The neutron scattering group at CRNL was one of the prime research groups in neutron scattering in the world. The group was part of AECL until 1998 when severe budget cuts ended AECL support, other than the use of the NRU facility. The group, which also acted as hosts for many researchers from other laboratories, then became part of the National Research Council. The bilingual coffee mugs were used by members at the Canadian Neutron Beam Center, as the NRU neutron spectrometer facility became known after 1998.
