Instruments
Thirteen neutron beam instruments are either operational or under construction at the new OPAL reactor. ANSTO expects to add more instruments within five years. The facility has the capacity for further expansion, including potential for a second neutron guide hall. A suite of sample-environment equipment will enable studies at different temperatures, pressures and magnetic fields. Scientific references are available for most of our instruments.
7 Operational Instruments (named after Australian fauna):
ECHIDNA High-Resolution Powder Diffractometer (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
WOMBAT High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer (Vombatus ursinus)
KOALA Laue Diffractometer (Phascolarctos cinereus)
KOWARI Strain Scanner (Dasyuroides byrnei)
PLATYPUS Neutron Reflectometer (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
QUOKKA Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (Setonix Brachyurus)
TAIPAN Thermal 3-Axis Spectrometer (Oxyuranus scutellatus)
Beryllium-filter option on TAIPAN
6 Instruments commissioning, under construction or in design (named after Australian fauna):
PELICAN Time-of-Flight Spectrometer (Pelecanus conspicillatus) - due for competion in 2011
SIKA Cold Neutron 3-Axis Spectrometer (Cervus nippon) - due for competion in 2011
KOOKABURRA Ultra Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (Dacelo novaeguineae) - due for competion in 2013
DINGO Neutron Radiography/Imaging/Tomography (Canis lupus dingo) - due for competion in 2013
BILBY 2nd Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument (Macrotis lagotis) - due for competion in 2013
EMU High-Resolution Backscattering Spectrometer (Dromaius novaehollandiae) - due for competion in 2013
X-ray Instruments (3), Computing Infrastructure and other Facilities
SAXS (Bruker and Hecus Small Angle X-ray Scattering) Instruments
"Joey" Neutron Laue Camera for single-crystal alignment