The National Center for Nuclear Research is strengthening its cooperation with the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (EuXFEL). The visit of EuXFEL Management Board representatives to Świerk was an opportunity to discuss joint research plans and the development of strategic projects.

On September 11, a meeting was held at NCBJ with representatives of the EuXFEL Management Board – the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser. Thanks to this visit, it was possible to establish closer cooperation.

The visit of the EuXFEL Board delegation, consisting of Prof. Thomas Feurer, Director General, Dr. Nicole Elleuche, Administrative Director, and Prof. Seruei Molodtsov, Scientific Director, to the National Center for Nuclear Research consisted of several stages.

At the beginning of the meeting, Prof. Agnieszka Pollo, Deputy Director for Science at NCBJ, presented the mission and areas of research at NCBJ to the guests. Then, Dr. Paweł Krawczyk presented the details of the PolFEL project.

The EuXFEL delegation visited the MARIA research reactor and the POLATOM Radioisotope Center.

About the XFEL project

The XFEL Centers of Excellence Network (CD XFEL) was established to provide substantive and organizational support to the Polish scientific community in the use of the European Free Electron Laser (EuXFEL) as one of the priority research instruments necessary for conducting innovative scientific research.

The network consists of unique research laboratories operating in four scientific units: the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, the University of Warsaw, the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and the National Center for Nuclear Research. The centers bring together scientists with extensive experience in XFEL research, whose knowledge and commitment provide support for new Polish users of this infrastructure. For the purposes of the CD XFEL project, they also make their research infrastructure available, including equipment purchased with funds from a grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

The visit to the NCBJ was preceded by a meeting between representatives of EuXFEL and representatives of XFELA, as well as Izabela Najda-Jędrzejewska, Deputy Director of the Strategic Research Infrastructure Division of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education's Department of Innovation and Development, Michał Rybiński, Head of the Strategic Research Infrastructure Division of the Innovation and Development Department of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.