants from Armenia, Belgium, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Turkey.  The 15 hours of introductory lectures given by local and foreign experts were followed by 15 hours of in-person hands-on training on BNC instruments tutored by the instrument scientists. The participants also presented their research projects in a poster and flash presentation, the abstracts of which... Read more...
  • IPERION-HS call for proposals

    Fri, 07 Apr, 2023

       

    IPERION HS has opened its 7th call for Transnational Access (TNA) to ARCHLAB and FIXLAB. Deadline for applications: May 31st, 2023. To apply please visit the project home page at https://www.iperionhs.eu/iperionhs-7th-extra-tna-call-to-access-archlab-fixlab-services-deadline-on-may-31-2023/. Next deadline: May 31, 2023.

    Concerning submission, access, etc. regarding your planned IPERION-HS experiment at BNC, please email BNC's IPERION-HS contacts, Zsolt Kasztovszky & Katalin Bajnok, or ask the IPERION-HS User Helpdesk. Looking forward to receiving your interesting project proposals.

  • IPERION HS TNA Access 7th Call

    Sat, 01 Apr, 2023

       

    IPERION HS has opened its 7th call for Transnational Access (TNA) to ARCHLAB and FIXLAB. Deadline for applications: May 31st, 2023. To apply please visit the project home page.
    To ensure access to BNC instruments, please contact Zsolt Kasztovszky & Katalin Bajnok about your planned experiment at BNC or ask the IPERION-HS User Helpdesk. Looking forward to your interesting IPERION HS project plans at BNC.

  • BNC's regular science proposal deadline extended to 9 April 2023

    Fri, 31 Mar, 2023

       

    The submission deadline for BNC's regular science proposals to use one or more of the 14 instruments has been extended to 9 April, 2023. Some thematic projects eligible to use BNC instruments have different submission deadlines. User experiments can be conducted remotely following an agreement with the respective instrument responsible. The tentative reactor schedule for Q3 and Q4 of 2023 will be finalized around end of June. More details here.

  • Neutron scattering at BCMaterials - on materials for environment, energy and biomedicine

    Tue, 28 Mar, 2023
     

        BNC seminar on "Neutron scattering at BCMaterials - environment, energy and biomedicine"
                  by            Viktor Petrenko (Basque Centre for Materials, Leioa & IKERBASQUE, Bilbao, Spain)
                  in                      Building 26 1st floor seminar room, KFKI Campus
                  on               18 April, 2023     14:00 - 14:45 + discussion   Abstract

  • CERIC call for proposals open now

    Tue, 14 Feb, 2023
     

    CERIC-ERIC calls for proposals to access more than 60 instruments and support laboratories for research in materials, biomaterials and nanotechnology. In addition to access  multiple instruments through a single application, mobility and open access publications are supported. BNC is the neutron facility within CERIC. Use the link "Submit a new CERIC proposal" in VUO to apply. Two-steps application. Read more...
    Pre-evaluation: 1 March 2023, 17:00 CET   Final deadline: 30 March 2021, 17:00 CET.

  • CETS'23 - 23-28 April, Budapest

    Thu, 26 Jan, 2023
      CETS'23, BNC's 15th Central European Training School on Neutron Techniques will be held 23-28 April. The school is aimed at master and PhD students, post-docs and young researchers. Following the introductory lectures on the theory and on the different neutron techniques by local and international experts (in two and a half days), participants may choose five of the BNC instruments to perform three hour hands-on practices lead by the instrument scientists. Interested? Read more... 
  • BNC Project Progress Talks: Novel Applications of Aerogels

    Mon, 14 Nov, 2022

     

          

     
     BNC 'Project Progress Talk #13': "Characterization of functionalized aerogels and their application 
                                                               for selective sorption of hydrated metal ions"
                                                      by Daniel Pércsi  (University of Debrecen, Hungary)

                                                      on             24 November, 2022    14:30 - 14:45 + discussion   More    Lecture video
         BNC 'Project Progress Talk #12': "Synthesis and structural investigation of borosilicate – PVA hybrid                                                                             aerogels for bone regeneration application"
                                                      
    by Zoltán Balogh  (University of Debrecen, Hungary)
                                                      on             24 November, 2022    14:00 - 14:25 + discussion   More   Lecture video
  • BNC seminar on the BN-800 fast nuclear reactors

    Mon, 17 Oct, 2022
     

        BNC seminar on "The BN-800 fast reactors"
                  
    by            János Gadó (Prof. Emeritus, Centre for Energy Research)
                  in                      Building 19 ground floor seminar room, KFKI Campus
                  on               20 October, 2022     14:00 - 14:45 + discussion   Abstract  Ppt slideshow wt sound

  • BNC webinar on the two-step gamma cascade method

    Mon, 12 Sep, 2022
     

        BNC seminar on "Spectroscopic data and nuclear structure studies using (nth,2γ) reaction and
                                                                      two-step gamma cascade method"
                 
    by            David Knežević (Department of Physics, University of Novi Sad)
                  in                      Building 19 ground floor seminar room, KFKI Campus
                  on               15 September, 2022     14:00 - 14:45 + discussion   Abstract

  • Prof. Ferenc Mezei to receive the 2021 Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award

    Thu, 08 Sep, 2022

      "For the inventions of the neutron spin echo method and the super mirror, which have significantly advanced neutron scattering methods, and for the long pulse neutron source concept, which is the foundation for the novel technical design of the European Spallation Source now being built in Lund.” The Gothenburg Physics Centre proudly presents Ferenc Mezei as the laureate of the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2021. (As of May 29, 2021). Award ceremony: 8 September, 2022. Further details about the award, the ceremony and the Lise Meitner laureates here.
  • Modelling SANS of pottery samples

    Tue, 06 Sep, 2022

     

                                 BNC 'Project Progress Talk #11': "Modelling and evaluation of SANS data of pottery samples"

                                               by   Nicolas Hugot ENSTA - Institute Polytechnique de Paris, France)

                                                              on   8 September, 2022    14:00 - 14:45 + discussion    Abstract

  • Béla Faragó, external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

    Mon, 02 May, 2022

    Béla Faragó -      photo

     

    Dr. Béla Faragó, head of BNC's International Science Advisory Committee, distinguished scientist of ILL, external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences gave a chair lecture at the HAS entitled "Research at a Large Scale Facility, Institute Laue Langevin (ILL)" attended by many of the Hungarian neutron community, whom he reserved living scientific connections over the decades of working at ILL. 

  • BNC promoting heritage science

    Tue, 01 Feb, 2022

     

    BNC has been active in analysis of objects of cultural heritage, which has developed into a broad  multidisciplinary field of science of lively international collaborations, such as the IPERION HS approaching its completion and the newly forming E-RIHSLast week saw the first in-person round table discussion of heritage sciences at BNC for quite a while14 colleagues from across the BNC attended the meeting including two new members. Read on...

  • BREAKING – BNC to ease neutron shortage in Europe

    Wed, 19 Jan, 2022

        BNC calls for BNC LENS beam time proposals to accommodate neutron experiments, which have been allocated beam time in any LENS facility's user program but not yet scheduled for any reason - provided that the experiment is technically feasible to accomplish on BNC instruments­. No further refereeing process will be applied. Beside the user experimenter(s) the instrument scientist responsible for the proposal in the other LENS facility is welcome to take part in the experiment. Submission deadline: 22 February, 2022.

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