Workshop on Second Guide Hall for OPAL

Next Phase of Expansion at the OPAL Reactor Program

16-18 April 2012, at ANSTO, Sydney, Australia

We are starting to think about the options for the OPAL Reactor, beyond the instruments located in the present Neutron Guide Hall. These include possibilities for a second cold source, a hot source, positron science, fundamental neutron-based physics and the possibility of doubling the present number of instruments, using purposed-designed and optimised guides in a second guide hall on the south side of the reactor. The OPAL Reactor was designed from the outset to allow these possibilities, and one might anticipate that the case could be made to start on such expansion in this decade.

In order to flesh out more of the details, we are holding a 3-day workshop at the Bragg Institute, together with the Australian/New Zealand user community, interested state and overseas agencies and selected international experts. All interested parties are welcome to attend.

Attendees include:

Peter Böni	TU-München, Germany
Craig Buckley	Curtin University
Steve Buckman	Australian National University
Simon Clark	Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., USA
Kurt Clausen	Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Ian Gentle	University of Queensland
Rolando Granada	CNEA-Bariloche, Argentina
Christoph Hugenschmidt	TU-München, Germany
Toshiji Kanaya	Kyoto University, Japan
Brendan Kennedy	Sydney University
Tony Klein	University of Melbourne
Duncan McGillivray	University of Auckland, New Zealand
Jim Metson	University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dan Neumann	NIST Center for Neutron Research, USA
Richard Newbury	University of New South Wales
Catherine Pappas	Technical University of Delft, Netherlands
Roger Pynn	Indiana University, USA
Ivan Schuller	University of California San Diego, USA
Mike Snow	Indiana University, USA
Bill Stirling	CEA, France
John Stride	University of New South Wales
Oleg Sushkov	University of New South Wales
Jeff Tallon	MacDiarmid Institute, New Zealand
Jill Trewhella	Sydney University
Clemens Ulrich	University of New South Wales
Tom Vogt	University of South Carolina, USA
John White	Australian National University
Steve Wilkins	CSIRO

For Australian and New Zealand university attendees, AINSE will support travel and accommodation for up to two from each member university. Travel and accommodation for these attendees must be booked through AINSE by contacting Mrs Sandy O’Connor sjo@ansto.gov.au.

In order to register, please fill in the online registration form.

Local Organisers:

Rob Robinson
Joseph Bevitt
Frank Bruhn