Around the instruments
Operating licences for Platypus and Quokka were granted on 27 November 2008; below are the happy instrument scientists.
In addition, a total of five refereed papers have now been published, or are in press, involving authors from the Australian National University, the Australian Defence Force Academy, the Universities of Sydney, Wollongong and Aveiro (Portugal) and ANSTO.
Of the 57 powder diffraction experiments approved in 2007, 21 remain to be scheduled in due course subject to availability of samples and sample-environment equipment, but we have started running experiments from the September call. More details on this call can be found on page 4.
We anticipate calling for proposals on all seven instruments, and for the National Deuteration Facility, in March 2009.