ECN through the years

In 2005 ECN celebrated it's 50th anniversary. During this half century you may well say the institute followed the curves of the policy on energy technology in The Netherlands.

For those who wants to have a quick scan of this history, we offer a brief description of our history in six chapters.

• Peaceful nuclear energy
• The High Flux Reactor
• Will the Netherlands get a nuclear industry of its own?
• RCN becomes ECN
• Changing priorities
• New focus, new structure
• Sustainable energy system as focus