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- ↑ "About CNBC". AECL homepage. Retrieved 11 February 2014.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Canadian Facilities – Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering".
- ↑ "Canadian Neutron Beam Centre 2019. Final activity report" (PDF). cins.ca. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
