Luc Gillon

Gillon played a significant role in the construction of the first nuclear reactor Trico I in Africa, located on the Lovanium campus in 1959.

[1] After being ordained priest at Easter 1946 by Cardinal Van Roey, he received in 1952 his doctorate in physical sciences, specializing in nuclear energy, at Louvain.

In 1952, he was invited as "guest staff member" at the Palmer Physics Laboratory at Princeton University.

Gillon also served as the Governor for Belgium at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, as vice-president and then board member of the Belgian Nuclear Research Center.

[3] Gillon played a significant role in the construction of the first nuclear reactor in Africa, located on the Lovanium campus.

Ceremony commemorating the activation of the first Congolese nuclear reactor with Lovanium University rector Luc Gillon, Governor-General of the Congo Hendrik Cornelis , and Minister of Colonies Maurice van Hemelrijck