GANIL (Heavy Ion Accelerator)

France / Basse-Normandie / Epron /
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The first laboratory was created in 1974. It has been a scheduled Large-Scale Facility for Europe Research in 1994
The territory of the GANIL is on three town (Caen, Epron et Hérouville Saint-Clair). The most important building is on Epron but the entry is in Caen.

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Coordinates:   49°12'54"N   -0°21'42"E

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  • The Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, jointly run by the CNRS Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3) and Matter Science Department at the French Atomic Commission (DSM, CEA) is now considered as one of the world's best laboratories in physics of atom nuclei and holds pole position in the race to produce exotic nuclei beams.
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