About 270 neutron users of the ILL gathered for a I-day Users' meeting in Uriage, some I5 km from Grenoble, on 17 October. The first, and most important order of the day, was the report by the new French Director J. Charvolin (see separate report on the ILL directorate) on the status of the reactor. He described the results of the investigations so far, as well as possible ‘fixes’ that are being proposed by the ILL in